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Consumer Staples · Select Sector

34 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
83.42
+5.63 (+7.23%)
XLP 83.42 · +5.6 pts (+7.23%) 1Y
93.0488.3183.5778.8374.09EW +7.68%H 90.01 · Feb 27L 75.60 · Nov 6
Oct 8, 2025Jan 8, 2026Apr 10, 2026Jul 13, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Breadth
22 / 34
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
79%
of the gain from KO, TGT, PM
Biggest driver
KO +1.72
COCA COLA CO/THE, +35.91%
Biggest drag
MNST −2.13
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP, −36.51%

What drove it

34 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 32.0bp within 60bp gate

The XLP rose 7.23% (+5.63 pts) over the past year, and 79% of that gain came from just three stocks: KO, TGT, PM.

Read the latest market-close note: Goldman and Microsoft Push the Dow to a Large Gain While Telecoms Sink Communication Services

+8.5 pts from 17 gainers−5.3 pts from 17 losers
net +5.6 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.6 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLPsum of all 34 stocks
+5.6
100%
+7.23%
KOCOCA COLA CO/THE
+1.7
31%
+35.91%
TGTTARGET CORP
+1.6
29%
+75.55%
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
+1.1
19%
+33.01%
MOALTRIA GROUP INC
+0.7
12%
+15.17%
COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
+0.7
12%
+3.95%
CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
+0.5
9%
+15.34%
WMTWALMART INC
+0.5
9%
+8.86%
KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER INC
+0.4
7%
+27.16%
DLTRDOLLAR TREE INC
+0.3
6%
+35.08%
ADMARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
+0.2
4%
+31.40%
DGDOLLAR GENERAL CORP
+0.2
3%
+30.77%
KVUEKENVUE INC
+0.1
3%
+13.86%
CASYCASEY S GENERAL STORES INC
+0.1
2%
+17.03%
SJMJM SMUCKER CO/THE
+0.1
1%
+16.68%
VYLRVYLOR INC
+0.1
1%
+7.27%
CHDCHURCH + DWIGHT CO INC
+0.1
1%
+11.39%
PGPROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE
+0.0
1%
+2.51%
BGBUNGE GLOBAL SA
−0.0
0%
+27.03%
BF-BBROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B
−0.0
0%
−2.69%
TSNTYSON FOODS INC CL A
−0.0
−1%
+4.50%
KRKROGER CO
−0.1
−2%
−8.12%
HSYHERSHEY CO/THE
−0.1
−2%
−14.95%
HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP
−0.1
−2%
−16.44%
MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A
−0.2
−3%
+0.60%
KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO/THE
−0.2
−4%
−6.76%
STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC A
−0.2
−4%
−12.24%
PEPPEPSICO INC
−0.2
−4%
−6.60%
SYYSYSCO CORP
−0.2
−4%
+1.36%
CLXCLOROX COMPANY
−0.3
−5%
−27.47%
ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CL A
−0.3
−5%
+3.53%
MKCMCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS
−0.3
−5%
−28.58%
KMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORP
−0.4
−8%
−15.33%
GISGENERAL MILLS INC
−0.5
−8%
−32.25%
MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE CORP
−2.1
−38%
−36.51%
Cap weighting, illustrated

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC and BUNGE GLOBAL SA moved almost identically (+27.16% vs +27.03%), yet KDP moved the XLP 41.4× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.

Attribution map

slicing the +5.63 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MNST−2.1 pts(−36.5%)
KO+1.7 pts(+35.9%)
TGT+1.6 pts(+75.6%)
PM+1.1 pts(+33.0%)
MO+0.7 pts(+15.2%)
COST+0.7 pts(+4.0%)
CL
WMT+0.5 pts(+8.9%)
GIS−0.5 pts
KMB−0.4 pts
KDP+0.4 pts(+27.2%)
DLTR+0.3 pts(+35.1%)
MKC−0.3 pts
EL
CLX−0.3 pts(−27.5%)
SYY−0.2 pts(+1.4%)
PEP−0.2 pts
STZ−0.2 pts
ADM
KHC
DG
MDLZ
KVUE
CASY+0.1 pts
HRL
HSY
KR
CHD

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +5.63 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%9172634stocks:3 stocks = 79%100% covered at 5

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0KO +1.72TGT +1.63PM +1.09MNST −2.13GIS −0.47KMB −0.43Oct 8Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−50%−25%0%+25%+50%+75%
From −36.51% (MNST) to +75.55% (TGT). Equal-weight, the XLP would be +7.68% vs the actual +7.23%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +5.63 pts
-34
+3.1

The year, session by session

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