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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Consumer Staples · Select Sector

34 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
86.51
+8.83 (+11.37%)
XLP 86.51 · +8.8 pts (+11.37%) YTD
90.9587.1383.3279.50EW +12.43%H 90.01 · Feb 27L 76.62 · Jan 7
Dec 31Mar 3Apr 29Jun 29Aug 25
Breadth
25 / 34
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
52%
of the gain from KO, TGT, COST
Biggest driver
KO +1.79
COCA COLA CO/THE, +32.86%
Biggest drag
MNST −2.33
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP, −36.44%

What drove it

34 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 226.6bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLP rose 11.37% (+8.83 pts) so far this year in a broad advance: 25 of 34 stocks rose, with KO out front at +1.79 points.

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+9.8 pts from 21 gainers4.2 pts from 13 losers
net +8.8 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLPsum of all 34 stocks
+8.8
100%
+11.37%
KOCOCA COLA CO/THE
+1.8
20%
+32.86%
TGTTARGET CORP
+1.7
19%
+70.46%
COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
+1.1
12%
+11.64%
MOALTRIA GROUP INC
+0.8
9%
+21.84%
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
+0.8
9%
+22.99%
CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
+0.7
8%
+17.03%
CASYCASEY S GENERAL STORES INC
+0.5
6%
+49.49%
ADMARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
+0.5
5%
+39.67%
MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A
+0.4
4%
+19.05%
KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER INC
+0.3
3%
+16.42%
KVUEKENVUE INC
+0.2
2%
+14.89%
SJMJM SMUCKER CO/THE
+0.2
2%
+31.09%
CHDCHURCH + DWIGHT CO INC
+0.2
2%
+23.06%
PGPROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE
+0.2
2%
+2.94%
PEPPEPSICO INC
+0.1
2%
+1.06%
KMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORP
+0.1
1%
+12.83%
HSYHERSHEY CO/THE
+0.1
1%
+4.30%
DLTRDOLLAR TREE INC
+0.1
1%
+9.32%
BGBUNGE GLOBAL SA
+0.1
1%
+26.89%
CLXCLOROX COMPANY
+0.0
0%
+6.64%
BF-BBROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B
+0.0
0%
+10.09%
HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP
−0.0
0%
+3.03%
KRKROGER CO
−0.0
0%
−5.43%
TAPMOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO B
−0.0
0%
−7.97%
SYYSYSCO CORP
−0.0
0%
+15.70%
KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO/THE
−0.1
−1%
+7.99%
TSNTYSON FOODS INC CL A
−0.1
−1%
−0.87%
STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC A
−0.1
−1%
−0.80%
GISGENERAL MILLS INC
−0.2
−2%
−11.80%
MKCMCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS
−0.2
−2%
−19.27%
DGDOLLAR GENERAL CORP
−0.2
−3%
−6.82%
ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CL A
−0.3
−3%
+0.84%
WMTWALMART INC
−0.7
−8%
−5.04%
MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE CORP
−2.3
−26%
−36.44%
Cap weighting, illustrated

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP and BROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B moved almost identically (+11.64% vs +10.09%), yet COST moved the XLP 93.2× 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 +8.83 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MNST−2.3 pts(−36.4%)
KO+1.8 pts(+32.9%)
TGT+1.7 pts(+70.5%)
COST+1.1 pts(+11.6%)
MO+0.8 pts(+21.8%)
PM+0.8 pts(+23.0%)
WMT−0.7 pts
CL+0.7 pts(+17.0%)
CASY+0.5 pts(+49.5%)
ADM+0.5 pts
MDLZ+0.4 pts
KDP+0.3 pts
EL−0.3 pts(+0.8%)
DG−0.2 pts
MKC
KVUE
SJM
CHD+0.2 pts
GIS
PG
PEP+0.1 pts
KMB
HSY+0.1 pts
DLTR
BG

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +8.83 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%9172634stocks:3 stocks = 52%100% covered at 12

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0KO +1.79TGT +1.68COST +1.09MNST −2.33WMT −0.71EL −0.26Dec 31Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−50%−25%0%+25%+50%
From −36.44% (MNST) to +70.46% (TGT). Equal-weight, the XLP would be +12.43% vs the actual +11.37%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +8.83 pts
-34
+5.6

The year, session by session

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