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Real Estate · Select Sector

30 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
45.36
+5.00 (+12.40%)
XLRE 45.36 · +5.0 pts (+12.40%) YTD
46.8144.8742.9340.9939.06EW +12.69%H 46.01 · Jul 28L 40.01 · Mar 27
Dec 31Mar 3Apr 29Jun 29Aug 25
Breadth
23 / 30
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
55%
of the gain from WELL, EQIX, PLD
Biggest driver
WELL +1.38
WELLTOWER INC, +30.82%
Biggest drag
CSGP −0.67
COSTAR GROUP INC, −51.20%

What drove it

30 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 120.3bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLRE rose 12.40% (+5.00 pts) so far this year in a broad advance: 23 of 30 stocks rose, with WELL out front at +1.38 points.

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+6.5 pts from 23 gainers1.2 pts from 7 losers
net +5.0 pts · gainers outweigh losers 5.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLREsum of all 30 stocks
+5.0
100%
+12.40%
WELLWELLTOWER INC
+1.4
28%
+30.82%
EQIXEQUINIX INC
+0.9
17%
+41.54%
PLDPROLOGIS INC
+0.5
10%
+14.01%
SPGSIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC
+0.5
10%
+20.89%
IRMIRON MOUNTAIN INC
+0.5
9%
+47.96%
VTRVENTAS INC
+0.4
8%
+22.72%
PSAPUBLIC STORAGE
+0.4
8%
+26.84%
OREALTY INCOME CORP
+0.3
7%
+14.41%
DLRDIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC
+0.2
5%
+25.96%
DOCHEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC
+0.2
4%
+39.26%
KIMKIMCO REALTY CORP
+0.2
3%
+21.26%
HSTHOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC
+0.2
3%
+32.18%
ESSESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC
+0.2
3%
+14.92%
EXREXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC
+0.1
3%
+13.79%
INVHINVITATION HOMES INC
+0.1
2%
+11.11%
REGREGENCY CENTERS CORP
+0.1
2%
+13.28%
FRTFEDERAL REALTY INVS TRUST
+0.1
2%
+20.55%
BXPBXP INC
+0.1
2%
+9.51%
AREALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUIT
+0.1
1%
+11.33%
UDRUDR INC
+0.1
1%
+6.64%
CPTCAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
+0.0
0%
+0.33%
MAAMID AMERICA APARTMENT COMM
+0.0
0%
−2.72%
AMTAMERICAN TOWER CORP
+0.0
0%
+3.77%
SBACSBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP
−0.0
0%
−1.77%
WYWEYERHAEUSER CO
−0.0
−1%
+4.95%
VMRKVIVMARK RESIDENTIAL
−0.1
−1%
−1.57%
VICIVICI PROPERTIES INC
−0.1
−1%
−3.34%
CBRECBRE GROUP INC A
−0.1
−2%
−5.63%
CCICROWN CASTLE INC
−0.3
−6%
−12.06%
CSGPCOSTAR GROUP INC
−0.7
−13%
−51.20%
Cap weighting, illustrated

WELLTOWER INC and HOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC moved almost identically (+30.82% vs +32.18%), yet WELL moved the XLRE 8.4× 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 +5.00 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
WELL+1.4 pts(+30.8%)
EQIX+0.9 pts(+41.5%)
CSGP−0.7 pts(−51.2%)
PLD+0.5 pts(+14.0%)
SPG+0.5 pts(+20.9%)
IRM+0.5 pts(+48.0%)
VTR+0.4 pts(+22.7%)
PSA+0.4 pts(+26.8%)
O+0.3 pts(+14.4%)
CCI−0.3 pts
DLR
DOC+0.2 pts(+39.3%)
KIM+0.2 pts
HST+0.2 pts
ESS+0.2 pts
EXR+0.1 pts
INVH+0.1 pts
REG
FRT
BXP
CBRE
ARE
UDR
VICI
VMRK

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +5.00 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8152330stocks:3 stocks = 55%100% covered at 9

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0WELL +1.38EQIX +0.87PLD +0.52CSGP −0.67CCI −0.31CBRE −0.08Dec 31Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−75%−50%−25%0%+25%
From −51.20% (CSGP) to +47.96% (IRM). Equal-weight, the XLRE would be +12.69% vs the actual +12.40%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +5.00 pts
-30
+5.3

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