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Utilities · Select Sector

31 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
43.30
−2.38 (−5.21%)
XLU 43.30 · −2.4 pts (−5.21%) 1M
45.0544.2243.3942.55EW −5.27%H 45.68 · Jul 27L 42.77 · Aug 21
Jul 27Aug 3Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25
Breadth
27 / 31
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
30%
of the decline from NEE, VST, AEP
Biggest driver
NEE −0.29
NEXTERA ENERGY INC, −5.18%
Biggest offset
PCG +0.05
P G + E CORP, +4.32%

What drove it

31 members · detractors first · 1M · residual 4.1bp within 60bp gate

The XLU fell 5.21% (−2.38 pts) on the month in a broad selloff: 27 of 31 stocks fell, with NEE out front at −0.29 points.

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+0.1 pts from 4 gainers2.5 pts from 27 losers
net −2.4 pts · losers outweigh gainers 22.6 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLUsum of all 31 stocks
−2.4
100%
−5.21%
NEENEXTERA ENERGY INC
−0.3
12%
−5.18%
VSTVISTRA CORP
−0.2
10%
−11.45%
AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
−0.2
8%
−7.39%
SOSOUTHERN CO/THE
−0.2
7%
−5.95%
NRGNRG ENERGY INC
−0.2
7%
−16.48%
SRESEMPRA
−0.1
6%
−7.91%
DUKDUKE ENERGY CORP
−0.1
5%
−4.75%
ETRENTERGY CORP
−0.1
5%
−6.01%
CNPCENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
−0.1
4%
−10.98%
PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GP
−0.1
4%
−7.49%
EXCEXELON CORP
−0.1
4%
−6.02%
DDOMINION ENERGY INC
−0.1
4%
−4.72%
NINISOURCE INC
−0.1
3%
−10.65%
DTEDTE ENERGY COMPANY
−0.1
3%
−7.53%
WECWEC ENERGY GROUP INC
−0.1
3%
−5.48%
XELXCEL ENERGY INC
−0.1
3%
−4.36%
ATOATMOS ENERGY CORP
−0.1
2%
−5.42%
CMSCMS ENERGY CORP
−0.0
2%
−6.72%
LNTALLIANT ENERGY CORP
−0.0
2%
−6.86%
AEEAMEREN CORPORATION
−0.0
2%
−4.67%
ESEVERSOURCE ENERGY
−0.0
2%
−4.88%
FEFIRSTENERGY CORP
−0.0
2%
−4.59%
EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON INC
−0.0
1%
−3.16%
EVRGEVERGY INC
−0.0
1%
−4.37%
PNWPINNACLE WEST CAPITAL
−0.0
1%
−6.48%
EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL
−0.0
1%
−4.91%
PPLPPL CORP
−0.0
1%
−2.82%
AESAES CORP
+0.0
0%
+0.45%
CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY
+0.0
−1%
+3.28%
AWKAMERICAN WATER WORKS CO INC
+0.0
−2%
+2.95%
PCGP G + E CORP
+0.1
−2%
+4.32%
Cap weighting, illustrated

NEXTERA ENERGY INC and EDISON INTERNATIONAL moved almost identically (−5.18% vs −4.91%), yet NEE moved the XLU 11.8× 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 −2.38 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NEE−0.3 pts(−5.2%)
VST−0.2 pts(−11.4%)
AEP−0.2 pts(−7.4%)
SO−0.2 pts(−5.9%)
NRG−0.2 pts(−16.5%)
SRE−0.1 pts(−7.9%)
DUK−0.1 pts(−4.7%)
ETR−0.1 pts(−6.0%)
CNP−0.1 pts(−11.0%)
PEG−0.1 pts
EXC−0.1 pts(−6.0%)
D−0.1 pts(−4.7%)
NI−0.1 pts
DTE−0.1 pts(−7.5%)
WEC−0.1 pts(−5.5%)
XEL−0.1 pts
ATO
PCG+0.1 pts(+4.3%)
CMS−0.0 pts(−6.7%)
LNT−0.0 pts
AEE−0.0 pts
ES−0.0 pts
AWK+0.0 pts
FE−0.0 pts
ED−0.0 pts
EVRG−0.0 pts
PNW−0.0 pts
EIX−0.0 pts
PPL−0.0 pts
CEG

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −2.38 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8162331stocks:3 stocks = 30%100% covered at 24

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0NEE −0.29VST −0.23AEP −0.18PCG +0.05AWK +0.04CEG +0.01Jul 27Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−20%−15%−10%−5%0%
From −16.48% (NRG) to +4.32% (PCG). Equal-weight, the XLU would be −5.27% vs the actual −5.21%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −2.38 pts
-31
−2.4

The year, session by session

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