31 members · detractors first · 1Y · residual 5194.6bp exceeds 60bp gate
The XLU fell 49.67% (−42.74 pts) over the past year, but 22 of 31 members went the other way. SO and VST dragged the tape lower, accounting for 3% of the decline.
ENTERGY CORP and P G + E CORP moved almost identically (+21.92% vs +22.15%), yet ETR moved the XLU 3.0× 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 −42.74 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
CEG+1.1 pts(−9.9%)
AEP+0.6 pts(+10.2%)
NEE+0.5 pts(+13.5%)
SO−0.4 pts(−1.7%)
VST−0.4 pts(−26.6%)
DUK−0.4 pts(+0.7%)
ETR+0.3 pts(+21.9%)
EIX+0.3 pts
AWK−0.3 pts(−4.0%)
SRE+0.2 pts(+4.7%)
PPL−0.2 pts(−2.2%)
XEL+0.2 pts(+7.1%)
PEG−0.2 pts(−9.6%)
DTE−0.1 pts
NI−0.1 pts
CMS−0.1 pts
PCG+0.1 pts
EXC
D
FE
AES+0.1 pts
WEC−0.1 pts
EVRG
ATO
ED
Concentration curve
cumulative share of the −42.74 pt move · sorted by contribution
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
Breadth
member returns, this period
−30%−10%+10%+30%
From −26.57% (VST) to +40.29% (EIX). Equal-weight, the XLU would be +5.72% vs the actual −49.67%; the gap is what cap weighting did.
By sector
point contribution · sums to −42.74 pts
-31
+1.2
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What moved the market
1Y · AUG 25, 2026
−49.67%
−42.7 pts · closed 43.30
22 of 31 rose · 9 fell
CEG−9.9%
+1.1
AEP+10.2%
+0.6
NEE+13.5%
+0.5
ETR+21.9%
+0.3
EIX+40.3%
+0.3
PPL−2.2%
−0.2
AWK−4.0%
−0.3
DUK+0.7%
−0.4
VST−26.6%
−0.4
SO−1.7%
−0.4
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