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Health Care · Select Sector

59 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
175.30
+37.13 (+26.87%)
XLV 175.30 · +37.1 pts (+26.87%) 1Y
178.74166.29153.83141.38128.93EW +27.11%H 175.68 · Aug 19L 134.13 · Sep 25
Aug 22, 2025Nov 20, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 26, 2026Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
44 / 59
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
59%
of the gain from LLY, JNJ, MRK
Biggest driver
LLY +10.87
ELI LILLY + CO, +74.19%
Biggest drag
BSX −2.31
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP, −53.04%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 112.1bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLV rose 26.87% (+37.13 pts) over the past year in a broad advance: 44 of 59 stocks rose, with LLY out front at +10.87 points.

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+44.5 pts from 45 gainers6.1 pts from 14 losers
net +37.1 pts · gainers outweigh losers 7.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLVsum of all 59 stocks
+37.1
100%
+26.87%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
+10.9
29%
+74.19%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+6.8
18%
+56.15%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+4.5
12%
+85.09%
ABBVABBVIE INC
+2.6
7%
+29.16%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
+2.5
7%
+32.47%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+2.1
6%
+53.84%
TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
+1.4
4%
+26.09%
BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
+1.3
4%
+48.49%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+1.2
3%
+485.66%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC
+1.1
3%
+33.01%
VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
+1.0
3%
+39.92%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORP
+0.8
2%
+33.50%
MCKMCKESSON CORP
+0.8
2%
+31.83%
REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS
+0.7
2%
+41.95%
PFEPFIZER INC
+0.6
2%
+16.11%
29 othersclick to expand the full index
+6.2
17%
·
COOCOOPER COS INC/THE
+0.0
0%
−2.90%
GEHCGE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
−0.0
0%
−1.61%
ZBHZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC
−0.0
0%
−6.01%
STESTERIS PLC
−0.0
0%
−5.20%
UHSUNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES B
−0.0
0%
−4.83%
VEEVVEEVA SYSTEMS INC CLASS A
−0.1
0%
−15.13%
CITHE CIGNA GROUP
−0.2
0%
−6.22%
IDXXIDEXX LABORATORIES INC
−0.2
−1%
−14.80%
RMDRESMED INC
−0.2
−1%
−18.83%
PODDINSULET CORP
−0.3
−1%
−56.75%
SYKSTRYKER CORP
−0.4
−1%
−15.26%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES
−0.4
−1%
−11.03%
ZTSZOETIS INC
−0.9
−2%
−50.06%
ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
−1.0
−3%
−21.91%
BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
−2.3
−6%
−53.04%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ABBVIE INC and DAVITA INC moved almost identically (+29.16% vs +26.67%), yet ABBV moved the XLV 76.5× 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 +37.13 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
LLY+10.9 pts(+74.2%)
JNJ+6.8 pts(+56.1%)
MRK+4.5 pts(+85.1%)
ABBV+2.6 pts(+29.2%)
UNH+2.5 pts(+32.5%)
BSX−2.3 pts(−53.0%)
AMGN+2.1 pts(+53.8%)
TMO+1.4 pts(+26.1%)
BMY+1.3 pts
MRNA+1.2 pts
GILD+1.1 pts
ISRG−1.0 pts(−21.9%)
VRTX+1.0 pts(+39.9%)
ZTS−0.9 pts
CVS+0.8 pts
MCK+0.8 pts
REGN
PFE+0.6 pts
CAH
ELV
CNC
SYK
IQV
BDX
BIIB
WAT
COR
DXCM
WST
EW
CRL
CI
LH

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +37.13 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%15304459stocks:3 stocks = 59%100% covered at 14

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0LLY +10.87JNJ +6.75MRK +4.47BSX −2.31ISRG −1.04ZTS −0.85Aug 22Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%0%+100%+200%+300%+400%
From −56.75% (PODD) to +485.66% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +27.11% vs the actual +26.87%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +37.13 pts
-59
+38.4

The year, session by session

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