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Health Care · Select Sector

59 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
175.30
+20.88 (+13.52%)
XLV 175.30 · +20.9 pts (+13.52%) 2Y
197.60179.27160.93142.60124.27EW +25.05%H 175.68 · Aug 19L 128.77 · May 14
Aug 20, 2024Feb 21, 2025Aug 25, 2025Feb 24, 2026Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
41 / 59
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
85%
of the gain from JNJ, LLY, ABBV
Biggest driver
JNJ +8.11
JOHNSON + JOHNSON, +80.48%
Biggest drag
UNH −5.02
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC, −28.54%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · 2Y · residual 327.8bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLV rose 13.52% (+20.88 pts) over two years, and 85% of that gain came from just three stocks: JNJ, LLY, ABBV.

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+35.7 pts from 38 gainers13.2 pts from 21 losers
net +20.9 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.7 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLVsum of all 59 stocks
+20.9
100%
+13.52%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+8.1
39%
+80.48%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
+6.4
30%
+31.49%
ABBVABBVIE INC
+3.3
16%
+43.69%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC
+2.7
13%
+110.83%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+2.4
11%
+45.17%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+1.5
7%
+42.14%
BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
+1.5
7%
+52.15%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORP
+1.3
6%
+68.97%
MCKMCKESSON CORP
+1.2
6%
+66.44%
CAHCARDINAL HEALTH INC
+0.8
4%
+124.25%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES
+0.8
4%
+8.55%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+0.6
3%
+82.69%
MDTMEDTRONIC PLC
+0.5
3%
+13.84%
CORCENCORA INC
+0.5
2%
+39.55%
EWEDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
+0.5
2%
+30.92%
29 othersclick to expand the full index
+3.5
17%
·
UHSUNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES B
−0.1
0%
−22.07%
TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
−0.1
−1%
+2.93%
GEHCGE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
−0.1
−1%
−11.68%
COOCOOPER COS INC/THE
−0.1
−1%
−23.83%
ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
−0.1
−1%
−31.57%
BAXBAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
−0.1
−1%
−25.12%
CNCCENTENE CORP
−0.4
−2%
−16.84%
CITHE CIGNA GROUP
−0.6
−3%
−15.20%
ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
−0.9
−4%
−23.05%
DHRDANAHER CORP
−1.0
−5%
−19.51%
REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS
−1.0
−5%
−29.52%
ZTSZOETIS INC
−1.1
−5%
−56.88%
ELVELEVANCE HEALTH INC
−1.2
−6%
−23.81%
BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
−1.3
−6%
−36.47%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
−5.0
−24%
−28.54%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ELI LILLY + CO and HENRY SCHEIN INC moved almost identically (+31.49% vs +29.93%), yet LLY moved the XLV 165.6× 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 +20.88 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
JNJ+8.1 pts(+80.5%)
LLY+6.4 pts(+31.5%)
UNH−5.0 pts(−28.5%)
ABBV+3.3 pts(+43.7%)
GILD+2.7 pts(+110.8%)
MRK+2.4 pts(+45.2%)
AMGN+1.5 pts(+42.1%)
BMY+1.5 pts(+52.2%)
CVS+1.3 pts(+69.0%)
BSX−1.3 pts
ELV−1.2 pts
MCK+1.2 pts
ZTS−1.1 pts(−56.9%)
REGN−1.0 pts
DHR−1.0 pts
ISRG−0.9 pts
CAH
ABT+0.8 pts
MRNA+0.6 pts
CI
MDT
COR+0.5 pts
EW
VRTX
DGX
DXCM
LH

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +20.88 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%15304459stocks:3 stocks = 85%100% covered at 5

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0JNJ +8.11LLY +6.36ABBV +3.34UNH −5.02BSX −1.26ELV −1.20Aug 20Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−75%−25%+25%+75%
From −56.88% (ZTS) to +124.25% (CAH). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +25.05% vs the actual +13.52%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +20.88 pts
-59
+22.5

The year, session by session

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