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Health Care · Select Sector

59 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
175.30
+41.77 (+31.28%)
XLV 175.30 · +41.8 pts (+31.28%) 3Y
193.63173.76153.89134.02114.15EW +41.35%H 175.30 · Aug 25L 123.83 · Oct 30
Aug 18, 2023May 21, 2024Feb 24, 2025Nov 19, 2025Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
42 / 59
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
67%
of the gain from LLY, JNJ, ABBV
Biggest driver
LLY +15.21
ELI LILLY + CO, +130.12%
Biggest drag
UNH −1.61
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC, −15.44%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · 3Y · residual 649.1bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLV rose 31.28% (+41.77 pts) over three years, and 67% of that gain came from just three stocks: LLY, JNJ, ABBV.

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+51.2 pts from 40 gainers6.5 pts from 19 losers
net +41.8 pts · gainers outweigh losers 7.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLVsum of all 59 stocks
+41.8
100%
+31.28%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
+15.2
36%
+130.12%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+7.5
18%
+72.82%
ABBVABBVIE INC
+5.3
13%
+95.02%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+2.6
6%
+83.75%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC
+2.4
6%
+116.35%
MCKMCKESSON CORP
+1.7
4%
+118.26%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+1.6
4%
+57.15%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORP
+1.4
3%
+54.80%
ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
+1.2
3%
+30.04%
MDTMEDTRONIC PLC
+1.0
2%
+23.36%
BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
+1.0
2%
+26.01%
CAHCARDINAL HEALTH INC
+1.0
2%
+190.25%
SYKSTRYKER CORP
+0.9
2%
+22.50%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES
+0.9
2%
+18.38%
CORCENCORA INC
+0.9
2%
+86.13%
29 othersclick to expand the full index
+6.2
15%
·
TECHBIO TECHNE CORP
−0.1
0%
−6.09%
COOCOOPER COS INC/THE
−0.1
0%
−20.82%
WSTWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES
−0.1
0%
−9.38%
BDXBECTON DICKINSON AND CO
−0.1
0%
−6.38%
BAXBAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
−0.1
0%
−33.08%
BIIBBIOGEN INC
−0.2
0%
−15.46%
DHRDANAHER CORP
−0.2
0%
−1.12%
CNCCENTENE CORP
−0.2
−1%
+2.04%
ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
−0.3
−1%
−54.44%
HUMHUMANA INC
−0.3
−1%
−17.59%
DXCMDEXCOM INC
−0.4
−1%
−15.93%
ELVELEVANCE HEALTH INC
−0.6
−1%
−9.46%
PFEPFIZER INC
−0.6
−1%
−7.07%
ZTSZOETIS INC
−1.2
−3%
−55.96%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
−1.6
−4%
−15.44%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JOHNSON + JOHNSON and DAVITA INC moved almost identically (+72.82% vs +75.07%), yet JNJ moved the XLV 120.0× 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 +41.77 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
LLY+15.2 pts(+130.1%)
JNJ+7.5 pts(+72.8%)
ABBV+5.3 pts(+95.0%)
AMGN+2.6 pts
GILD+2.4 pts(+116.3%)
MCK+1.7 pts(+118.3%)
UNH−1.6 pts(−15.4%)
MRK+1.6 pts(+57.2%)
CVS+1.4 pts(+54.8%)
ZTS−1.2 pts
ISRG+1.2 pts
MDT+1.0 pts(+23.4%)
BMY+1.0 pts
CAH+1.0 pts
SYK+0.9 pts
ABT+0.9 pts
COR
VRTX+0.9 pts
TMO+0.7 pts
RMD
PFE−0.6 pts
ELV−0.6 pts
HCA
EW
DXCM
DGX
LH
HUM
ALGN
VEEV
VTRS

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +41.77 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%15304459stocks:3 stocks = 67%100% covered at 12

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0LLY +15.21JNJ +7.48ABBV +5.34UNH −1.61ZTS −1.22PFE −0.60Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%−50%0%+50%+100%+150%
From −55.96% (ZTS) to +190.25% (CAH). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +41.35% vs the actual +31.28%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +41.77 pts
-59
+44.8

The year, session by session

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