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Health Care · Select Sector

59 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
175.30
+38.49 (+28.13%)
XLV 175.30 · +38.5 pts (+28.13%) 5Y
192.82172.08151.35130.61109.87EW +37.22%H 175.30 · Aug 25L 121.75 · Jun 15
Aug 17, 2021Nov 16, 2022Feb 22, 2024May 21, 2025Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
35 / 59
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%
of the gain from LLY, ABBV, JNJ
Biggest driver
LLY +23.81
ELI LILLY + CO, +372.60%
Biggest drag
MRNA −3.25
MODERNA INC, −60.48%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · 5Y · residual 1087.1bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLV rose 28.13% (+38.49 pts) over five years, and 100% of that gain came from just three stocks: LLY, ABBV, JNJ.

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+61.0 pts from 28 gainers19.7 pts from 31 losers
net +38.5 pts · gainers outweigh losers 3.1 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLVsum of all 59 stocks
+38.5
100%
+28.13%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
+23.8
62%
+372.60%
ABBVABBVIE INC
+7.6
20%
+165.10%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+7.0
18%
+75.14%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+3.9
10%
+131.89%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+2.7
7%
+122.23%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC
+2.6
7%
+144.34%
MCKMCKESSON CORP
+2.5
7%
+357.87%
VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
+1.9
5%
+178.60%
CORCENCORA INC
+1.3
3%
+190.72%
CAHCARDINAL HEALTH INC
+1.2
3%
+404.48%
SYKSTRYKER CORP
+1.0
3%
+30.13%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORP
+0.9
2%
+25.91%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
+0.8
2%
+2.68%
BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
+0.8
2%
+20.88%
CITHE CIGNA GROUP
+0.7
2%
+45.45%
29 othersclick to expand the full index
−1.2
3%
·
MTDMETTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL
−0.4
−1%
−9.27%
RVTYREVVITY INC
−0.4
−1%
−30.96%
EWEDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
−0.4
−1%
−22.54%
IDXXIDEXX LABORATORIES INC
−0.5
−1%
−18.89%
VEEVVEEVA SYSTEMS INC CLASS A
−0.5
−1%
−22.41%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES
−0.6
−2%
+1.12%
BIIBBIOGEN INC
−0.7
−2%
−36.88%
MDTMEDTRONIC PLC
−0.7
−2%
−18.50%
BAXBAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
−0.7
−2%
−61.70%
DXCMDEXCOM INC
−0.8
−2%
−30.10%
ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
−1.2
−3%
−76.56%
ZTSZOETIS INC
−1.7
−4%
−60.71%
DHRDANAHER CORP
−1.9
−5%
−21.98%
PFEPFIZER INC
−2.3
−6%
−27.39%
MRNAMODERNA INC
−3.3
−8%
−60.48%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JOHNSON + JOHNSON and INCYTE CORP moved almost identically (+75.14% vs +71.45%), yet JNJ moved the XLV 131.9× 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 +38.49 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
LLY+23.8 pts(+372.6%)
ABBV+7.6 pts(+165.1%)
JNJ+7.0 pts(+75.1%)
MRK+3.9 pts(+131.9%)
MRNA−3.3 pts(−60.5%)
AMGN+2.7 pts(+122.2%)
GILD+2.6 pts(+144.3%)
MCK+2.5 pts(+357.9%)
PFE−2.3 pts(−27.4%)
DHR−1.9 pts
VRTX+1.9 pts
ZTS−1.7 pts(−60.7%)
COR+1.3 pts
CAH+1.2 pts
ALGN
SYK+1.0 pts
CVS+0.9 pts
BMY+0.8 pts
BAX−0.7 pts
CI
BIIB
ABT
VEEV
HCA
IDXX
RVTY
MTD
ELV
A
REGN
CNC
COO

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +38.49 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%15304459stocks:3 stocks = 100%100% covered at 4

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0LLY +23.81ABBV +7.56JNJ +6.96MRNA −3.25PFE −2.26DHR −1.95Aug 17Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%0%+100%+200%+300%+400%
From −76.56% (ALGN) to +404.48% (CAH). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +37.22% vs the actual +28.13%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +38.49 pts
-59
+41.4

The year, session by session

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