XLV · WMTMT

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Breadth

45 / 60

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

43%

of the gain from LLY, ABBV, TMO

Biggest driver

LLY +5.52

ELI LILLY + CO, +25.68%

Biggest drag

BSX −0.75

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP, −30.83%

What drove it

60 members · drivers first · 6M · residual 69.9bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLV rose 15.96% (+23.51 pts) over the past six months in a broad advance: 45 of 60 stocks rose, with LLY out front at +5.52 points.

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+26.1 pts from 45 gainers−2.5 pts from 15 losers

net +23.5 pts · gainers outweigh losers 10.3 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

XLVsum of all 60 stocks

+23.5

+15.96%

LLYELI LILLY + CO

+5.5

+25.68%

ABBVABBVIE INC

+2.8

+34.05%

TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC

+1.7

+32.75%

UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC

+1.7

+25.34%

JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON

+1.7

+10.28%

MRNAMODERNA INC

+1.4

+341.52%

MRKMERCK + CO. INC.

+1.2

+20.80%

AMGNAMGEN INC

+0.9

+19.10%

HUMHUMANA INC

+0.8

+124.70%

VEEVVEEVA SYSTEMS INC CLASS A

+0.7

+95.49%

ILMNILLUMINA INC

+0.6

+130.03%

ELVELEVANCE HEALTH INC

+0.6

+33.06%

IQVIQVIA HOLDINGS INC

+0.4

+55.35%

VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC

+0.4

+16.92%

GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC

+0.4

+9.48%

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+5.2

REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS

−0.0

−0.17%

RMDRESMED INC

−0.0

+0.86%

UHSUNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES B

−0.0

−1.74%

STESTERIS PLC

−0.0

−3.31%

ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES

−0.0

−0.00%

ZBHZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC

−0.0

−4.06%

ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC

−0.0

−17.58%

IDXXIDEXX LABORATORIES INC

−0.1

−7.99%

GEHCGE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY

−0.1

−10.17%

COOCOOPER COS INC/THE

−0.1

−23.65%

PODDINSULET CORP

−0.1

−31.31%

HCAHCA HEALTHCARE INC

−0.3

−8.78%

ZTSZOETIS INC

−0.4

−36.29%

SYKSTRYKER CORP

−0.6

−18.00%

BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP

−0.8

−30.83%

Cap weighting, illustrated

JOHNSON + JOHNSON and HENRY SCHEIN INC moved almost identically (+10.28% vs +11.51%), yet JNJ moved the XLV 66.0× 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 +23.51 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

LLY+5.5 pts(+25.7%)

ABBV+2.8 pts(+34.1%)

TMO+1.7 pts

UNH+1.7 pts(+25.3%)

JNJ+1.7 pts(+10.3%)

MRNA+1.4 pts(+341.5%)

MRK+1.2 pts(+20.8%)

AMGN+0.9 pts(+19.1%)

HUM+0.8 pts(+124.7%)

BSX−0.8 pts

VEEV

ILMN+0.6 pts(+130.0%)

SYK−0.6 pts(−18.0%)

ELV+0.6 pts

ZTS−0.4 pts

IQV+0.4 pts

VRTX+0.4 pts

GILD+0.4 pts

DHR+0.4 pts

WAT

CNC

PFE

BDX

DXCM+0.3 pts

MCK+0.3 pts

HCA

BIIB

WST

CRL

BMY

RVTY

DGX

COR

CAH

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +23.51 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−50%+50%+150%+250%

From −36.29% (ZTS) to +341.52% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +23.18% vs the actual +15.96%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +23.51 pts

-60

+23.6

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