XLV · WMTMT

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Breadth

43 / 59

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

54%

of the gain from JNJ, MRK, LLY

Biggest driver

JNJ +4.41

JOHNSON + JOHNSON, +33.45%

Biggest drag

BSX −1.85

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP, −47.71%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 28.9bp within 60bp gate

The XLV rose 13.24% (+20.50 pts) so far this year in a broad advance: 43 of 59 stocks rose, with JNJ out front at +4.41 points.

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+26.3 pts from 45 gainers−5.2 pts from 14 losers

net +20.5 pts · gainers outweigh losers 5.0 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

XLVsum of all 59 stocks

+20.5

+13.24%

JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON

+4.4

+33.45%

MRKMERCK + CO. INC.

+3.4

+50.83%

LLYELI LILLY + CO

+3.2

+15.18%

UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC

+1.7

+21.75%

AMGNAMGEN INC

+1.7

+37.09%

ABBVABBVIE INC

+1.4

+18.19%

MRNAMODERNA INC

+1.2

+438.59%

BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO

+1.0

+30.14%

GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC

+0.8

+22.70%

PFEPFIZER INC

+0.7

+18.60%

TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC

+0.6

+8.62%

VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC

+0.5

+21.95%

HUMHUMANA INC

+0.5

+53.31%

CVSCVS HEALTH CORP

+0.5

+18.97%

MCKMCKESSON CORP

+0.3

+10.56%

29 othersclick to expand the full index

+4.3

CORCENCORA INC

+0.0

−2.48%

RMDRESMED INC

−0.0

−1.25%

STESTERIS PLC

−0.0

−6.29%

COOCOOPER COS INC/THE

−0.1

−10.88%

SYKSTRYKER CORP

−0.1

−5.40%

UHSUNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES B

−0.1

−19.15%

GEHCGE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY

−0.1

−9.81%

MDTMEDTRONIC PLC

−0.1

−3.50%

DHRDANAHER CORP

−0.1

−5.28%

HCAHCA HEALTHCARE INC

−0.2

−7.86%

PODDINSULET CORP

−0.2

−49.67%

IDXXIDEXX LABORATORIES INC

−0.3

−18.70%

ZTSZOETIS INC

−0.5

−38.05%

ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC

−1.6

−34.35%

BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP

−1.8

−47.71%

Cap weighting, illustrated

MERCK + CO. INC. and DAVITA INC moved almost identically (+50.83% vs +56.50%), yet MRK moved the XLV 54.9× 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 +20.50 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

JNJ+4.4 pts(+33.4%)

MRK+3.4 pts(+50.8%)

LLY+3.2 pts(+15.2%)

BSX−1.8 pts(−47.7%)

UNH+1.7 pts(+21.8%)

AMGN+1.7 pts(+37.1%)

ISRG−1.6 pts(−34.3%)

ABBV+1.4 pts

MRNA+1.2 pts(+438.6%)

BMY+1.0 pts

GILD+0.8 pts(+22.7%)

PFE+0.7 pts(+18.6%)

TMO+0.6 pts(+8.6%)

VRTX+0.5 pts(+21.9%)

HUM+0.5 pts(+53.3%)

ZTS−0.5 pts

CVS+0.5 pts

MCK+0.3 pts

BDX+0.3 pts

DXCM+0.3 pts

CNC

REGN+0.2 pts

CAH+0.2 pts

PODD

HCA

BIIB

MDT

VEEV

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +20.50 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−100%0%+100%+200%+300%+400%

From −49.67% (PODD) to +438.59% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +18.60% vs the actual +13.24%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +20.50 pts

-59

+21.1

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