Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

XLC — Communication Services Select Sector

23/23 covered · 100% by weight · benchmark: XLC price · closes through 2026-07-28 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 40.51% in top 5 16.81 effective names · HHI 595
RS vs S&P 500 21d +1.66pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d +7.68pp sector return − QQQ
Broad advance - breadth is rising with price. Last 21 sessions — price +3.29% · A/D +28 (+1.22/name)
XLC price
Cumulative advance / decline of constituents — rises when more names are up than down; turns before price at inflections

Divergence over time — price vs breadth, by horizon

The hero read is the 1-month picture; here the same price↔breadth divergence across 1 week / 1 month / 1 quarter, computed over the 126-session history. A/D /name is net advancers-minus-decliners per covered constituent; % beating Δ and median−ETF Δ show how participation shifted. Price rising while those fall = the move is narrowing under the surface.

HorizonPriceA/D /name% beating ΔMedian−ETF ΔRead
1 week -0.33% +1.04 -5pp -0.43pp Improving
1 month +3.29% +1.22 +2pp +0.01pp Confirming ↑
1 quarter -6.96% -3.52 -2pp -2.47pp Confirming ↓

Over the last 126 sessions: price down -5.36%, breadth down (-2.09/name) · % beating 52→50 · median−ETF +0.13pp→-0.04pp.

Stocks above their moving average — participation breadth

Of the 23 covered constituents, the share trading above each simple moving average — the classic breadth gauge. A firm index price with a low %-above-MA is a narrow, top-heavy tape. As of 2026-07-28.

5-day 78.26% 18/23 above
20-day 56.52% 13/23 above
50-day 43.48% 10/23 above
100-day 30.43% 7/23 above
150-day 30.43% 7/23 above
200-day 40.91% 9/22 above
% of constituents above their 50-day average — breadth over the last year; 50% is the participation midpoint

New highs & new lows — by horizon

How many of the 23 covered constituents closed today at a new high (or low) over each window, and the net. A shrinking net as the index holds up = fewer names leading.

HorizonNew highsNew lowsNet
5-Day 15 (65%) 3 (13%) +12
1-Month 5 (22%) 1 (4%) +4
3-Month 1 (4%) 1 (4%) +0
6-Month 1 (4%) 1 (4%) +0
52-Week 1 (5%) 0 (0%) +1
YTD 1 (4%) 1 (4%) +0

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +1.87% +1.85% -0.02pp 20 / 3 11 / 12 11 of 23 ±2.26%
5d -0.33% +1.71% +2.04pp 15 / 8 16 / 7 4 of 23 ±5.46%
21d +3.29% +2.94% -0.35pp 15 / 8 11 / 12 3 of 23 ±10.12%
YTD -6.54% -10.02% -3.48pp 9 / 14 10 / 13 0 of 23 ±18.54%

Median − ETF below zero means the typical name is lagging the cap-weighted index — the move is top-heavy. "Beat" counts constituents outperforming the ETF over the window. Dispersion is the cross-sectional standard deviation of constituent returns — high = a stock-picker's tape, low = pure beta.

What drove the move — contribution = weight × return

Today (1d)

  • CMCSA+6.10%+0.23pp
  • GOOGL+2.19%+0.21pp
  • OMC+4.62%+0.21pp
  • CHTR+6.35%+0.18pp
  • GOOG+1.85%+0.14pp
  • SATS-4.14%-0.18pp
  • META-0.08%-0.01pp
  • EA-0.10%0pp

This month (21d)

  • META+7.84%+1.02pp
  • OMC+17.96%+0.8pp
  • FOXA+15.21%+0.45pp
  • T+8.54%+0.3pp
  • NWSA+10.90%+0.29pp
  • SATS-26.16%-1.11pp
  • TKO-13.81%-0.51pp
  • WBD-4.23%-0.18pp
  • PSKY-16.29%-0.14pp
  • GOOGL-1.09%-0.11pp

Each name's contribution = its index weight × its return — the percentage points it added to (green) or subtracted from (red) the ETF's move. Computed across covered names.

Leaders & laggards (21-day)

  • OMC+17.96%
  • FOXA+15.21%
  • FOX+12.46%
  • NWSA+10.90%
  • NWS+10.72%
  • SATS-26.16%
  • PSKY-16.29%
  • TKO-13.81%
  • WBD-4.23%
  • NFLX-1.92%

XLC — constituent leadership race

$100 in each covered XLC constituent at 2025-12-24, rebased to 100. Watch leadership change hands.

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Each covered constituent started at $100 at the window open; the bars race by total return (top 12 shown). Decision-support, not investment advice.

Constituents — 23 covered · click a column to sort

Symbol Weight Last 1d 5d 21d YTD RS rank
META META Platforms Inc 13.05% 593.41 -0.08% -7.83% +7.84% -10.02% 70
GOOGL Alphabet Cl A 9.72% 333.71 +2.19% -3.87% -1.09% +6.69% 22
GOOG Alphabet Cl C 7.80% 332.60 +1.85% -3.93% -0.62% +6.07% 26
LYV Live Nation Entertainment 5.06% 180.87 +0.82% +1.71% +0.79% +26.93% 35
TTWO Take-Two Interactive 4.79% 247.62 +1.50% +4.95% +3.81% -3.28% 57
DIS Walt Disney Company 4.63% 98.89 +2.32% +2.86% +0.87% -13.08% 39
OMC Omnicom Group Inc 4.44% 86.22 +4.62% +8.85% +17.96% +7.84% 96
EA Electronic Arts Inc 4.38% 208.87 -0.10% -0.08% +1.76% +2.32% 43
WBD Discovery Inc Series A 4.35% 25.61 +1.31% -0.85% -4.23% -11.14% 13
SATS Echostar Corp 4.24% 92.03 -4.14% -8.74% -26.16% -15.34% 0
VZ Verizon Communications 4.17% 48.19 +1.84% +10.07% +3.55% +22.18% 52
TMUS T-Mobile US 3.86% 182.39 +2.92% -4.39% -0.16% -9.74% 30
NFLX Netflix Inc 3.77% 72.39 +2.83% +5.42% -1.92% -22.79% 17
TKO Tko Group Holdings Cl A 3.70% 186.06 +1.75% +2.40% -13.81% -10.62% 9
CMCSA Comcast Corp A 3.70% 24.19 +6.10% +1.60% +5.82% -11.62% 65
T AT&T Inc 3.57% 24.66 +0.98% +10.78% +8.54% +1.49% 74
FOXA Fox Corp Cl A 2.96% 57.72 +1.91% +0.26% +15.21% -20.62% 91
CHTR Charter Communications 2.88% 139.97 +6.35% +9.53% +4.74% -32.95% 61
NWSA News Corp Cl A 2.62% 28.18 +3.26% +2.38% +10.90% +8.34% 83
TTD Trade Desk Inc 2.34% 18.91 +5.76% +3.62% +2.94% -50.18% 48
FOX Fox Corp Cl B 1.87% 51.63 +1.61% +0.31% +12.46% -20.06% 87
NWS News Corp Cl B 0.99% 31.81 +2.88% +1.92% +10.72% +7.75% 78
PSKY Paramount Skydance Corp Cl B 0.89% 8.07 +0.50% -5.39% -16.29% -39.46% 4

RS rank = the constituent's 21-day return percentile within the index (100 = strongest of the covered names). Weight is the index weight; returns use adjusted closes. Default sort: weight.

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Dispersion is computed across the constituents we cover in our data lake (see coverage badge). Decision-support, not investment advice.