Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

XLC — Communication Services Select Sector

23/23 covered · 100% by weight · benchmark: XLC price · closes through 2026-08-07 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 40.51% in top 5 16.81 effective names · HHI 595
RS vs S&P 500 21d -2.20pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d +0.70pp sector return − QQQ
Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows. Last 21 sessions — price +0.67% · A/D +41 (+1.78/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 +2.78% +1.57 -11pp -1.63pp Confirming ↑
1 month +0.67% +1.78 -2pp -0.18pp Improving
1 quarter -4.18% -1.3 +0pp +1.88pp Confirming ↓

Over the last 126 sessions: price down -5.21%, breadth down (-0.09/name) · % beating 35→48 · median−ETF -3.45pp→-0.11pp.

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 2026-08-07.

5-day 69.57% 16/23 above
20-day 82.61% 19/23 above
50-day 60.87% 14/23 above
100-day 52.17% 12/23 above
150-day 52.17% 12/23 above
200-day 59.09% 13/22 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 11 (48%) 5 (22%) +6
1-Month 5 (22%) 2 (9%) +3
3-Month 1 (4%) 2 (9%) -1
6-Month 1 (4%) 2 (9%) -1
52-Week 1 (5%) 1 (5%) +0
YTD 1 (4%) 2 (9%) -1

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +0.06% +0.15% +0.09pp 12 / 10 12 / 11 10 of 23 ±5.22%
5d +2.78% +3.39% +0.61pp 19 / 4 12 / 11 8 of 23 ±7.46%
21d +0.67% +0.56% -0.11pp 13 / 10 11 / 12 2 of 23 ±11.78%
YTD -5.19% -7.34% -2.15pp 8 / 15 10 / 13 0 of 23 ±19.12%

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)

  • TTWO+6.04%+0.29pp
  • OMC+3.31%+0.15pp
  • FOXA+3.63%+0.11pp
  • WBD+1.44%+0.06pp
  • FOX+3.00%+0.06pp
  • TTD-21.90%-0.51pp
  • SATS-4.14%-0.18pp
  • NWSA-3.88%-0.1pp
  • GOOGL-0.96%-0.09pp
  • CHTR-3.09%-0.09pp

This month (21d)

  • FOXA+19.15%+0.57pp
  • VZ+13.31%+0.56pp
  • T+14.58%+0.52pp
  • DIS+9.09%+0.42pp
  • CHTR+13.56%+0.39pp
  • SATS-26.16%-1.11pp
  • META-6.24%-0.81pp
  • TTD-30.13%-0.7pp
  • GOOGL-1.28%-0.12pp
  • TMUS-2.36%-0.09pp

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)

  • FOXA+19.15%
  • FOX+17.73%
  • T+14.58%
  • CHTR+13.56%
  • VZ+13.31%
  • TTD-30.13%
  • SATS-26.16%
  • META-6.24%
  • TMUS-2.36%
  • NFLX-1.76%

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% 592.10 +0.37% +6.36% -6.24% -10.22% 9
GOOGL Alphabet Cl A 9.72% 354.30 -0.96% -0.51% -1.28% +13.27% 26
GOOG Alphabet Cl C 7.80% 353.47 -0.88% -0.89% -0.78% +12.72% 39
LYV Live Nation Entertainment 5.06% 180.66 -0.61% +3.75% -1.05% +26.78% 30
TTWO Take-Two Interactive 4.79% 246.50 +6.04% +1.47% +0.16% -3.72% 43
DIS Walt Disney Company 4.63% 104.91 +0.22% +9.07% +9.09% -7.79% 74
OMC Omnicom Group Inc 4.44% 85.24 +3.31% +8.31% +5.46% +6.61% 65
EA Electronic Arts Inc 4.38% 209.70 +0.00% +0.38% +2.07% +2.73% 52
WBD Discovery Inc Series A 4.35% 26.78 +1.44% +1.83% +0.56% -7.08% 48
SATS Echostar Corp 4.24% 92.03 -4.14% -8.74% -26.16% -15.34% 4
VZ Verizon Communications 4.17% 47.06 +0.15% +0.53% +13.31% +19.31% 78
TMUS T-Mobile US 3.86% 177.19 -1.54% +2.59% -2.36% -12.31% 13
NFLX Netflix Inc 3.77% 74.14 +0.61% +3.39% -1.76% -20.93% 17
TKO Tko Group Holdings Cl A 3.70% 186.56 -0.39% +2.61% -0.86% -10.38% 35
CMCSA Comcast Corp A 3.70% 25.36 +0.75% +5.84% +8.61% -7.34% 70
T AT&T Inc 3.57% 23.79 +0.34% +2.32% +14.58% -2.09% 87
FOXA Fox Corp Cl A 2.96% 64.03 +3.63% +9.96% +19.15% -11.94% 96
CHTR Charter Communications 2.88% 152.57 -3.09% +5.24% +13.56% -26.91% 83
NWSA News Corp Cl A 2.62% 28.52 -3.88% +3.48% +3.75% +9.64% 57
TTD Trade Desk Inc 2.34% 13.80 -21.90% -23.50% -30.13% -63.65% 0
FOX Fox Corp Cl B 1.87% 57.03 +3.00% +9.80% +17.73% -11.69% 91
NWS News Corp Cl B 0.99% 32.45 -4.19% +3.77% +4.24% +9.92% 61
PSKY Paramount Skydance Corp Cl B 0.89% 9.19 +1.43% +15.45% -1.50% -31.06% 22

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.