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Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

XLC — Communication Services Select Sector

23/23 covered · 100% by weight · benchmark: XLC price · closes through 2026-07-24 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 40.51% in top 5 16.81 effective names · HHI 595
RS vs S&P 500 21d -1.01pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d +3.48pp 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 -0.23% · A/D +2 (+0.09/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 -3.93% -1.04 -2pp -1.83pp Confirming ↓
1 month -0.23% +0.09 -2pp -1.00pp Improving
1 quarter -10.48% -4.91 -2pp -1.92pp Confirming ↓

Over the last 126 sessions: price down -6.02%, breadth down (-2.35/name) · % beating 57→50 · median−ETF +1.44pp→-0.06pp.

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 2026-07-24.

5-day 13.04% 3/23 above
20-day 26.09% 6/23 above
50-day 30.43% 7/23 above
100-day 26.09% 6/23 above
150-day 30.43% 7/23 above
200-day 31.82% 7/22 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 3 (13%) 5 (22%) -2
1-Month 1 (4%) 4 (17%) -3
3-Month 0 (0%) 4 (17%) -4
6-Month 0 (0%) 4 (17%) -4
52-Week 0 (0%) 2 (9%) -2
YTD 0 (0%) 4 (17%) -4

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +0.87% +0.66% -0.21pp 18 / 5 10 / 13 12 of 23 ±2.53%
5d -3.93% -4.30% -0.37pp 4 / 19 9 / 14 3 of 23 ±4.72%
21d -0.23% -0.39% -0.16pp 10 / 13 11 / 12 2 of 23 ±8.81%
YTD -9.41% -10.58% -1.17pp 7 / 16 9 / 14 2 of 23 ±18.28%

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)

  • VZ+5.84%+0.24pp
  • TMUS+5.67%+0.22pp
  • T+5.10%+0.18pp
  • DIS+2.18%+0.1pp
  • OMC+2.26%+0.1pp
  • META-1.80%-0.23pp
  • SATS-4.14%-0.18pp
  • CHTR-2.52%-0.07pp
  • WBD-0.69%-0.03pp
  • PSKY-3.30%-0.03pp

This month (21d)

  • META+6.73%+0.88pp
  • OMC+8.15%+0.36pp
  • FOXA+11.06%+0.33pp
  • T+7.87%+0.28pp
  • LYV+3.37%+0.17pp
  • SATS-26.16%-1.11pp
  • GOOGL-7.40%-0.72pp
  • GOOG-7.52%-0.59pp
  • TKO-11.25%-0.42pp
  • DIS-5.48%-0.25pp

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+11.06%
  • FOX+8.90%
  • OMC+8.15%
  • T+7.87%
  • META+6.73%
  • SATS-26.16%
  • PSKY-15.79%
  • TKO-11.25%
  • GOOG-7.52%
  • GOOGL-7.40%

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% 595.19 -1.80% -7.87% +6.73% -9.75% 78
GOOGL Alphabet Cl A 9.72% 319.74 +0.65% -7.79% -7.40% +2.23% 17
GOOG Alphabet Cl C 7.80% 319.09 +0.24% -7.81% -7.52% +1.76% 13
LYV Live Nation Entertainment 5.06% 177.24 +0.67% -1.65% +3.37% +24.38% 65
TTWO Take-Two Interactive 4.79% 231.65 +0.61% -2.13% -1.75% -9.52% 43
DIS Walt Disney Company 4.63% 94.85 +2.18% -2.89% -5.48% -16.63% 26
OMC Omnicom Group Inc 4.44% 79.66 +2.26% -2.53% +8.15% -0.37% 87
EA Electronic Arts Inc 4.38% 209.06 +0.03% +0.08% +2.22% +2.41% 61
WBD Discovery Inc Series A 4.35% 25.77 -0.69% -4.09% -5.26% -10.58% 30
SATS Echostar Corp 4.24% 92.03 -4.14% -8.74% -26.16% -15.34% 0
VZ Verizon Communications 4.17% 46.38 +5.84% +6.40% +1.53% +17.59% 57
TMUS T-Mobile US 3.86% 180.09 +5.67% -6.41% -0.39% -10.88% 48
NFLX Netflix Inc 3.77% 70.09 +1.74% +1.65% -2.44% -25.25% 35
TKO Tko Group Holdings Cl A 3.70% 180.62 +0.66% -2.44% -11.25% -13.23% 9
CMCSA Comcast Corp A 3.70% 22.30 +1.71% -6.28% -0.18% -18.54% 52
T AT&T Inc 3.57% 24.13 +5.10% +10.64% +7.87% -0.69% 83
FOXA Fox Corp Cl A 2.96% 55.31 +0.40% -4.01% +11.06% -23.93% 96
CHTR Charter Communications 2.88% 123.31 -2.52% -6.14% -6.17% -40.93% 22
NWSA News Corp Cl A 2.62% 26.76 +1.63% -5.87% +6.06% +2.88% 74
TTD Trade Desk Inc 2.34% 17.29 +2.98% -6.99% -2.32% -54.45% 39
FOX Fox Corp Cl B 1.87% 49.41 +0.47% -4.30% +8.90% -23.49% 91
NWS News Corp Cl B 0.99% 30.19 +1.48% -6.88% +5.82% +2.27% 70
PSKY Paramount Skydance Corp Cl B 0.89% 8.21 -3.30% -6.17% -15.79% -38.41% 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.