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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 2026-11-04 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 40.51% in top 5 16.81 effective names · HHI 595
RS vs S&P 500 21d -4.41pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d +2.92pp 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 -5.99% · A/D +42 (+1.83/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 +1.76% +1.91 +0pp +7.23pp Confirming ↑
1 month -5.99% +1.83 +60pp +18.02pp Improving
1 quarter -5.59% +0.83 +31pp +13.24pp Improving

Over the last 126 sessions: price down -9.60%, breadth down (-0.57/name) · % beating 48→79 · median−ETF -1.99pp→+12.62pp.

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 2026-11-04.

5-day 91.3% 21/23 above
20-day 69.57% 16/23 above
50-day 56.52% 13/23 above
100-day 52.17% 12/23 above
150-day 52.17% 12/23 above
200-day 43.48% 10/23 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 19 (83%) 1 (4%) +18
1-Month 11 (48%) 0 (0%) +11
3-Month 2 (9%) 0 (0%) +2
6-Month 2 (9%) 0 (0%) +2
52-Week 2 (9%) 0 (0%) +2
YTD 2 (9%) 0 (0%) +2

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +3.47% +3.25% -0.22pp 20 / 1 9 / 14 10 of 23 ±2.06%
5d +1.76% +6.19% +4.43pp 20 / 3 17 / 6 0 of 23 ±6.87%
21d -5.99% +5.93% +11.92pp 15 / 8 17 / 6 0 of 23 ±10.88%
YTD -10.55% -7.05% +3.50pp 8 / 15 16 / 7 1 of 23 ±20.82%

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+7.13%+0.34pp
  • GOOGL+3.18%+0.31pp
  • GOOG+3.25%+0.25pp
  • OMC+5.22%+0.23pp
  • DIS+4.18%+0.19pp
  • PSKY-2.51%-0.02pp

This month (21d)

  • OMC+16.52%+0.73pp
  • DIS+14.34%+0.66pp
  • CMCSA+17.05%+0.63pp
  • WBD+9.56%+0.42pp
  • FOXA+12.19%+0.36pp
  • META-14.74%-1.92pp
  • GOOGL-16.90%-1.64pp
  • GOOG-16.63%-1.3pp
  • SATS-8.57%-0.36pp
  • T-9.63%-0.34pp

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)

  • CMCSA+17.05%
  • OMC+16.52%
  • DIS+14.34%
  • FOXA+12.19%
  • TTD+10.99%
  • GOOGL-16.90%
  • GOOG-16.63%
  • META-14.74%
  • PSKY-12.25%
  • T-9.63%

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% 630.00 +1.44% +2.86% -14.74% -4.48% 9
GOOGL Alphabet Cl A 9.72% 288.93 +3.18% -11.07% -16.90% -7.63% 0
GOOG Alphabet Cl C 7.80% 287.30 +3.25% -10.75% -16.63% -8.38% 4
LYV Live Nation Entertainment 5.06% 183.18 +2.41% +6.19% +6.62% +28.55% 52
TTWO Take-Two Interactive 4.79% 208.90 +7.13% +6.97% +3.15% -18.41% 43
DIS Walt Disney Company 4.63% 118.95 +4.18% +9.09% +14.34% +4.55% 87
OMC Omnicom Group Inc 4.44% 87.51 +5.22% +12.52% +16.52% +9.45% 91
EA Electronic Arts Inc 4.38% 209.70 +0.00% +0.05% +2.35% +2.73% 39
WBD Discovery Inc Series A 4.35% 30.95 +0.00% +0.32% +9.56% +7.39% 61
SATS Echostar Corp 4.24% 95.01 +2.33% +0.13% -8.57% -12.59% 22
VZ Verizon Communications 4.17% 46.17 +2.06% +6.92% +1.97% +17.06% 35
TMUS T-Mobile US 3.86% 159.17 +3.08% +7.49% -4.07% -21.23% 26
NFLX Netflix Inc 3.77% 66.39 +4.68% +7.10% -3.35% -29.19% 30
TKO Tko Group Holdings Cl A 3.70% 193.48 +3.35% +11.27% +9.65% -7.05% 65
CMCSA Comcast Corp A 3.70% 24.85 +4.99% +15.21% +17.05% -9.21% 96
T AT&T Inc 3.57% 21.83 +2.06% +5.46% -9.63% -10.16% 17
FOXA Fox Corp Cl A 2.96% 69.65 +3.80% +9.88% +12.19% -4.21% 83
CHTR Charter Communications 2.88% 120.25 +5.68% +14.10% +10.69% -42.40% 70
NWSA News Corp Cl A 2.62% 30.56 +3.73% +4.26% +7.04% +17.49% 57
TTD Trade Desk Inc 2.34% 13.23 +2.88% +3.68% +10.99% -65.15% 78
FOX Fox Corp Cl B 1.87% 61.62 +3.34% +9.35% +10.87% -4.59% 74
NWS News Corp Cl B 0.99% 33.39 +4.15% +4.29% +5.93% +13.11% 48
PSKY Paramount Skydance Corp Cl B 0.89% 9.53 -2.51% -4.60% -12.25% -28.51% 13

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.

Other ETFs & indices

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

FAQ · from the current data

XLC dispersion — data Q&A

Is XLC's move broad or carried by a few names (21 sessions)?

As of 2026-11-04: over 21 sessions the fund returned -5.99% while its median constituent returned +5.93% — a dispersion of 10.88 pp; 74% of 23 members beat the fund. Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows.

How did XLC's members trade in the last session?

As of 2026-11-04: fund +3.47%, median member +3.25%, 20 advancers vs 1 decliners.

What does the dispersion page for XLC measure?

It splits the fund into its members: the fund's own return against the median constituent, how many members beat the fund, advancers vs decliners, and a cumulative advance/decline line that tends to lead price. A firm fund price with a weak median and a falling A/D line is a narrow, top-heavy tape; a broad move shows the median keeping up. 23 constituents covered, re-baked nightly from the Closelooknet lake.

Is this investment advice?

No — a data surface in an investment research diary. It describes breadth inside a fund; it makes no recommendation.