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Sectors

How the 10 sectors of the stock market compare: their size, their returns from one day to one year, and their largest companies. From our price snapshot of Oct 19, 2026; market values from SEC share counts and Yahoo Finance.

All sectors compared

Returns are weighted by current market value across U.S.-listed companies that file quarterly reports with the SEC. Listings counts every security in the sector in our snapshot, in any country.

SectorListingsU.S. companies valuedMarket valueShare of U.S. value1D5D1M6MYTD1YLargest company
TechnologyChipmakers, software, computer hardware and IT services.1,122933$46.7T34.0%+1.3%−4.0%−1.4%+18.7%+33.5%+43.1%Nvidia$5.2T
Health careDrugmakers, biotech, medical devices, hospitals and insurers that run health plans.1,3481,217$10.8T7.9%−0.0%+1.7%+2.9%+17.0%+21.7%+48.7%Eli Lilly and Company$1.2T
FinancialsBanks, insurers, asset managers, exchanges and payment companies.1,8981,602$21.0T15.3%−0.8%−0.1%−1.8%+5.0%+7.1%+14.2%Berkshire Hathaway$1.2T
ConsumerRetailers, carmakers, restaurants, food and drink, household goods and travel.977685$14.0T10.2%+1.4%+2.1%+4.2%+0.3%+3.1%+5.4%Amazon$2.8T
IndustrialsAerospace and defense, machinery, transport, construction and business services.841692$8.8T6.4%+0.3%−3.4%−3.3%−1.4%+22.5%+33.2%Samsung Group$1.1T
CommunicationsTelecom carriers, media, entertainment and internet platforms.415292$3.9T2.9%−0.4%+0.4%−1.7%+2.7%+10.1%+17.3%Cisco$422.2B
EnergyOil and gas producers, refiners, pipelines, oilfield services and coal.508422$8.7T6.3%−0.6%+1.7%+3.2%+15.6%+42.3%+45.2%Saudi Aramco$1.6T
MaterialsChemicals, metals and mining, steel, paper and packaging.730538$4.3T3.2%+0.0%−1.4%−3.3%−5.6%+13.4%+23.1%Linde Group$232.6B
Real estateReal estate investment trusts and property developers and managers.214135$447.4B0.3%−0.4%−0.1%−1.9%−11.6%−8.4%−8.8%Sun Hung Kai Properties$39.7B
UtilitiesElectric, gas and water utilities and independent power producers.9474$1.0T0.7%−1.6%−0.7%+2.2%−5.7%+1.2%−0.6%Constellation Energy$93.2B

Prices: daily closing prices and 15-minute quotes collected by On the record from public market data; market values are the share count in each company’s latest SEC filing times the last price. Sectors come from each company’s industry in SEC EDGAR and Wikidata. Prices are for reference only.

The largest companies in each sector

Technology

$46.7T in U.S. market value; +33.5% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Nvidia+16.6%NVDA · $5.2T
  2. Apple Inc.+26.0%AAPL · $5.0T
  3. Alphabet Inc.+9.9%GOOGL · $4.2T
  4. Google+8.3%GOOG · $4.0T
  5. Microsoft+10.5%MSFT · $4.0T

Health care

$10.8T in U.S. market value; +21.7% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Eli Lilly and Company+16.5%LLY · $1.2T
  2. Johnson & Johnson+22.9%JNJ · $612.9B
  3. AbbVie+24.3%ABBV · $502.0B
  4. Procter & Gamble+10.2%PG · $367.1B
  5. UnitedHealth Group+23.1%UNH · $364.8B

Financials

$21.0T in U.S. market value; +7.1% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Berkshire Hathaway+5.9%BRK-B · $1.2T
  2. JPMorgan Chase+3.8%JPM · $888.8B
  3. Visa Inc.+15.1%V · $767.3B
  4. Mastercard+8.0%MA · $545.8B
  5. Bank of America−8.3%BAC · $352.7B

Consumer

$14.0T in U.S. market value; +3.1% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Amazon+13.8%AMZN · $2.8T
  2. Tesla−18.0%TSLA · $1.5T
  3. Walmart+6.5%WMT · $941.6B
  4. Costco+15.6%COST · $441.8B
  5. The Coca-Cola Company+34.1%KO · $403.3B

Industrials

$8.8T in U.S. market value; +22.5% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Samsung Group+79.7%005930.KS · $1.1T
  2. Lam Research+59.4%LRCX · $341.4B
  3. Caterpillar Inc.+26.4%CAT · $333.0B
  4. RTX+5.4%RTX · $260.4B
  5. Union Pacific Corporation+24.5%UNP · $171.1B

Communications

$3.9T in U.S. market value; +10.1% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Cisco+39.0%CSCO · $422.2B
  2. Netflix, Inc.−25.7%NFLX · $290.2B
  3. China Mobile−0.9%0941.HK · $214.3B
  4. The Walt Disney Company−3.4%DIS · $189.8B
  5. Verizon+8.4%VZ · $183.4B

Energy

$8.7T in U.S. market value; +42.3% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Saudi Aramco+8.3%2222.SR · $1.6T
  2. ExxonMobil+48.3%XOM · $733.8B
  3. Chevron Corporation+47.5%CVX · $444.3B
  4. Shell+42.9%SHEL · $298.8B
  5. TotalEnergies+37.9%TTE · $199.6B

Materials

$4.3T in U.S. market value; +13.4% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Linde Group+18.4%LIN · $232.6B
  2. BHP Group+36.8%BHP · $205.1B
  3. Southern Copper Corporation+45.1%SCCO · $168.6B
  4. Rio Tinto plc+11.9%RIO · $141.7B
  5. Newmont Mining Corporation+18.8%NEM · $125.0B

Real estate

$447.4B in U.S. market value; −8.4% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Sun Hung Kai Properties+13.6%0016.HK · $39.7B
  2. CBRE Group−18.6%CBRE · $37.9B
  3. MTR Corporation Limited+8.9%0066.HK · $25.9B
  4. Vici Properties−17.8%VICI · $25.5B
  5. Vivmark Residential−3.5%VMRK · $22.8B

Utilities

$1.0T in U.S. market value; +1.2% this year. Largest five, with their move this year:

  1. Constellation Energy−25.6%CEG · $93.2B
  2. National Grid plc+2.2%NGG · $81.5B
  3. American Electric Power+8.5%AEP · $68.1B
  4. ONEOK+26.0%OKE · $58.4B
  5. Sempra−7.7%SRE · $53.3B