Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

IXJ — Global Healthcare

80/109 covered · 88% by weight · benchmark: IXJ price · closes through 2026-09-17 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 34.87% in top 5 25.38 effective names · HHI 394
RS vs S&P 500 21d -0.38pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d -0.93pp sector return − QQQ
Broad decline - breadth is falling with price. Last 21 sessions — price -1.01% · A/D -124 (-1.55/name)
IXJ 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 +1.95% +0.81 +5pp +1.19pp Confirming ↑
1 month -1.01% -1.55 -3pp -0.39pp Confirming ↓
1 quarter +9.89% +2.51 -4pp -0.59pp Confirming ↑

Over the last 126 sessions: price up +11.07%, breadth up (+2.74/name) · % beating 44→53 · median−ETF -0.27pp→+0.66pp.

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +0.79% +0.21% -0.59pp 46 / 34 29 / 51 37 of 80 ±1.83%
5d +1.95% +1.35% -0.60pp 54 / 26 36 / 44 24 of 80 ±4.32%
21d -1.01% -1.02% -0.01pp 38 / 41 39 / 40 5 of 79 ±7.69%
YTD +5.61% +11.23% +5.62pp 52 / 26 44 / 34 2 of 78 ±23.61%

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)

  • LLY+1.28%+0.14pp
  • JNJ+1.10%+0.08pp
  • AZN+2.00%+0.08pp
  • MRK+1.55%+0.06pp
  • GILD+2.17%+0.05pp
  • CVS-1.58%-0.02pp
  • SYK-1.63%-0.02pp
  • COR-2.85%-0.02pp
  • BMY-1.19%-0.02pp
  • CAH-2.67%-0.02pp

This month (21d)

  • MRK+8.86%+0.34pp
  • TMO+11.76%+0.26pp
  • AZN+3.77%+0.15pp
  • GILD+5.19%+0.11pp
  • ABBV+1.97%+0.1pp
  • LLY-5.98%-0.64pp
  • AMGN-10.18%-0.25pp
  • SYK-15.46%-0.22pp
  • UNH-4.75%-0.22pp
  • ROP-4.92%-0.19pp

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)

  • RVTY+28.99%
  • IQV+12.25%
  • TMO+11.76%
  • EL+11.38%
  • MRK+8.86%
  • COO-29.02%
  • SYK-15.46%
  • BSX-13.71%
  • GEHC-11.27%
  • BAX-11.22%

IXJ — constituent leadership race

$100 in each covered IXJ constituent at 2025-12-30, 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 — 80 covered · click a column to sort

Symbol Weight Last 1d 5d 21d YTD RS rank
LLY Eli Lilly and Company 10.68% 1152.44 +1.28% +2.62% -5.98% +7.41% 20
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 7.23% 270.22 +1.10% +1.45% +0.16% +31.27% 53
ABBV Abbvie Inc 4.91% 264.02 +0.58% +3.54% +1.97% +17.45% 68
UNH Unitedhealth Group 4.59% 375.21 -0.01% -2.77% -4.75% +14.55% 29
ROP Roper Industries 3.90% 374.76 -0.28% -3.56% -4.92% -15.42% 25
AZN Astrazeneca Plc 3.86% 166.14 +2.00% +4.07% +3.77% 75
MRK Merck & Company 3.81% 147.15 +1.55% +2.29% +8.86% +40.83% 92
AMGN Amgen Inc 2.41% 379.78 +0.91% -0.70% -10.18% +16.83% 9
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific 2.24% 658.32 +1.53% +9.23% +11.76% +13.72% 96
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc 2.14% 150.89 +2.17% +4.79% +5.19% +23.63% 84
ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 2.07% 383.54 +0.33% +6.40% -1.95% -32.28% 46
ABT Abbott Laboratories 2.02% 102.23 -0.13% -1.09% -9.27% -17.48% 13
PFE Pfizer Inc 1.95% 27.64 +0.66% -0.04% +1.43% +12.86% 67
NOVO-B.CO NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 1.86% 279.35 +2.48% -2.43% -6.71% -11.15% 19
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1.61% 62.84 -1.19% -1.43% -4.86% +19.09% 28
CVS CVS Corp 1.57% 90.27 -1.58% -5.27% -4.89% +15.69% 27
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceutic 1.46% 516.34 +0.60% +0.35% -2.24% +13.89% 42
DHR Danaher Corp 1.44% 212.50 +1.99% +5.97% +6.47% -6.97% 87
SYK Stryker Corp 1.43% 280.13 -1.63% +3.75% -15.46% -20.08% 1
GSK.LSE Gsk Plc ADR 1.39% 1900.00 +1.85% +7.01% +0.64% +5.93% 59
MDT Medtronic Inc 1.33% 92.77 +0.18% +1.26% +0.74% -2.64% 62
SNY Sanofi-Aventis S.A. ADR 1.28% 43.14 +1.29% +0.98% -4.07% -6.04% 34
MCK Mckesson Corp 1.24% 879.57 -0.87% -0.15% +1.19% +7.43% 66
ELV Elevance Health Inc 1.14% 414.26 +0.41% -0.55% +4.01% +18.90% 76
BSX Boston Scientific Corp 1.12% 43.55 -0.82% +1.04% -13.71% -54.33% 3
CI The Cigna Group 0.99% 276.00 -1.59% -1.75% -0.90% +1.42% 51
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 0.86% 789.45 +1.92% -0.48% -2.57% +2.40% 41
HCA Hca Holdings Inc 0.81% 429.04 -0.32% +2.05% +4.20% -7.96% 78
EL Estee Lauder Companies 0.79% 93.86 -1.82% -2.71% +11.38% -9.74% 95
COR Cencora Inc 0.68% 309.41 -2.85% -3.60% -2.13% -8.02% 44
ARGX Argenx Se ADR 0.67% 995.77 +1.13% +1.19% +0.28% +18.41% 54
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 0.64% 88.25 -1.15% +1.71% -3.00% +3.52% 37
CAH Cardinal Health 0.62% 226.34 -2.67% -4.10% -3.68% +10.68% 35
LONN.SW LONZA GROUP AG 0.58% 545.00 +1.23% +1.87% -5.90% +2.40% 22
IDXX Idexx Laboratories 0.58% 506.48 -1.39% -0.01% -8.47% -25.14% 15
BDX Becton Dickinson and Company 0.55% 181.38 -0.26% +2.81% +0.34% +19.64% 56
HLN Haleon Plc 0.54% 339.70 -0.03% +1.04% -4.47% -8.14% 32
GALD.SW GALDERMA GROUP N AG 0.49% 157.85 +2.47% +2.70% -7.66% -2.41% 18
HUM Humana Inc 0.48% 384.52 -0.05% -4.05% +0.66% +50.89% 61
SDZ.SW SANDOZ GROUP AG 0.48% 67.88 +3.29% +2.76% -8.39% +18.78% 16
CSL Carlisle Companies Inc 0.46% 320.37 +0.89% -2.84% -9.78% +0.76% 11
ZTS Zoetis Inc Cl A 0.45% 73.02 +0.03% +0.22% -1.27% -41.46% 48
ALC Alcon Inc 0.45% 53.44 -3.01% -1.94% -10.00% -15.14% 10
WAT Waters Corp 0.44% 429.72 +2.65% +6.99% +7.10% +13.13% 90
A Agilent Technologies 0.43% 156.34 +1.72% +9.24% +5.32% +15.36% 85
RMD Resmed Inc 0.40% 228.42 +0.07% +4.03% +4.13% -4.67% 77
GEHC GE Healthcare Technologies 0.39% 64.44 +1.50% +0.32% -11.27% -21.36% 4
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc 0.38% 269.44 +0.23% +4.72% +12.25% +19.53% 97
DXCM Dexcom Inc 0.37% 87.93 +0.68% +4.05% -1.86% +32.48% 47
BIIB Biogen Inc 0.37% 219.05 +1.41% +1.68% +3.06% +24.47% 72
CNC Centene Corp 0.36% 67.10 +1.65% +2.60% +2.88% +63.06% 70
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 0.32% 263.75 -0.43% +1.06% +8.65% +18.15% 91
WST West Pharmaceutical Services 0.30% 366.60 +1.27% +6.49% +5.77% +33.46% 86
MTD Mettler-Toledo International 0.29% 1410.44 +2.30% +10.14% +0.77% +1.17% 63
STE Steris Corp 0.28% 208.04 -0.89% -2.08% -10.48% -17.73% 8
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc 0.28% 247.45 +0.15% +7.06% +4.74% +43.87% 81
LH Laboratory Corp of America 0.28% 322.73 -0.55% +5.14% +0.39% +29.32% 58
PHIA.AS KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV 0.28% 21.54 -0.69% +1.13% -8.69% -7.31% 14
VTRS Viatris Inc 0.25% 17.13 +0.65% +4.58% +6.73% +39.79% 89
MRK Merck & Company 0.25% 147.15 +1.55% +2.29% +8.86% +40.83% 92
GMAB Genmab A/S ADR 0.23% 34.53 +0.39% +7.15% +4.78% +12.13% 82
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings 0.22% 94.25 -2.61% +1.96% -4.94% +5.10% 24
MRNA Moderna Inc 0.22% 158.07 +8.55% +15.70%
INCY Incyte Corp 0.22% 127.62 +2.30% +3.52% +3.36% +29.21% 73
SOON.SW SONOVA HOLDING AG 0.17% 235.00 +1.12% +2.44% -2.81% +13.47% 38
STMN.SW STRAUMANN HOLDING AG 0.17% 94.66 -0.55% +1.15% -2.63% +2.41% 39
COO Cooper Companies 0.16% 53.78 -1.53% -0.73% -29.02% -34.39% 0
RO.SW ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.16% 368.60 -0.32% +4.54% -1.02% +13.22% 49
SOLV Solventum Corporation 0.15% 87.53 -1.46% -0.14% +0.09% +10.46% 52
PODD Insulet Corp 0.15% 141.55 +0.68% +5.10% -4.38% -50.20% 33
RVTY Revvity Inc 0.14% 146.73 +0.69% +21.32% +28.99% +51.87% 99
ALGN Align Technology 0.14% 149.71 -0.49% -0.67% -10.84% -4.12% 6
BAX Baxter International 0.13% 23.02 -2.17% -4.80% -11.22% +20.58% 5
UHS Universal Health Services 0.12% 180.75 -0.25% +4.65% +4.43% -17.01% 80
CRL Charles River Laboratories 0.10% 281.67 +3.02% +3.18% +0.89% +41.20% 65
COLO-B.CO COLOPLAST B 0.10% 420.10 +0.17% -2.93% -5.34% -22.15% 23
TECH Bio-Techne Corp 0.10% 72.41 +0.11% +0.46% +0.37% +23.52% 57
HSIC Henry Schein Inc 0.10% 85.04 -1.99% -2.59% -4.70% +12.52% 30
DVA Davita Healthcare Partners 0.09% 183.09 -5.56% +0.97% +2.91% +61.16% 71
GETI-B.ST GETINGE B 0.06% 238.70 -0.62% +1.23% -2.21% +11.77% 43

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.

FAQ · from the current data

IXJ dispersion — data Q&A

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

As of 2026-09-17: over 21 sessions the fund returned -1.01% while its median constituent returned -1.02% — a dispersion of 7.69 pp; 49% of 79 members beat the fund. Broad decline - breadth is falling with price.

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

As of 2026-09-17: fund +0.79%, median member +0.21%, 46 advancers vs 34 decliners.

What does the dispersion page for IXJ 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. 80 constituents covered, re-baked nightly from the Closelook lake.

Is this investment advice?

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