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Follow the allocation change

Matched S&P 500 members → sector → industry → sub-industry → company. Each step uses the same percentage points.

Historical time machine
Historical observation
20182026
Universe›Health Care›Pharmaceuticals›Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals · weight
5.04%
Industry change · 12M
+2.63 pp
Pharmaceuticals · contribution
+2.634 pp
Company participation
71%
of industry constituents above their 6M weight average

4 · Companies driving this sub-industry

Mar 2022 · sorted by absolute contribution to 12-month change

CompanyCountryMarket capUniverse weight3M contribution12M contribution12M price returnAbove 6M weight average
Johnson & Johnson →
JNJ
United States$466.0bn1.568%+0.126 pp+0.724 pp+10.6%Yes
Pfizer →
PFE
United States$291.1bn0.980%-0.082 pp+0.585 pp+48.0%Yes
Lilly (Eli) →
LLY
United States$272.7bn0.918%+0.071 pp+0.568 pp+55.6%Yes
Merck & Co. →
MRK
United States$207.4bn0.698%+0.078 pp+0.334 pp+15.6%Yes
Bristol Myers Squibb →
BMY
United States$159.2bn0.536%+0.092 pp+0.259 pp+19.4%Yes
Zoetis →
ZTS
United States$89.0bn0.300%-0.070 pp+0.153 pp+20.4%No
Viatris →
VTRS
United States$13.2bn0.044%-0.008 pp+0.011 pp-19.6%No

Company contributions use weights among matched S&P 500 members and add through each level without rescaling. Companies without matched shares and prices are omitted. These observations do not establish official index weights or actual fund flows.