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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
5.61%
Industry change · 12M
+1.00 pp
Pharmaceuticals · contribution
+0.997 pp
Company participation
86%
of industry constituents above their 6M weight average

4 · Companies driving this sub-industry

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

CompanyCountryMarket capUniverse weight3M contribution12M contribution12M price returnAbove 6M weight average
Lilly (Eli) →
LLY
United States$297.8bn1.073%+0.247 pp+0.386 pp+59.1%Yes
Pfizer →
PFE
United States$297.6bn1.072%+0.156 pp+0.295 pp+41.6%Yes
Merck & Co. →
MRK
United States$232.7bn0.838%+0.167 pp+0.181 pp+31.7%Yes
Johnson & Johnson →
JNJ
United States$472.4bn1.701%+0.200 pp+0.105 pp+8.8%Yes
Bristol Myers Squibb →
BMY
United States$160.6bn0.579%+0.059 pp+0.053 pp+18.5%Yes
Viatris →
VTRS
United States$14.9bn0.054%+0.007 pp-0.012 pp-16.7%Yes
Zoetis →
ZTS
United States$80.4bn0.290%-0.027 pp-0.011 pp-2.7%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.