Research & Consulting Services
Research & Consulting Services is gaining market weight. Gained weight for 2 consecutive months.
Most of this industry's gains came from a few companies.
Where did the weight change come from?
12-month contribution in universe percentage points · contributions add to the industry change
The three largest same-direction contributors explain 100% of gross gains. Opposing contributions can make an individual company’s change larger than the industry’s net change.
How has it moved through history?
Share of matched S&P 500 members
Jan 2018 – Nov 2020 · market weight (%)
Relative performance
Industry return versus ACWI · no future data shown
Is participation broad or concentrated?
Actual constituent counts at this date, not the legacy synthetic breadth proxy
This is size concentration, not contribution to the 12-month change. The attribution above measures the latter.
Evidence can disagree
Independent dimensions · no combined score or bullish/bearish verdict
Other evidence and availability
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Actual fund flows: unavailable. No ETF, mutual-fund or institutional flow feed is connected.
Volume / turnover: unavailable in this dataset.
Follow the contribution to individual companies
Sorted by absolute 12-month weight contribution, not investment merit
| Company | Sub-industry | Country | Universe weight | 12M contribution | 12M price return | Revisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verisk Analytics → VRSK | Research & Consulting Services | United States | 0.137% | +0.015 pp | +35.4% | 0.0 |
| Equifax → EFX | Research & Consulting Services | United States | 0.086% | +0.001 pp | +20.7% | 0.0 |
Underlying monthly industry observations
| Month | Weight | 1M change | 3M change | 6M change | 12M change | Relative return · 12M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2020 | 0.223% | +0.008 pp | +0.223 pp | +0.223 pp | +0.016 pp | +12.5% |
| Oct 2020 | 0.215% | +0.215 pp | +0.215 pp | -0.018 pp | +0.006 pp | +8.7% |
| Sep 2020 | 0.000% | -0.000 pp | -0.000 pp | +0.000 pp | -0.227 pp | +4.8% |
| Aug 2020 | 0.000% | +0.000 pp | -0.000 pp | +0.000 pp | -0.240 pp | -0.2% |
| Jul 2020 | 0.000% | -0.000 pp | -0.234 pp | -0.221 pp | -0.221 pp | +13.8% |
| Jun 2020 | 0.000% | +0.000 pp | +0.000 pp | -0.203 pp | -0.217 pp | +19.2% |
| May 2020 | 0.000% | -0.234 pp | +0.000 pp | -0.207 pp | -0.218 pp | +19.1% |
| Apr 2020 | 0.234% | +0.234 pp | +0.013 pp | +0.024 pp | +0.020 pp | +16.6% |
| Mar 2020 | 0.000% | +0.000 pp | -0.203 pp | -0.227 pp | -0.207 pp | +17.1% |
| Feb 2020 | 0.000% | -0.221 pp | -0.207 pp | -0.240 pp | -0.196 pp | +21.4% |
| Jan 2020 | 0.221% | +0.018 pp | +0.011 pp | -0.001 pp | +0.115 pp | +21.5% |
| Dec 2019 | 0.203% | -0.004 pp | -0.024 pp | -0.014 pp | +0.099 pp | +13.3% |
| Nov 2019 | 0.207% | -0.003 pp | -0.033 pp | -0.012 pp | +0.098 pp | +11.7% |
| Oct 2019 | 0.210% | -0.018 pp | -0.012 pp | -0.004 pp | +0.102 pp | +12.8% |
| Sep 2019 | 0.228% | -0.012 pp | +0.010 pp | +0.021 pp | +0.114 pp | +20.0% |
| Aug 2019 | 0.240% | +0.018 pp | +0.021 pp | +0.043 pp | +0.124 pp | +24.8% |
| Jul 2019 | 0.221% | +0.004 pp | +0.008 pp | +0.115 pp | +0.027 pp | +22.6% |
| Jun 2019 | 0.217% | -0.001 pp | +0.010 pp | +0.113 pp | +0.018 pp | +17.2% |
| May 2019 | 0.219% | +0.005 pp | +0.022 pp | +0.110 pp | +0.029 pp | +22.6% |
| Apr 2019 | 0.213% | +0.006 pp | +0.107 pp | +0.105 pp | +0.023 pp | +17.8% |
| Mar 2019 | 0.207% | +0.011 pp | +0.103 pp | +0.094 pp | +0.015 pp | +13.2% |
| Feb 2019 | 0.196% | +0.090 pp | +0.088 pp | +0.081 pp | +0.014 pp | +12.8% |
| Jan 2019 | 0.106% | +0.002 pp | -0.002 pp | -0.088 pp | -0.073 pp | +10.7% |
| Dec 2018 | 0.104% | -0.004 pp | -0.009 pp | -0.095 pp | -0.075 pp | +8.3% |
| Nov 2018 | 0.109% | +0.000 pp | -0.007 pp | -0.081 pp | -0.071 pp | +12.5% |
| Oct 2018 | 0.108% | -0.005 pp | -0.086 pp | -0.082 pp | -0.071 pp | +11.6% |
| Sep 2018 | 0.113% | -0.002 pp | -0.086 pp | -0.079 pp | -0.066 pp | +15.0% |
| Aug 2018 | 0.115% | -0.079 pp | -0.074 pp | -0.067 pp | -0.064 pp | +16.3% |
| Jul 2018 | 0.194% | -0.005 pp | +0.004 pp | +0.015 pp | +0.015 pp | +9.0% |
| Jun 2018 | 0.199% | +0.010 pp | +0.007 pp | +0.020 pp | +0.020 pp | +10.6% |
| May 2018 | 0.190% | -0.001 pp | +0.007 pp | +0.010 pp | +0.010 pp | +4.7% |
| Apr 2018 | 0.191% | -0.001 pp | +0.011 pp | +0.011 pp | +0.011 pp | +4.3% |
| Mar 2018 | 0.192% | +0.010 pp | +0.013 pp | +0.013 pp | +0.013 pp | +5.7% |
| Feb 2018 | 0.182% | +0.003 pp | +0.003 pp | +0.003 pp | +0.003 pp | +1.1% |
| Jan 2018 | 0.180% | +0.000 pp | +0.000 pp | +0.000 pp | +0.000 pp | +0.0% |
How are these descriptive states defined?
Gaining / losing: 12-month weight change above +0.005pp / below −0.005pp. Direction and speed are separate dimensions, not mutually exclusive recommendations.
Accelerating / slowing: compare the most recent 3M change with the preceding 3M change. Accelerating means a positive change speeds up by >0.02pp. Slowing means the magnitude of movement declines by >0.02pp. A falling industry can also slow.
Reversing: the last two 3M changes have opposite signs, outside a ±0.005pp tolerance. Persistence counts consecutive same-direction monthly changes.
Broad / concentrated: company attribution, not a market-cap concentration shortcut. Concentrated means the three largest same-direction contributors account for ≥70% of gross same-direction changes; otherwise broad requires ≥60% of constituents moving with the industry. Other cases are mixed.
Weights use matched S&P 500 members’ market-cap estimates, based on SEC-reported shares available by each month-end and monthly closing prices. Companies without a matched price or share record are omitted, so the denominator is the matched sample rather than every index member. These are not official float-adjusted S&P weights. Flow is not measured.