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Trading Companies & Distributors

Trading Companies & Distributors is gaining market weight. Gained weight for 1 consecutive month.

Historical time machine
Historical observation
20182026
AcceleratingConcentrated

Most of this industry's gains came from a few companies.

Universe weight
0.23%
$0.11T
12-month change
+0.11 pp
6-month change
+0.07 pp
3-month change
+0.08 pp
Company participation
100%
above their 6M weight average

Where did the weight change come from?

12-month contribution in universe percentage points · contributions add to the industry change

Company attribution
Fastenal →+0.075 pp
All other companies+0.030 pp
Industry total+0.105 pp

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

Aug 2020 – Jul 2025 · market weight (%)

0.00.10.220212022202320242025

Relative performance

Industry return versus ACWI · no future data shown

10816422120212022202320242025

Is participation broad or concentrated?

Actual constituent counts at this date, not the legacy synthetic breadth proxy

Above their 3M universe-weight average100%
Above their 6M universe-weight average100%
Above their 12M universe-weight average100%
Top 5 share of current industry market cap100.0%

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

Allocation · 12M+0.11 pp
Relative strength · 12M+5.5%
Price index return · 12M+22.1%
Earnings revisions · unavailable0.0
Allocation gained weight while relative performance rose. At least half of constituents are above their 6M weight average. These observations need not agree.
Other evidence and availability

Valuation data: unavailable; shown as zero placeholder.

Attention data: unavailable; shown as zero placeholder.

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

CompanySub-industryCountryUniverse weight12M contribution12M price returnRevisions
Fastenal →
FAST
Trading Companies & DistributorsUnited States0.112%+0.075 pp+33.2%0.0
United Rentals →
URI
Trading Companies & DistributorsUnited States0.120%+0.030 pp+17.7%0.0
Underlying monthly industry observations
MonthWeight1M change3M change6M change12M changeRelative return · 12M
Jul 20250.231%+0.074 pp+0.077 pp+0.075 pp+0.105 pp+5.5%
Jun 20250.158%-0.001 pp+0.008 pp+0.006 pp+0.043 pp+5.9%
May 20250.158%+0.004 pp+0.016 pp-0.020 pp+0.037 pp-0.1%
Apr 20250.154%+0.004 pp-0.002 pp-0.024 pp-0.031 pp-7.6%
Mar 20250.150%+0.008 pp-0.002 pp-0.022 pp-0.046 pp-14.0%
Feb 20250.142%-0.014 pp-0.036 pp-0.023 pp-0.051 pp-15.5%
Jan 20250.157%+0.005 pp-0.021 pp+0.031 pp-0.026 pp-2.0%
Dec 20240.152%-0.027 pp-0.021 pp+0.037 pp-0.020 pp+2.7%
Nov 20240.178%+0.000 pp+0.013 pp+0.057 pp+0.024 pp+34.1%
Oct 20240.178%+0.006 pp+0.052 pp-0.007 pp+0.028 pp+34.4%
Sep 20240.172%+0.007 pp+0.058 pp-0.023 pp+0.019 pp+26.9%
Aug 20240.166%+0.040 pp+0.044 pp-0.028 pp+0.010 pp+17.8%
Jul 20240.126%+0.012 pp-0.059 pp-0.057 pp+0.020 pp+28.9%
Jun 20240.114%-0.007 pp-0.081 pp-0.057 pp+0.005 pp+12.0%
May 20240.121%-0.064 pp-0.072 pp-0.033 pp+0.027 pp+39.1%
Apr 20240.185%-0.010 pp+0.002 pp+0.035 pp+0.049 pp+41.3%
Mar 20240.196%+0.002 pp+0.024 pp+0.042 pp+0.049 pp+38.9%
Feb 20240.193%+0.010 pp+0.039 pp+0.037 pp+0.027 pp+20.5%
Jan 20240.183%+0.012 pp+0.033 pp+0.077 pp+0.029 pp+25.0%
Dec 20230.171%+0.017 pp+0.018 pp+0.061 pp+0.033 pp+27.2%
Nov 20230.154%+0.004 pp-0.002 pp+0.059 pp+0.021 pp+17.0%
Oct 20230.150%-0.003 pp+0.045 pp+0.015 pp+0.024 pp+15.2%
Sep 20230.153%-0.003 pp+0.044 pp+0.007 pp+0.027 pp+22.4%
Aug 20230.156%+0.050 pp+0.061 pp-0.010 pp+0.031 pp+26.9%
Jul 20230.106%-0.004 pp-0.030 pp-0.049 pp-0.023 pp+18.9%
Jun 20230.110%+0.015 pp-0.036 pp-0.028 pp-0.014 pp+33.9%
May 20230.095%-0.041 pp-0.071 pp-0.038 pp-0.038 pp+7.5%
Apr 20230.136%-0.010 pp-0.018 pp+0.009 pp-0.004 pp+5.6%
Mar 20230.146%-0.020 pp+0.008 pp+0.020 pp+0.002 pp+12.2%
Feb 20230.166%+0.012 pp+0.033 pp+0.041 pp+0.034 pp+40.8%
Jan 20230.154%+0.016 pp+0.027 pp+0.026 pp+0.021 pp+28.9%
Dec 20220.138%+0.005 pp+0.012 pp+0.014 pp+0.002 pp+14.3%
Nov 20220.133%+0.006 pp+0.008 pp+0.001 pp-0.007 pp+10.3%
Oct 20220.127%+0.000 pp-0.002 pp-0.013 pp-0.020 pp+5.5%
Sep 20220.126%+0.001 pp+0.003 pp-0.018 pp-0.015 pp+3.5%
Aug 20220.125%-0.003 pp-0.008 pp-0.007 pp-0.014 pp+2.9%
Jul 20220.128%+0.005 pp-0.011 pp-0.004 pp-0.007 pp+8.2%
Jun 20220.124%-0.009 pp-0.021 pp-0.013 pp-0.011 pp+0.2%
May 20220.132%-0.007 pp+0.000 pp-0.008 pp-0.009 pp+1.5%
Apr 20220.140%-0.005 pp+0.007 pp-0.007 pp+0.001 pp+8.9%
Mar 20220.144%+0.012 pp+0.008 pp+0.003 pp+0.069 pp+5.6%
Feb 20220.132%-0.001 pp-0.008 pp-0.007 pp+0.063 pp+2.3%
Jan 20220.133%-0.003 pp-0.014 pp-0.003 pp+0.059 pp+14.1%
Dec 20210.136%-0.004 pp-0.005 pp+0.002 pp+0.012 pp+17.1%
Nov 20210.140%-0.006 pp+0.001 pp-0.001 pp+0.011 pp+14.7%
Oct 20210.147%+0.005 pp+0.011 pp+0.008 pp+0.027 pp+28.1%
Sep 20210.141%+0.002 pp+0.007 pp+0.067 pp+0.141 pp+25.5%
Aug 20210.139%+0.003 pp-0.002 pp+0.070 pp+0.139 pp+21.9%
Jul 20210.136%+0.002 pp-0.003 pp+0.062 pp+0.136 pp+21.3%
Jun 20210.134%-0.007 pp+0.060 pp+0.010 pp+0.134 pp+19.8%
May 20210.141%+0.003 pp+0.072 pp+0.011 pp+0.141 pp+28.8%
Apr 20210.138%+0.064 pp+0.065 pp+0.019 pp+0.028 pp+33.9%
Mar 20210.075%+0.005 pp-0.050 pp+0.075 pp+0.075 pp+53.2%
Feb 20210.070%-0.004 pp-0.060 pp+0.069 pp+0.069 pp+39.9%
Jan 20210.073%-0.051 pp-0.046 pp+0.073 pp-0.026 pp+33.0%
Dec 20200.124%-0.005 pp+0.124 pp+0.124 pp+0.011 pp+18.4%
Nov 20200.130%+0.010 pp+0.130 pp+0.130 pp+0.021 pp+26.6%
Oct 20200.120%+0.120 pp+0.120 pp+0.010 pp+0.014 pp+21.9%
Sep 20200.000%-0.000 pp+0.000 pp+0.000 pp-0.101 pp+27.2%
Aug 20200.000%+0.000 pp+0.000 pp+0.000 pp-0.095 pp+37.8%
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.