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Application Software

Application Software is losing market weight. Lost weight for 1 consecutive month.

Historical time machine
Historical observation
20182026
SlowingBroad

The loss is shared across much of the industry.

Universe weight
1.58%
$1.16T
12-month change
-1.68 pp
6-month change
-1.79 pp
3-month change
-0.87 pp
Company participation
0%
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
All other companies-1.283 pp
Industry total-1.682 pp

The three largest same-direction contributors explain 59% of gross losses. 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

May 2021 – Apr 2026 · market weight (%)

1.72.94.120222023202420252026

Relative performance

Industry return versus ACWI · no future data shown

10614518420222023202420252026

Is participation broad or concentrated?

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

Above their 3M universe-weight average25%
Above their 6M universe-weight average0%
Above their 12M universe-weight average0%
Top 5 share of current industry market cap79.6%

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-1.68 pp
Relative strength · 12M-35.0%
Price index return · 12M-14.3%
Earnings revisions · unavailable0.0
Allocation lost weight while relative performance fell. Fewer than 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
Salesforce →
CRM
Application SoftwareUnited States0.221%-0.399 pp-33.8%0.0
Oracle Corporation →
ORCL
Application SoftwareUnited States0.630%-0.318 pp+15.8%0.0
Intuit →
INTU
Application SoftwareUnited States0.146%-0.275 pp-37.6%0.0
Adobe Inc. →
ADBE
Application SoftwareUnited States0.135%-0.249 pp-34.4%0.0
Workday, Inc. →
WDAY
Application SoftwareUnited States0.037%-0.093 pp-50.0%0.0
Fair Isaac →
FICO
Application SoftwareUnited States0.032%-0.084 pp-48.5%0.0
Cadence Design Systems →
CDNS
Application SoftwareUnited States0.122%-0.073 pp+10.7%0.0
Autodesk →
ADSK
Application SoftwareUnited States0.068%-0.072 pp-13.6%0.0
Synopsys →
SNPS
Application SoftwareUnited States0.125%-0.045 pp+5.1%0.0
Tyler Technologies →
TYL
Application SoftwareUnited States0.020%-0.037 pp-37.2%0.0
PTC Inc. →
PTC
Application SoftwareUnited States0.022%-0.023 pp-12.0%0.0
Trimble Inc. →
TRMB
Application SoftwareUnited States0.021%-0.014 pp+8.3%0.0
Underlying monthly industry observations
MonthWeight1M change3M change6M change12M changeRelative return · 12M
Apr 20261.578%-0.047 pp-0.867 pp-1.790 pp-1.682 pp-35.0%
Mar 20261.626%+0.051 pp-1.358 pp-1.924 pp-1.539 pp-30.8%
Feb 20261.574%-0.871 pp-1.336 pp-1.805 pp-1.731 pp-37.6%
Jan 20262.446%-0.538 pp-0.922 pp-1.242 pp-1.027 pp-33.2%
Dec 20252.984%+0.073 pp-0.566 pp-0.575 pp-0.527 pp-20.0%
Nov 20252.910%-0.458 pp-0.470 pp-0.437 pp-0.607 pp-24.5%
Oct 20253.368%-0.182 pp-0.320 pp+0.107 pp-0.046 pp-7.6%
Sep 20253.550%+0.170 pp-0.009 pp+0.385 pp+0.159 pp-0.8%
Aug 20253.380%-0.308 pp+0.033 pp+0.075 pp+0.060 pp-0.9%
Jul 20253.688%+0.130 pp+0.427 pp+0.215 pp+1.231 pp+7.0%
Jun 20253.558%+0.211 pp+0.393 pp+0.048 pp+0.952 pp-0.9%
May 20253.347%+0.087 pp+0.042 pp-0.170 pp+1.047 pp+5.3%
Apr 20253.261%+0.096 pp-0.212 pp-0.153 pp-0.334 pp-5.2%
Mar 20253.165%-0.140 pp-0.346 pp-0.226 pp-0.608 pp-11.6%
Feb 20253.305%-0.168 pp-0.212 pp-0.015 pp-0.584 pp-8.4%
Jan 20253.473%-0.037 pp+0.059 pp+1.016 pp-0.483 pp-5.8%
Dec 20243.511%-0.007 pp+0.120 pp+0.904 pp-0.295 pp+0.1%
Nov 20243.517%+0.103 pp+0.197 pp+1.216 pp-0.469 pp-0.6%
Oct 20243.414%+0.023 pp+0.957 pp-0.180 pp-0.338 pp+0.4%
Sep 20243.391%+0.070 pp+0.785 pp-0.382 pp-0.311 pp+0.7%
Aug 20243.320%+0.863 pp+1.020 pp-0.569 pp-0.510 pp-6.6%
Jul 20242.457%-0.149 pp-1.137 pp-1.499 pp-0.105 pp+0.4%
Jun 20242.606%+0.305 pp-1.167 pp-1.199 pp+0.012 pp+4.6%
May 20242.301%-1.294 pp-1.588 pp-1.685 pp-0.311 pp-7.0%
Apr 20243.594%-0.179 pp-0.362 pp-0.158 pp+0.325 pp+10.7%
Mar 20243.773%-0.116 pp-0.032 pp+0.071 pp+0.450 pp+14.6%
Feb 20243.889%-0.067 pp-0.096 pp+0.059 pp+0.888 pp+27.7%
Jan 20243.957%+0.151 pp+0.204 pp+1.394 pp+0.915 pp+30.1%
Dec 20233.805%-0.180 pp+0.103 pp+1.211 pp+0.948 pp+30.9%
Nov 20233.986%+0.234 pp+0.156 pp+1.374 pp+1.116 pp+35.0%
Oct 20233.752%+0.050 pp+1.190 pp+0.483 pp+0.855 pp+21.3%
Sep 20233.702%-0.128 pp+1.108 pp+0.379 pp+0.882 pp+27.1%
Aug 20233.830%+1.268 pp+1.218 pp+0.828 pp+0.828 pp+24.6%
Jul 20232.562%-0.032 pp-0.707 pp-0.480 pp-0.578 pp+13.5%
Jun 20232.594%-0.017 pp-0.729 pp-0.263 pp-0.503 pp+20.3%
May 20232.612%-0.657 pp-0.390 pp-0.258 pp-0.435 pp+22.4%
Apr 20233.269%-0.054 pp+0.227 pp+0.372 pp+0.201 pp+10.1%
Mar 20233.323%+0.321 pp+0.466 pp+0.503 pp+0.043 pp+6.6%
Feb 20233.002%-0.040 pp+0.132 pp-0.001 pp-0.300 pp-1.2%
Jan 20233.042%+0.184 pp+0.145 pp-0.098 pp-0.493 pp-7.2%
Dec 20222.857%-0.012 pp+0.038 pp-0.240 pp-0.870 pp-16.0%
Nov 20222.870%-0.027 pp-0.133 pp-0.177 pp-1.332 pp-22.7%
Oct 20222.897%+0.077 pp-0.243 pp-0.172 pp-1.326 pp-19.0%
Sep 20222.820%-0.183 pp-0.277 pp-0.460 pp-1.144 pp-19.6%
Aug 20223.003%-0.137 pp-0.044 pp-0.299 pp-1.019 pp-16.1%
Jul 20223.140%+0.043 pp+0.071 pp-0.395 pp-0.704 pp-9.3%
Jun 20223.097%+0.051 pp-0.183 pp-0.630 pp-0.632 pp-11.0%
May 20223.047%-0.022 pp-0.255 pp-1.155 pp-0.522 pp-8.5%
Apr 20223.069%-0.211 pp-0.467 pp-1.154 pp-0.476 pp-7.5%
Mar 20223.280%-0.021 pp-0.447 pp-0.684 pp+1.514 pp-0.2%
Feb 20223.301%-0.234 pp-0.900 pp-0.720 pp+1.523 pp-1.5%
Jan 20223.535%-0.192 pp-0.688 pp-0.309 pp+1.454 pp+5.1%
Dec 20213.727%-0.475 pp-0.237 pp-0.003 pp+0.099 pp+5.7%
Nov 20214.202%-0.021 pp+0.180 pp+0.633 pp+0.528 pp+16.1%
Oct 20214.223%+0.258 pp+0.379 pp+0.678 pp+0.402 pp+11.1%
Sep 20213.964%-0.057 pp+0.235 pp+2.198 pp+3.960 pp+0.9%
Aug 20214.021%+0.177 pp+0.453 pp+2.243 pp+4.017 pp+1.7%
Jul 20213.844%+0.115 pp+0.300 pp+1.763 pp+3.840 pp+7.4%
Jun 20213.729%+0.161 pp+1.963 pp+0.102 pp+3.725 pp-0.7%
May 20213.569%+0.024 pp+1.790 pp-0.105 pp+3.565 pp-1.7%
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.