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Systems Software

Systems Software is gaining market weight. Lost weight for 4 consecutive months.

Historical time machine
Historical observation
20182026
Reversing downwardConcentrated

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

Universe weight
7.94%
$2.36T
12-month change
+4.39 pp
6-month change
+0.33 pp
3-month change
-0.31 pp
Company participation
50%
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
Microsoft →+4.302 pp
All other companies+0.090 pp
Industry total+4.392 pp

The three largest same-direction contributors explain 99% 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 – Mar 2022 · market weight (%)

0.34.38.320182019202020212022

Relative performance

Industry return versus ACWI · no future data shown

10517524520182019202020212022

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 average50%
Above their 12M universe-weight average75%
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+4.39 pp
Relative strength · 12M+23.5%
Price index return · 12M+31.8%
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
Microsoft →
MSFT
Systems SoftwareUnited States7.779%+4.302 pp+31.8%0.0
ServiceNow →
NOW
Systems SoftwareUnited States0.075%+0.037 pp+11.4%0.0
Gen Digital →
GEN
Systems SoftwareUnited States0.052%+0.028 pp+27.1%0.0
Fortinet →
FTNT
Systems SoftwareUnited States0.037%+0.025 pp+85.3%0.0
Underlying monthly industry observations
MonthWeight1M change3M change6M change12M changeRelative return · 12M
Mar 20227.943%-0.004 pp-0.315 pp+0.333 pp+4.392 pp+23.5%
Feb 20227.948%-0.055 pp-0.611 pp+0.190 pp+4.369 pp+20.5%
Jan 20228.003%-0.255 pp-0.492 pp+0.502 pp+3.721 pp+18.8%
Dec 20218.258%-0.300 pp+0.648 pp+0.895 pp+1.295 pp+28.2%
Nov 20218.558%+0.063 pp+0.801 pp+1.671 pp+1.533 pp+30.0%
Oct 20218.495%+0.885 pp+0.994 pp+1.470 pp+1.081 pp+20.6%
Sep 20217.610%-0.147 pp+0.247 pp+4.058 pp+7.602 pp+6.7%
Aug 20217.757%+0.256 pp+0.871 pp+4.179 pp+7.749 pp+5.1%
Jul 20217.501%+0.138 pp+0.476 pp+3.219 pp+7.494 pp+5.1%
Jun 20217.363%+0.476 pp+3.811 pp+0.400 pp+7.354 pp-3.4%
May 20216.887%-0.139 pp+3.308 pp-0.138 pp+6.879 pp-3.0%
Apr 20217.026%+3.474 pp+2.744 pp-0.388 pp-0.748 pp-3.2%
Mar 20213.552%-0.027 pp-3.411 pp+3.544 pp+3.545 pp-2.3%
Feb 20213.578%-0.704 pp-3.447 pp+3.570 pp+3.573 pp+11.3%
Jan 20214.282%-2.680 pp-3.132 pp+4.274 pp-2.275 pp+17.3%
Dec 20206.962%-0.063 pp+6.954 pp+6.954 pp+0.912 pp+23.1%
Nov 20207.025%-0.389 pp+7.016 pp+7.017 pp+1.057 pp+24.7%
Oct 20207.414%+7.406 pp+7.406 pp-0.359 pp+1.625 pp+36.4%
Sep 20200.008%-0.001 pp-0.000 pp+0.002 pp-5.722 pp+38.8%
Aug 20200.009%+0.001 pp+0.001 pp+0.003 pp-5.809 pp+42.4%
Jul 20200.008%-0.001 pp-7.766 pp-6.550 pp-5.635 pp+42.3%
Jun 20200.009%+0.001 pp+0.002 pp-6.042 pp-5.612 pp+51.1%
May 20200.008%-7.765 pp+0.003 pp-5.960 pp-5.593 pp+43.0%
Apr 20207.773%+7.767 pp+1.216 pp+1.984 pp+2.093 pp+47.5%
Mar 20200.006%+0.001 pp-6.044 pp-5.724 pp-5.293 pp+52.5%
Feb 20200.005%-6.552 pp-5.963 pp-5.812 pp-5.077 pp+40.6%
Jan 20206.557%+0.507 pp+0.768 pp+0.915 pp+3.862 pp+42.9%
Dec 20196.050%+0.083 pp+0.320 pp+0.430 pp+3.211 pp+24.2%
Nov 20195.968%+0.179 pp+0.150 pp+0.367 pp+3.085 pp+21.7%
Oct 20195.789%+0.059 pp+0.147 pp+0.109 pp+2.961 pp+20.7%
Sep 20195.730%-0.087 pp+0.110 pp+0.431 pp+2.894 pp+21.3%
Aug 20195.817%+0.175 pp+0.216 pp+0.735 pp+2.997 pp+24.5%
Jul 20195.642%+0.022 pp-0.038 pp+2.947 pp+0.815 pp+26.4%
Jun 20195.620%+0.019 pp+0.321 pp+2.781 pp+0.946 pp+29.6%
May 20195.601%-0.079 pp+0.519 pp+2.718 pp+0.915 pp+27.8%
Apr 20195.680%+0.381 pp+2.985 pp+2.852 pp+1.158 pp+33.0%
Mar 20195.299%+0.216 pp+2.460 pp+2.463 pp+0.889 pp+27.0%
Feb 20195.083%+2.387 pp+2.199 pp+2.262 pp+0.658 pp+21.2%
Jan 20192.695%-0.144 pp-0.133 pp-2.132 pp-1.574 pp+19.5%
Dec 20182.839%-0.044 pp+0.003 pp-1.835 pp-1.430 pp+25.4%
Nov 20182.883%+0.055 pp+0.063 pp-1.803 pp-1.386 pp+27.2%
Oct 20182.828%-0.009 pp-1.999 pp-1.694 pp-1.441 pp+23.7%
Sep 20182.836%+0.016 pp-1.838 pp-1.574 pp-1.432 pp+22.8%
Aug 20182.821%-2.007 pp-1.865 pp-1.604 pp-1.448 pp+21.2%
Jul 20184.827%+0.153 pp+0.306 pp+0.558 pp+0.558 pp+15.0%
Jun 20184.674%-0.012 pp+0.264 pp+0.406 pp+0.406 pp+10.3%
May 20184.686%+0.164 pp+0.261 pp+0.417 pp+0.417 pp+9.9%
Apr 20184.522%+0.111 pp+0.253 pp+0.253 pp+0.253 pp+4.8%
Mar 20184.410%-0.015 pp+0.141 pp+0.141 pp+0.141 pp+2.5%
Feb 20184.425%+0.156 pp+0.156 pp+0.156 pp+0.156 pp+3.7%
Jan 20184.269%+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.