Almost Nothing is ranked #19 of 49 industries by 3-month relative strength, with +6.04% excess return vs the S&P 500 over the last 63 trading days. It sits inside the Industrials GICS sector and contains 17 stocks.
As of Aug 24, 2026, the almost nothing industry is ranked #19 of 49 by 3-month relative strength versus the S&P 500. It is currently outperforming the market, with an excess return of +6.04% over the past 63 trading days.
The 1-month rank is #24, the 6-month rank is #28, and the 1-year rank is #44. Compare these to spot a rotation: a falling 6M rank with a rising 1M rank tells you the industry is turning — money is starting to come back.
The 17 constituents are ranked by relative strength above. See the full constituents table for per-name RS.
How many stocks are in the Almost Nothing industry?
17 US-listed core stocks (common shares + ADRs) map to the Almost Nothing Fama-French industry as of 2026-08-24.
What GICS sector does Almost Nothing belong to?
Almost Nothing maps to the Industrials GICS sector.
How is relative strength computed?
Each constituent’s excess log-return versus the S&P 500 over the window, aggregated market-cap-weighted across the industry. Industries above zero are outpacing the broad market; below zero are lagging.
Climbing
This group traded 0.9× its typical dollar-volume today and accounted for 0.2% of total market dollar-volume — a read on how much participation is concentrated here right now.
Leadership is partly concentrated. Watch top names but check second-tier setups.
0 of 9 constituents are within 2% of a 52-week high.
A wide move (most names above their MAs) is healthier than a narrow one led by a handful of mega-caps.
The FF49 catch-all bucket — sanitary and steam-supply services, irrigation systems, and other businesses that fall outside every named industry (SIC 4950–4991).
Almost Nothing is one of 49 industries in the Fama-French taxonomy. SIC code-based classification published monthly by Ken French at Dartmouth. The FF49 groupings are intentionally coarser than GICS or SIC alone — useful for market-rotation reads, less useful for fine-grained screening.
FF49 is intentionally coarse — useful for rotation reads, less useful for fine-grained screening. Read the methodology →