Beer & Liquor is ranked #33 of 49 industries by 3-month relative strength, with -6.02% excess return vs the S&P 500 over the last 63 trading days. It sits inside the Consumer Staples GICS sector and contains 23 stocks.
As of Jul 6, 2026, the beer & liquor industry is ranked #33 of 49by 3-month relative strength versus the S&P 500. It is currently lagging the market, with an excess return of -6.02% over the past 63 trading days.
The 1-month rank is #36, the 6-month rank is #31, and the 1-year rank is #45. 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 23 constituents are ranked by relative strength above. See the full constituents table for per-name RS.
How many stocks are in the Beer & Liquor industry?
23 US-listed core stocks (common shares + ADRs) map to the Beer & Liquor Fama-French industry as of 2026-07-06.
What GICS sector does Beer & Liquor belong to?
Beer & Liquor maps to the Consumer Staples 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.
Sharp drop
This group traded 1.1× its typical dollar-volume today and accounted for 0.7% of total market dollar-volume — a read on how much participation is concentrated here right now.
Strength is spread across many constituents. Healthier rotation; setups likely available beyond the obvious names.
1 of 15 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.
Brewers, distillers, and vintners — malt beverages, malt, wines and brandy, and distilled spirits (SIC 2080, 2082–2085).
Beer & Liquor 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 →