Coal is ranked #47 of 49 industries by 3-month relative strength, with -35.90% excess return vs the S&P 500 over the last 63 trading days. It sits inside the Energy GICS sector and contains 12 stocks.
Sharp drop
This group traded 0.6× its typical dollar-volume today and accounted for 0.0% 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 7 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.
Coal mining — bituminous, anthracite, and lignite producers and coal-mining services (SIC 1200–1299).
Coal 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 →
As of Jul 6, 2026, the coal industry is ranked #47 of 49by 3-month relative strength versus the S&P 500. It is currently lagging the market, with an excess return of -35.90% over the past 63 trading days.
The 1-month rank is #47, the 6-month rank is #47, and the 1-year rank is #26. 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 12 constituents are ranked by relative strength above. See the full constituents table for per-name RS.
How many stocks are in the Coal industry?
12 US-listed core stocks (common shares + ADRs) map to the Coal Fama-French industry as of 2026-07-06.
What GICS sector does Coal belong to?
Coal maps to the Energy 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.