Construction is ranked #38 of 49 industries by 3-month relative strength, with -3.65% excess return vs the S&P 500 over the last 63 trading days. It sits inside the Industrials GICS sector and contains 67 stocks.
As of Aug 24, 2026, the construction industry is ranked #38 of 49 by 3-month relative strength versus the S&P 500. It is currently lagging the market, with an excess return of -3.65% over the past 63 trading days.
The 1-month rank is #42, the 6-month rank is #42, and the 1-year rank is #27. 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 67 constituents are ranked by relative strength above. See the full constituents table for per-name RS.
How many stocks are in the Construction industry?
67 US-listed core stocks (common shares + ADRs) map to the Construction Fama-French industry as of 2026-08-24.
What GICS sector does Construction belong to?
Construction 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.
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This group traded 0.9× its typical dollar-volume today and accounted for 0.9% 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.
0 of 47 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.
General building and heavy contractors plus special-trade contractors — residential, commercial, and civil-engineering construction (SIC 1500–1799).
Construction 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 →