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Sectors · HEALTH-CARE
What this page tells you: how the Healthcare sector ranks vs the US equity market, how healthy the move is inside, and which stocks are leading it.
Rising leader. Healthcare is the 6th-strongest US sector, trailing SPY by -6.3pp on a 12-month performance score that leans toward recent action. The sector has climbed 4 ranks in the last 21 trading days — momentum is on its side. Use the panels below to confirm whether the move is broad or narrow, where the heaviest volume is flowing, and which stocks sit at the front of the move.
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) is trending higher — up 2.8% over the past 50 trading days — and sits 5% off its 12-month peak. Daily swings average 1.59%, so the tape is active. (As of June 23, 2026.)
Of the 592 stocks in Healthcare, 60% trade above their 50-day average and 62% above their 200-day. 30% sit within 10% of a fresh 52-week high. 120 new 20-day highs against 31 new lows today.
Measuring & Control Equipment leads inside Healthcare, running +20.3pp ahead of SPY over the past 3 months. Consumer Goods trails at -4.1pp.
| Industry | 3m excess | 6m excess | Names | Top constituents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measuring & Control Equipment | +20.3pp | +48.1pp | 48 | ASTCAEHRCOHU |
| Healthcare | +18.0pp | +10.3pp | 58 | AGLFTREVCYT |
| Pharmaceutical Products | +11.1pp | +22.7pp | 297 | RVMDWCUEQURE |
| Chemicals | -2.7pp | +12.4pp | 56 | PRMROGLXFR |
| Consumer Goods | -4.1pp | -2.7pp | 17 | MOVEPCIMAX |
Healthcare traded $81.66B today — trading heavy at 477.71× the 30-day average — capturing 9.0% of all market volume. 27 accumulation days against 11 distribution days lately, an accum/dist ratio of 2.45.
Inside Healthcare, AGL (99), OPTX (99), and ERAS (99) lead by IBD relative-strength percentile.
| # | Ticker | IBD %ile | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | AGL | 99 | $111.73 | |
| 13 | OPTX | 99 | $11.13 | |
| 15 | ERAS | 99 | $15.07 | |
| 18 | AEHR | 99 | $102.39 | |
| 20 | CLYM | 99 | $12.30 | |
| 21 | QTTB | 99 | $11.88 | |
| 22 | ANRO | 99 | $24.44 | |
| 25 | SYRE | 99 | $97.05 | |
| 27 | ABVX | 98 | $98.43 | |
| 32 | ORKA | 98 | $83.40 |
Composite RS uses IBD-style multi-horizon weights (3m / 6m / 9m / 12m at 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2, recency-weighted). Per-horizon RS is each sector ETF's excess return vs SPY over that lookback, from daily price history. Leader counts cross-reference the daily stock RS leaderboard with each sector's GICS membership. Ranks are recomputed every trading day. Read how to read sector rotation, or hunt one level down on industries and leaders.