Portfolio

Last Upload: June 30, 2026

Benchmark Start Date: June 30, 2026

This portfolio represents the top decile (50) companies in the S&P 500 based on a weighted ranking of 5 factors.


The factors are:

Nearness to 52w High (1.0)

1 Month Price Delta (-1.0)

3 Month Price Delta (0.35)

6 Month Price Delta (0.50)

12 Month Price Delta (0.15)


The portfolio is equal weighted and is reconstituted and rebalanced every Quarter.

There is, at present, no regime filter and no take profit or stop loss rules.


Data is delayed and may not always be perfectly accurate. The following is for informative purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. S&P benchmark performance goes from closing price to closing price and is updated after markets close. Other benchmark stats, like Alpha (Ann.) begin calculating 6 days after the benchmark start date.

S&P Relative Strength

Rank ↕ Symbol ↕ Company ↕ Original ↕ Current ↕ Gain/Loss $ ↕ Gain/Loss % ↕ 1M ↕ 3M ↕ 6M ↕ Score
(ON UPLOAD)
Score
(CURRENT)
Δ ↕
1 SNDK Sandisk Corporation $2273.73
$1631.10
$642.63 -28.26% 20.39% 15.88% 160.33% 12.709 5.986 -6.723
2 MU Micron Technology, Inc. $1154.29
$964.22
$190.07 -16.47% 13.58% 33.06% 134.23% 4.006 1.982 -2.025
3 INTC Intel Corporation $139.63
$102.87
$36.76 -26.33% 8.24% -5.42% 119.85% 3.668 1.324 -2.344
4 WDC Western Digital Corporation $638.72
$495.36
$143.36 -22.44% 3.80% 2.77% 75.92% 3.307 1.289 -2.018
5 STX Seagate Technology Holdings plc $965.00
$965.61
+$0.61 +0.06% 22.59% 21.39% 126.67% 3.035 1.673 -1.362
6 AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $580.91
$502.70
$78.21 -13.46% 1.40% 18.53% 142.48% 2.808 1.563 -1.245
7 DELL Dell Technologies Inc. $431.46
$490.76
+$59.30 +13.74% 23.82% 102.80% 317.70% 2.782 2.974 +0.192
8 LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. $858.06
$918.03
+$59.97 +6.99% 25.27% -5.43% 63.14% 2.324 1.464 -0.860
9 TER Teradyne, Inc. $483.84
$403.82
$80.02 -16.54% 25.27% 19.52% 28.34% 2.276 0.793 -1.483
10 LRCX Lam Research Corporation $433.33
$327.80
$105.53 -24.35% 4.63% 15.13% 39.18% 2.210 0.844 -1.366
11 GLW Corning Incorporated $255.43
$165.43
$90.00 -35.23% 7.00% -13.75% 23.95% 2.198 0.377 -1.821
12 AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $723.00
$507.30
$215.70 -29.83% -4.22% 16.19% 42.94% 2.023 0.893 -1.130
13 FIX Comfort Systems USA, Inc. $1981.95
$1789.91
$192.04 -9.69% 6.92% -10.18% 33.78% 1.855 0.867 -0.988
14 CIEN Ciena Corporation $490.56
$423.36
$67.20 -13.70% 13.07% -23.64% 39.30% 1.855 0.750 -1.105
15 COHR Coherent Corp. $394.47
$326.34
$68.13 -17.27% 17.56% -14.67% 50.23% 1.844 0.591 -1.253
16 KLAC KLA Corporation $301.71
$201.86
$99.85 -33.09% -5.12% 11.88% 37.87% 1.795 0.654 -1.142
17 GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. $292.81
$219.43
$73.38 -25.06% 2.10% -16.78% -2.24% 1.791 0.230 -1.561
18 PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $341.02
$384.20
+$43.18 +12.66% 7.11% 58.22% 130.13% 1.752 1.846 +0.094
19 DDOG Datadog, Inc. $260.36
$255.65
$4.71 -1.81% -1.18% 22.92% 104.19% 1.744 1.360 -0.385
20 CAT Caterpillar Inc. $1064.90
$858.98
$205.92 -19.34% -2.42% -3.30% 10.95% 1.624 0.635 -0.989
21 FTNT Fortinet, Inc. $153.62
$161.24
+$7.62 +4.96% -0.23% 31.32% 88.45% 1.618 1.493 -0.125
22 CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. $763.14
$218.44
$544.69 -71.38% 7.57% 47.08% 103.37% 1.600 1.670 +0.070
23 DVA DaVita Inc. $222.48
$181.00
$41.48 -18.64% -23.62% -9.38% 21.52% 1.545 0.647 -0.898
24 HUM Humana Inc. $397.22
$386.40
$10.82 -2.72% -3.40% 26.64% 109.89% 1.521 1.394 -0.127
25 GEV GE Vernova Inc. $1174.86
$1060.25
$114.61 -9.76% 0.23% 1.05% 32.18% 1.469 0.835 -0.635
26 CNC Centene Corporation $64.19
$67.02
+$2.83 +4.41% 0.87% 15.02% 65.16% 1.455 1.449 -0.006
27 JBHT J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. $289.43
$281.20
$8.23 -2.84% -3.50% 7.24% 26.80% 1.422 1.151 -0.272
28 VRT Vertiv Holdings Co $334.82
$292.90
$41.92 -12.52% 1.15% -21.04% 24.89% 1.415 0.569 -0.846
29 MRNA Moderna, Inc. $70.03
$63.28
$6.75 -9.64% 2.36% 29.04% 49.85% 1.355 0.881 -0.474
30 FFIV F5, Inc. $415.96
$410.27
$5.69 -1.37% 0.29% 13.15% 49.77% 1.340 1.140 -0.200
31 KEYS Keysight Technologies, Inc. $350.07
$356.80
+$6.73 +1.92% 12.95% 2.23% 52.80% 1.330 1.116 -0.214
32 Q Qnity Electronics, Inc. $163.31
$142.61
$20.70 -12.68% 4.59% -9.30% 27.68% 1.312 0.477 -0.834
33 WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. $359.00
$348.13
$10.87 -3.03% -2.82% 14.94% 38.98% 1.293 1.034 -0.260
34 URI United Rentals, Inc. $1132.89
$1150.77
+$17.88 +1.58% 10.10% 19.73% 32.34% 1.282 1.094 -0.188
35 TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated $298.07
$276.84
$21.23 -7.12% -2.53% -8.55% 22.41% 1.271 0.671 -0.600
36 CMI Cummins Inc. $713.21
$634.47
$78.74 -11.04% -2.16% -8.91% 5.57% 1.269 0.650 -0.619
37 DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. $93.66
$89.44
$4.22 -4.51% 6.26% 27.35% 29.62% 1.266 1.039 -0.227
38 PWR Quanta Services, Inc. $720.04
$688.47
$31.57 -4.38% 9.54% -10.59% 31.37% 1.260 0.737 -0.522
39 ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. $495.08
$447.56
$47.52 -9.60% -3.09% -0.26% 13.49% 1.227 0.822 -0.405
40 CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. $117.46
$111.20
$6.26 -5.33% -0.66% -5.93% 44.70% 1.210 0.830 -0.379
41 VLO Valero Energy Corporation $260.44
$340.73
+$80.29 +30.83% 10.04% 35.89% 70.22% 1.209 1.532 +0.323
42 BEN Franklin Resources, Inc. $33.27
$33.76
+$0.49 +1.47% 3.46% 6.06% 24.90% 1.204 0.920 -0.284
43 JBL Jabil Inc. $385.48
$362.26
$23.22 -6.02% 20.35% 6.60% 42.30% 1.198 0.656 -0.542
44 UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $415.63
$401.10
$14.53 -3.50% -5.87% 1.84% 36.80% 1.192 0.901 -0.291
45 IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated $126.31
$127.81
+$1.50 +1.18% 3.22% 2.19% 16.37% 1.188 0.917 -0.271
46 APH Amphenol Corporation $176.32
$167.09
$9.23 -5.23% 10.51% 33.67% 13.88% 1.180 0.939 -0.242
47 ON ON Semiconductor Corporation $94.54
$82.09
$12.45 -13.17% -6.04% -27.42% 13.68% 1.167 0.267 -0.901
48 CSX CSX Corporation $47.53
$50.40
+$2.87 +6.04% -0.69% 10.38% 23.32% 1.162 1.004 -0.158
49 MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $96.12
$46.67
$49.45 -51.45% -4.27% 7.18% 14.56% 1.160 0.989 -0.171
50 BNY The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation $144.61
$162.68
+$18.07 +12.50% 3.53% 20.49% 38.17% 1.157 1.328 +0.171

Additional Information & FAQ

Why nearness to 52w high?

There are a number of white papers that analyze the predictive power of stocks at and making new 52 week highs and lows. The results seemed convincing enough to me to merit its inclusion as a scored factor in my strategy. In the past I have tried to use the proximity to the 52 week high as my only indicator but the results were unimpressive. Adding additional momentum factors seems to have improved on the strategy that relied solely on the 52 week high.


See:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2797149

https://www.bauer.uh.edu/tgeorge/papers/gh4-paper.pdf


Why assign a negative score to 1 month price delta?

There is evidence to suggest that momentum is mean reverting in the near term (about 4 weeks) and over the intermediate term (about 52 weeks). Though I assign a low value to the 12 month price delta, I wanted to neutralize the most recent 1 month of price returns by assigning it a negative score. If a stock shoots up 100% in one month, I subtract out that performance from the score. I want persistent momentum over the 3 to 6 month term. Most funds that employ momentum strategies typically do the same by employing 12-1 or 6-1 which just means they look at the 12 month performance and subtract out the most recent 1 month performance.


See:

https://www.bauer.uh.edu/rsusmel/phd/jegadeesh-titman93.pdf [p 85-86]


Why equal weighting?

I have considered some options like accounting for volatility to weight holdings. There are a few reasons I have not yet pursued a more complex portfolio construction methodology.


  1. I am still young and far from retirement. Even if the returns are volatile, I want maximal absolute returns and am not as concerned about the sequence of returns risk that would hurt me in retirement.
  2. I am not sure a complex construction strategy will actually do much to improve my results. If I underweight a holding that doubles or triples in a quarter but overweight something else that flounders just because one is more volatile than the other, I have hurt my overall results.
  3. My broker kind of sucks a little and doesn't handle allocations that aren't in 1% increments. That said, it is also very easy to reconstruct the portfolio with them and equal weighting is very simple. It also means I already overweight practically every holding relative the the S&P anyway.