Sector Ranking
| Rank | Change | Sector | Stocks | Rating | Pill | Health | Performance | Risk | Trend | BuyMeter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1
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Energy
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246 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 |
6.2
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 2
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= |
Financial Services
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598 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
4.3
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 3
|
+1 |
Utilities
|
103 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
3.1
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|
| 4 | -1 |
Basic Materials
|
245 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 |
4.3
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| 5 | = |
Industrials
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520 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
3.4
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| 6 | = |
Consumer Defensive
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177 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
4.0
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|
|
| 7 | = |
Healthcare
|
352 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.8 |
5.4
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| 8 | = |
Communication Services
|
149 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 5.6 |
3.9
|
|
|
| 9 | +2 |
Real Estate
|
221 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
3.1
|
|
|
| 10 | -1 |
Technology
|
508 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 7.1 |
3.9
|
|
|
| 11 | -1 |
Consumer Cyclical
|
417 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 6.0 |
3.1
|
|
Best Sectors: the leaderboard for entire industries
Eleven sectors, one leaderboard. Instead of ranking individual companies, this page compares Energy against Financial Services against Technology and every other sector, using the same measures we apply to single stocks.
The read blends the same three pillars as the Overall Rating: how strong the sector's balance sheets are on average, how well its stocks have actually performed, and how much risk sits underneath the returns. A sector full of financially strong companies that never move won't rank well here, and neither will one running hot on shaky fundamentals. Full breakdown of how the score comes together lives on the Stoxcraft Formula page.
Each pillar also gets its own sector leaderboard. Best Sectors by Health Score for financial strength, Sector Performance for return, Recession Proof Sectors for the calmest, Sector Rotation for momentum, and Best Sectors by Entry Setup for timing. One layer down, Best Rated Stocks runs the same idea on individual companies.
Use this as the zoomed-out view before you zoom in. It's built for deciding which corner of the market deserves attention first, not for picking a stock. Once a sector stands out, its own ranking and the Stoxcraft Screener are where you find out which companies inside it are actually carrying the weight.