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How are industrial stocks doing?

Aerospace, machinery, railroads, airlines, building products and business services. Here is how they have done as a group against the S&P 500, and which of them are leading and lagging.

Updated Oct 9, 2026

31
% beat the S&P

Lagging

Industrial stocks are up 6% over the past year as an equal-weighted group, against +16% for the S&P 500. 52 of 168 beat the index. ATI (ATI) leads at +129% and Builders FirstSource (BLDR) trails at −59%. Over the past month the group is −2%, against +3% for the S&P.

+6% in a year168 stocksBest: ATI +129%
Past year
Past monthThe group, equal-weighted−2%S&P 500 +3%; 40 of 168 stocks beat it
Past 3 monthsThe group, equal-weighted−7%S&P 500 +4%; 39 of 168 stocks beat it
This yearThe group, equal-weighted+6%S&P 500 +14%; 54 of 168 stocks beat it
Past yearThe group, equal-weighted+6%S&P 500 +16%; 52 of 168 stocks beat it

The past year

The group against the S&P 500, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a stock in the table to chart it against the group.

Industrial stocks against the S&P 500
$100 a year ago. The group +6%, the S&P 500 +16%.
100110120NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
The groupS&P 500

All 168 industrial stocks

Sorted by the past year’s return. Select a row to chart the stock against the group, or its ticker to open its page. Select a column to sort.

StockP31M3MYTD1YType

How to read this page

How it’s measured. Every stock in the Industrials sector (the GICS classification) among the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 companies with a page here, The group is equal-weighted, so each company counts the same whatever its size, and returns are share-price changes from daily closes.

Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep; scores from Stox.

An equal-weighted group can read quite differently from a sector fund, which gives the biggest companies the most weight.

P3 is Stox’s combined score of market beat, staying power and business growth, from 0 to 100. Type is the stock’s Stox Atlas type. Both describe the past year, not what comes next.

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