Which Consulting Services stocks started beating S&P 500 this month?
Participation widened by 2 in a month — 3 of 10 stocks against 1 before — and 3 of 10 members earned more than they did a year ago.
Consulting Services, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Beating S&P 5003/10+2 in 4 weeks
Industry vs index · 13w+4.0%equal-weighted
Industry vs index · 52w+1.6%equal-weighted
earnings growth · TTM-5%2% avg, 4 quarters
2 more of the 10 stocks cleared the rule in four weeks. That is participation widening, not one name moving.
Half the industry is above −1.6% against S&P 500 over thirteen weeks, and half below. The industry's earnings has run at 2% averaged across four quarters. On participation the industry reads mixed, and the large stocks are still carrying most of it, at 1 of 2.
Widening participation and improving earnings tend to appear together when something has changed in the underlying business conditions — an input cost, a price cycle, a demand shift. The industry page breaks out revenue, margin, capex and debt for every company, which is where that question gets answered.
Companies that crossed the threshold this month: Verisk Analytics, Inc. and ICF International, Inc.. All 2 are listed below with their four-factor scores and how many of the last 26 weeks each spent ahead of S&P 500.
How broad is the move?
An industry average can be lifted by one large company. These readings separate a move the whole industry is making from one a handful of names are making.
Strength anatomyMixedHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together3 of 10 stocks moving
Fresh2 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +3 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large1/2+1
Mid1/4+1
Small1/40
Participation is not spreading downward this month; the larger companies are still carrying most of it.
What would change this picture
If the count falls back below 2 over the next month, this was noise rather than a shift.
Companies that crossed the threshold this month
The rule selected these companies this week. Below are the same four scores every company on the site carries, and how many of the last 26 weeks each has been ahead of the index.
Company
Earnings & growth
Quality
Valuation
Market
Weeks ahead of index
Score
Verisk Analytics, Inc.MOM
VRSK
64
54
36
62
4/26
56
ICF International, Inc.MOM
ICFI
35
46
53
51
6/26
45
Sorted by total score. Scores are computed from published filings and weekly closes on a fixed formula — earnings and growth carry 35%, quality 25%, valuation 20%, market behaviour 20%. They rank the data. They are not a recommendation.
Questions people ask about Consulting Services
How is "beating S&P 500" measured here?
A stock is counted when its three-month return beats S&P 500 by 5 percentage points or more. An industry is measured equal-weighted, so one large company cannot carry the average. The rule is the same every week and in every market.
How many stocks in Consulting Services are beating S&P 500?
3 of 10 as of 2026-07-27, against 1 four weeks ago. The median member is −1.6% versus the index over three months.
What is Consulting Services earnings doing?
Growth in trailing 12-month earnings per share for the industry is -5%, averaging 2% across the last four quarters.
Where does this data come from?
Weekly closing prices and published quarterly filings, rebuilt every weekday, and every figure carries its own as-of date. Every figure on the industry page traces to its source column.
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