BreadthUS · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · 2026-07-27
Which Financial Data & Stock Exchanges stocks started beating S&P 500 this month?
Participation widened by 5 in a month — 5 of 14 stocks against 0 before — and 11 of 13 members earned more than they did a year ago.
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Beating S&P 5005/14+5 in 4 weeks
Industry vs index · 13w−2.7%equal-weighted
Industry vs index · 52w−29.6%equal-weighted
earnings growth · TTM20%18% avg, 4 quarters
What changed is the number of companies involved, not the size of the industry's move: 0 members cleared the rule a month ago and 5 do now, out of 14.
Across the industry, the median member is +0.5% against S&P 500 over three months. Earnings growth for the industry has averaged 18% across the last four quarters. The industry's participation profile is mixed, and smaller members did the work this month, adding 5 against 0 at the top of the ladder.
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: TransUnion, FactSet Research Systems Inc. and Morningstar, Inc., and 2 more. All 5 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.
Together5 of 14 stocks moving
Fresh5 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +1 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large0/30
Mid0/50
Small5/6+5
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
What would change this picture
A return under 1 within four weeks would say nothing structural changed.
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
TransUnionMOMDV
TRU
74
62
49
55
2/26
62
FactSet Research Systems Inc.MOM
FDS
32
63
31
69
10/26
47
Morningstar, Inc.MOM
MORN
54
62
24
35
2/26
46
MarketWise, Inc.MOM
MKTW
23
24
49
85
16/26
41
Value Line, Inc.MOM
VALU
28
39
40
60
5/26
39
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 Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
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 Financial Data & Stock Exchanges are beating S&P 500?
5 of 14 as of 2026-07-27, against 0 four weeks ago. The median member is +0.5% versus the index over three months.
What is Financial Data & Stock Exchanges earnings doing?
Growth in trailing 12-month earnings per share for the industry is 20%, averaging 18% 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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