Week Ending: 28 August 2026

United States US Sector

Industrials

For the week ending 28 August 2026, Industrials declined 2.38% with 181 advancing, 447 declining, and 5 unchanged constituents. The index is equal weighted and built from NASDAQ, NYSE equities.

Current architecture Rotation Up

Fast Activity Lines are gaining on the slow pair while price acceptance improves.

47 technical evidence
Index1661.07 1 week-2.38% Breadth29% Members633
Country 🇺🇸 United States · US
Universe NASDAQ, NYSE
Price basis Adjusted weekly close

Trend architecture

Index, activity fan and structural anchors

Rolling 156-week evidence. Trend Signal points mark weeks when price, trend and the activity fan confirmed together.

Index Value Trend Line Fair Value Activity Lines Constructive architecture Transitional architecture Defensive architecture
Current architecture Rotation Up 2 completed weeks in this state
Trend acceptance -1.8% Index versus Trend Line
Persistence 50% Positive regime, shorter trend weakening
Participation 29% 181 advancing, 447 declining

Investor positioning lens

Is the evidence ready for capital?

A rules-based technical classification using trend, breadth, persistence, relative strength and path quality.

Current posture Reduce exposure into strength

Counter-trend rallies may occur, but primary structure and persistence do not yet support adding risk.

47 technical evidence
out of 100
Evidence balance

Five-pillar map

Reduce
Trend
57
Breadth
31
Persistence
55
Relative
17
Risk quality
85
What supports the view
  • Constituent trends show positive multi-horizon persistence.
What restrains conviction
  • Index trend architecture has not delivered a durable upward expansion.
  • Breadth remains too narrow or inconsistent for a high-conviction position.
  • The group is not yet delivering dependable relative outperformance.

This is a weekly research classification, not personal investment advice. Sentiment is reported as an independent confirmation layer and does not alter the technical score.

Trend state and durability

Architecture, persistence and constituent regimes

The index path is tested against the underlying security-level trend evidence.

Index architecture Rotation Up

Fast Activity Lines are gaining on the slow pair while price acceptance improves.

State age2 weeks
Trend gateUp
Fan width0.76%
Fast versus slow change0.34 pts
Above 33% Below 67%
Six completed weeks of price acceptance relative to the full Activity Line fan.
Index persistence

Positive regime, shorter trend weakening

50% agreement

The long trend remains positive, but the 13-week horizon has turned against it.

13-week
-5.5%
26-week
-2.0%
39-week
4.5%
52-week
0.6%
Regime age34 weeks 52-week flips4 52-week boundary1650.41
Constituent trend persistence

Is the index move broadly durable?

93% coverage
Coherent positive26%
Coherent negative20%
Average horizon agreement80%
Positive horizon share55%
Weakening positives111
Repairing negatives87

590 constituents measured as of 21 Aug 2026. Median trend age is 26 weeks.

Custom stage map

Where constituents sit in the cycle

89% coverage
Stage 1 · Basing15%83 securities
Stage 2 · Advancing38%216 securities
Stage 3 · Distribution10%54 securities
Stage 4 · Declining37%209 securities
Re-acceleration watch6 Transition watch62 Relative strength leaders25% Fair Value repairs59

Measured as of 21 Aug 2026. Stages summarize price, Activity Line architecture, Fair Value position and relative evidence.

Architecture breadth

How market energy is distributed

76/100 mean confidence
Upward expansion
28% 155
Rotation up
7% 41
Deceleration
14% 77
Balance
20% 115
Rotation down
6% 34
Downward expansion
25% 140
Unresolved
0% 0

Architecture breadth shows the distribution of expanding, rotating, balancing and contracting securities. It is diagnostic context and is not added as a second vote in the positioning score.

Capital rotation

Performance relative to US Market Structure

Weakening
Relative index 13-week relative trend Starting level
Rotation dashboard Weakening

A rising relative line means this group is compounding faster than US Market Structure. A falling line means capital has done better in the parent benchmark.

Relative index105.7
13-week trend109.7
4-week trend change-0.58%
Weekly peer rank12 of 12
1 week
-1.3 pts relative
4 weeks
-2.3 pts relative
13 weeks
-4.5 pts relative
26 weeks
-4.8 pts relative
52 weeks
-2.6 pts relative

Market internals

Participation, dispersion and path risk

Equal-weight index evidence with constituent-level breadth and dispersion.

Breadth

Participation quality

Narrow
Advancing
181
Declining
447
Unchanged
5
4-week average 46%
13-week average 47%
Risk and persistence

Path quality

52-week lens
Annualised weekly volatility17.9%
Drawdown from 52-week high-6.3%
Positive weeks, last 1331%
Current directional run2 weeks
Turnover versus 13-week norm81%
Breadth impulse-20.3 pts
Cross-section

Return distribution

633 measured
Q1 -4.7% Median -1.9% Q3 0.4%
Average winner4.8%
Average loser-5.4%
Dispersion9.5 pts
Top-five upside share28%
Top-five capital share34%
Capital data coverage100%

Dispersion describes how far constituent outcomes are spreading apart. Capital concentration is contextual only; the index itself is equal weighted.

Momentum cycle

30-week persistence

Positive readings show expansion. Negative readings show contraction.

Breadth cycle

Net participation

Advancers less decliners as a percentage of measured constituents.

Industry map

Where sector leadership is forming

Performance, breadth and trend acceptance across every qualified industry.

3/24 positive
Above Trend Line12/2450% of industries
Constructive breadth4/24At least half advancing
Median industry-1.73%1.60 pts dispersion
#1 Narrowing

Railroads

0.87%
Participation9% vs Trend5.4% vs Fair Value24.5% Members11
#2 Transition

Consulting Services

0.40%
Participation55% vs Trend11.8% vs Fair Value-15.6% Members20
#3 Transition

Marine Shipping

0.20%
Participation47% vs Trend15.8% vs Fair Value39.3% Members34
#4 Contracting

Waste Management

-0.01%
Participation47% vs Trend-4.2% vs Fair Value-32.8% Members17
#5 Narrowing

Specialty Business Services

-0.31%
Participation41% vs Trend4.0% vs Fair Value-3.1% Members39
#6 Weakening

Metal Fabrication

-0.84%
Participation50% vs Trend3.1% vs Fair Value37.3% Members16
#7 Weakening

Pollution & Treatment Controls

-0.85%
Participation23% vs Trend-2.8% vs Fair Value2.0% Members13
#8 Weakening

Airlines

-0.86%
Participation18% vs Trend-5.4% vs Fair Value7.2% Members17
#9 Narrowing

Tools & Accessories

-1.10%
Participation22% vs Trend2.4% vs Fair Value26.0% Members9
#10 Weakening

Staffing & Employment Services

-1.11%
Participation60% vs Trend20.2% vs Fair Value-11.4% Members15
#11 Narrowing

Conglomerates

-1.46%
Participation30% vs Trend0.5% vs Fair Value12.2% Members23
#12 Contracting

Airports & Air Services

-1.54%
Participation29% vs Trend-17.6% vs Fair Value-19.8% Members7
#13 Weakening

Electrical Equipment & Parts

-1.92%
Participation31% vs Trend-11.4% vs Fair Value2.5% Members42
#14 Narrowing

Industrial Distribution

-2.10%
Participation27% vs Trend3.8% vs Fair Value18.3% Members22
#15 Weakening

Integrated Freight & Logistics

-2.37%
Participation50% vs Trend-3.6% vs Fair Value-20.9% Members28
#16 Narrowing

Building Products & Equipment

-2.39%
Participation19% vs Trend0.3% vs Fair Value1.8% Members32
#17 Narrowing

Rental & Leasing Services

-2.51%
Participation21% vs Trend0.6% vs Fair Value13.1% Members19
#18 Contracting

Business Equipment & Supplies

-2.65%
Participation40% vs Trend-7.5% vs Fair Value-38.0% Members5
#19 Weakening

Specialty Industrial Machinery

-3.12%
Participation19% vs Trend-4.0% vs Fair Value14.9% Members72
#20 Contracting

Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

-3.75%
Participation23% vs Trend-8.9% vs Fair Value-29.8% Members26
#21 Narrowing

Trucking

-4.09%
Participation13% vs Trend3.1% vs Fair Value14.9% Members15
#22 Weakening

Engineering & Construction

-4.37%
Participation28% vs Trend-10.9% vs Fair Value22.8% Members47
#23 Contracting

Security & Protection Services

-4.50%
Participation25% vs Trend-9.5% vs Fair Value-18.0% Members20
#24 Weakening

Aerospace & Defense

-4.94%
Participation11% vs Trend-9.3% vs Fair Value18.8% Members83

News and narrative

Does company news confirm the market tape?

Open Sentiment Intelligence
Qualified weighted tone
55out of 100

More positive than negative

Positive company scores outnumber negative ones, but the overall score remains close to 50.

Evidence quality

Coverage before conviction

52/100 confidence
Qualified companies17628% of measured constituents
Articles13785100% direct company evidence
Publishers3169Independent sources represented
Latest evidence30 AugFreshness is weighted in the score
Constructive 44%Balanced 48%Cautious 9%
Price confirms news23
Price disagrees93
Negative news absorbed3
Positive but stretched47

Only fresh, quality-controlled company evidence is included. Industry and sector context is down-weighted and cannot create a directional group conclusion on its own.

Leadership tape

Leaders, laggards and contribution shape

Latest completed week, ranked on uncapped constituent returns.

Constituent ledger

Sector constituents

Top 100 of 633 shown, ranked by latest weekly return.

Rank Ticker Company Exchange Market cap Close Index contribution Return
1 SWVL Swvl Holdings Corp NASDAQ 22.02M 3.12 0.04 pts
113.70%
2 CRE Cre8 Enterprise Limited Class A Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 5.23M 3.91 0.04 pts
50.38%
3 OESX Orion Energy Systems Inc NASDAQ 102.31M 26.50 0.04 pts
33.64%
4 PRZO ParaZero Technologies Ltd. Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 21.26M 0.8403 0.04 pts
24.84%
5 AIHS Senmiao Technology Ltd NASDAQ 20.82M 1.76 0.03 pts
20.55%
6 NCT Intercont (Cayman) Limited Ordinary shares NASDAQ 41.76M 4.87 0.03 pts
18.20%
7 HHS Harte Hanks Inc NASDAQ 29.82M 4.34 0.03 pts
17.93%
8 RYOJ rYojbaba Co., Ltd. Common Shares NASDAQ 65.72M 5.76 0.03 pts
16.84%
9 SCWO 374Water Inc. Common Stock NASDAQ 41.46M 2.79 0.02 pts
15.29%
10 LASE Laser Photonics Corporation Common Stock NASDAQ 70.00M 1.46 0.02 pts
14.96%
11 CBAT CBAK Energy Technology Inc NASDAQ 76.24M 0.9301 0.02 pts
12.94%
12 XMTR Xometry Inc NASDAQ 5.03B 94.11 0.02 pts
12.59%
13 GRNQ GreenPro Capital Corp NASDAQ 21.88M 13.50 0.02 pts
12.41%
14 AIRT Air T Inc NASDAQ 86.70M 32.15 0.02 pts
11.83%
15 EPOW Sunrise New Energy Co. Ltd NASDAQ 16.68M 0.50 0.02 pts
11.58%
16 DFSC DEFSEC Technologies Inc. NASDAQ 4.27M 1.72 0.02 pts
10.97%
17 WNC Wabash National Corporation NYSE 490.88M 13.33 0.02 pts
10.90%
18 SVRN OceanPal Inc. NASDAQ 15.59M 8.74 0.02 pts
10.14%
19 JELD Jeld-Wen Holding Inc NYSE 216.04M 2.53 0.02 pts
10.00%
20 NCEW New Century Logistics (BVI) Limited Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 55.65M 18.19 0.01 pts
9.31%
21 TISI Team Inc NYSE 105.28M 24.74 0.01 pts
8.89%
22 BEEP Mobile Infrastructure Corporation NASDAQ 118.53M 2.97 0.01 pts
8.79%
23 EAF GrafTech International Ltd NYSE 168.56M 7.41 0.01 pts
8.49%
24 TE T1 Energy Inc. NYSE 1.27B 4.79 0.01 pts
8.37%
25 NVRI Enviri Corporation NYSE 595.38M 22.28 0.01 pts
7.89%
26 SLGB Smart Logistics Global Limited Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 24.25M 0.518 0.01 pts
7.80%
27 NPWR NET Power Inc. NYSE 176.08M 1.83 0.01 pts
7.65%
28 RR Richtech Robotics Inc. Class B Common Stock NASDAQ 443.45M 1.83 0.01 pts
7.65%
29 EDRY EuroDry Ltd NASDAQ 141.95M 50.38 0.01 pts
7.52%
30 LSH Lakeside Holding Limited Common Stock NASDAQ 10.81M 0.354 0.01 pts
7.47%
31 ONT Onterris NYSE 538.35M 17.04 0.01 pts
7.37%
32 SFWL Shengfeng Development Limited Class A Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 73.42M 0.9105 0.01 pts
7.12%
33 AERO Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V. NYSE 2.10B 14.65 0.01 pts
6.78%
34 ACM Aecom Technology Corporation NYSE 8.36B 69.17 0.01 pts
6.76%
35 FTEK Fuel Tech Inc NASDAQ 43.11M 1.48 0.01 pts
6.47%
36 RHLD Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. NYSE 1.01B 135.55 0.01 pts
6.21%
37 CHRW CH Robinson Worldwide Inc NASDAQ 16.69B 150.39 0.01 pts
6.19%
38 AGCO AGCO Corporation NYSE 7.71B 113.39 0.01 pts
6.16%
39 SHIM Shimmick Corporation Common Stock NASDAQ 166.17M 3.99 0.01 pts
6.12%
40 BTOC Armlogi Holding Corp. Common Stock NASDAQ 13.36M 0.305 0.01 pts
5.90%
41 OFAL OFAL NASDAQ 2.77M 0.8073 0.01 pts
5.82%
42 XRX Xerox Corp NASDAQ 387.38M 3.06 0.01 pts
5.52%
43 RITR Reitar Logtech Holdings Limited Ordinary shares NASDAQ 5.81M 0.0877 0.01 pts
5.41%
44 LZ LegalZoom.com Inc NASDAQ 1.01B 6.15 0.01 pts
5.40%
45 MGN Megan Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 94,350 0.1098 0.01 pts
5.37%
46 SKYX SKYX Platforms Corp NASDAQ 170.64M 1.21 0.01 pts
5.22%
47 WFCF Where Food Comes From Inc NASDAQ 64.59M 13.15 0.01 pts
5.20%
48 FORR Forrester Research Inc NASDAQ 229.42M 12.38 0.01 pts
5.09%
49 EML Eastern Co NASDAQ 155.48M 26.32 0.01 pts
4.86%
50 PAMT PAMT CORP NASDAQ 242.51M 12.02 0.01 pts
4.80%
51 ILAG Intelligent Living Application Group Inc NASDAQ 6.54M 3.28 0.01 pts
4.79%
52 PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Svcs Inc NASDAQ 375.51M 18.12 0.01 pts
4.74%
53 ALK Alaska Air Group Inc NYSE 4.64B 42.32 0.01 pts
4.73%
54 CDLR Cadeler A/S NYSE 2.31B 25.05 0.01 pts
4.72%
55 BE Bloom Energy Corp NYSE 60.09B 210.77 0.01 pts
4.63%
56 HMR Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. Common Stock NASDAQ 80.43M 1.41 0.01 pts
4.44%
57 PBI Pitney Bowes Inc NYSE 2.27B 17.21 0.01 pts
4.43%
58 DXST Decent Holding Inc Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 5.87M 2.63 0.01 pts
4.37%
59 GFL Gfl Environmental Holdings Inc NYSE 14.98B 42.83 0.01 pts
4.34%
60 GXO GXO Logistics Inc NYSE 5.39B 47.60 0.01 pts
4.11%
61 FLUX Flux Power Holdings Inc NASDAQ 14.07M 0.6234 0.01 pts
4.09%
62 GFAI Guardforce AI Co Ltd NASDAQ 12.92M 0.3801 0.01 pts
4.02%
63 NL NL Industries Inc NYSE 314.42M 6.73 0.01 pts
4.02%
64 TH Target Hospitality Corp NASDAQ 1.73B 18.55 0.01 pts
3.92%
65 HAFN Hafnia Limited NYSE 4.06B 8.47 0.01 pts
3.80%
66 PPHC Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. Common Stock NASDAQ 331.17M 10.96 0.01 pts
3.79%
67 ENR Energizer Holdings Inc NYSE 1.47B 22.27 0.01 pts
3.73%
68 GPGI GPGI, Inc. NYSE 3.79B 13.25 0.01 pts
3.60%
69 TRSG Tungray Technologies Inc Class A Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 23.93M 1.49 0.01 pts
3.47%
70 STRR Star Equity Holdings Inc NASDAQ 37.82M 10.31 0.01 pts
3.41%
71 ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. NYSE 2.54B 66.86 0.01 pts
3.32%
72 SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A Common Stock NASDAQ 2.13T 141.50 0.01 pts
3.31%
73 UPS United Parcel Service Inc NYSE 87.39B 105.33 0.01 pts
3.25%
74 CETY Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. Common Stock NASDAQ 12.04M 1.03 0.00 pts
3.00%
75 GLXG Galaxy Payroll Group Limited Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 6.89M 1.08 0.00 pts
2.87%
76 AMRC Ameresco Inc NYSE 1.11B 21.99 0.00 pts
2.85%
77 WLDN Willdan Group Inc NASDAQ 1.30B 87.99 0.00 pts
2.84%
78 CAAP Corporacion America Airports NYSE 3.90B 24.10 0.00 pts
2.73%
79 MMS Maximus Inc NYSE 3.05B 59.75 0.00 pts
2.63%
80 DSX Diana Shipping Inc. NYSE 335.92M 2.78 0.00 pts
2.58%
81 RHI Robert Half International Inc NYSE 4.62B 45.31 0.00 pts
2.58%
82 TAYD Taylor Devices Inc NASDAQ 192.40M 60.00 0.00 pts
2.53%
83 BBSI Barrett Business Services Inc NASDAQ 809.94M 34.37 0.00 pts
2.44%
84 RCMT RCM Technologies Inc NASDAQ 298.65M 41.84 0.00 pts
2.40%
85 VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc NASDAQ 24.53B 191.77 0.00 pts
2.28%
86 AERT Aeries Technology Inc. NASDAQ 36.83M 7.06 0.00 pts
2.24%
87 WSO-B Watsco Inc NYSE 12.76B 316.05 0.00 pts
2.19%
88 FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations Inc. NYSE 5.36B 45.50 0.00 pts
2.18%
89 ADT ADT Inc NYSE 5.42B 7.54 0.00 pts
2.17%
90 CMCO Columbus McKinnon Corporation NASDAQ 518.11M 18.00 0.00 pts
2.16%
91 BRC Brady Corporation NYSE 4.45B 93.25 0.00 pts
2.15%
92 ESEA Euroseas Ltd NASDAQ 534.37M 76.63 0.00 pts
2.13%
93 CMC Commercial Metals Company NYSE 7.18B 67.63 0.00 pts
1.99%
94 ULH Universal Logistics Holdings Inc NASDAQ 508.63M 19.52 0.00 pts
1.99%
95 YSXT YSX Tech. Co., Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 32.23M 1.04 0.00 pts
1.96%
96 ROMA Roma Green Finance Limited Ordinary Shares NASDAQ 547.40M 9.16 0.00 pts
1.91%
97 EXPO Exponent Inc NASDAQ 3.33B 71.53 0.00 pts
1.88%
98 CMPR Cimpress NV NASDAQ 2.13B 89.28 0.00 pts
1.84%
99 CWST Casella Waste Systems Inc NASDAQ 6.03B 93.68 0.00 pts
1.82%
100 ATI Allegheny Technologies Incorporated NYSE 28.57B 210.76 0.00 pts
1.81%

The index uses capped equal-weight weekly constituent returns. The ledger shows uncapped security returns so outliers remain visible for research.

Evidence context