Industrials
Industrials sector: regime, opportunity and risk scores, industry rankings, signals, leading stocks and ETFs, and the weekly brief.
Industrials at a glance
Industrials (XLI) is in a Bearish regime with a Bull/Bear score of −100, ranked 7 of 11 on opportunity (42/100) with moderate risk. It is improving against the S&P 500: −3.0% over 1 month and −9.5% over 3 months; 40% of its 83 stocks are above their 200-day average.
Industries
| Rank | Industry | Signal | Opportunity | 3 months | Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Railroads | Improving | 83 | −3.8% | CSX, UNP, NSC |
| 2 | Data Processing Services | Bullish | 81 | +6.1% | PAYX, J, VRSK |
| 3 | Tools & Hardware | Bullish | 72 | +11.8% | ALLE, SWK, SNA |
| 4 | Wholesale Distributors | Improving | 68 | −0.0% | FAST, GWW, FERG |
| 5 | Other Industrials | Improving | 55 | +0.8% | ADP, BR, CTAS |
| 6 | Airlines | Neutral | 41 | −7.1% | LUV, DAL, UAL |
| 7 | Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery | Weakening | 39 | −13.5% | DE, WAB, PCAR |
| 8 | Air Freight/Couriers | Improving | 37 | −8.7% | EXPD, FDX, UPS |
| 9 | Industrial Machinery | Bearish | 36 | −7.3% | VLTO, NDSN, IEX |
| 10 | Electrical Products | Bearish | 25 | −9.4% | AME, ROK, HUBB |
| 11 | Aerospace & Defense | Bearish | 21 | −10.4% | LMT, GD, NOC |
| 12 | Trucking | Bearish | 15 | −21.9% | JBHT, ODFL |
| 13 | Engineering & Construction | Bearish | 13 | −15.6% | OTIS, PWR, EME |
Leading stocks
- ADP – Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Packaged Software): Bullish, 3 months +24.4%
- CTAS – Cintas Corporation (Miscellaneous Commercial Services): Bullish, 3 months +10.8%
- EXPD – Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (Air Freight/Couriers): Bullish, 3 months +11.7%
- ALLE – Allegion plc (Tools & Hardware): Bullish, 3 months +17.6%
- VLTO – Veralto Corp (Industrial Machinery): Bullish, 3 months +13.8%
- RSG – Republic Services, Inc. (Environmental Services): Bullish, 3 months +10.4%
What drives Industrials
Manufacturing, capital expenditure, infrastructure. Bullish indicators: ISM new orders improve; capital investment and order backlogs increase. Bearish indicators: Manufacturing contracts; orders fall; capital spending slows.
Source: Sonsero Sectors weekly snapshot 2026-10-25 (market data from TradingView). Scores, regimes and signals are rules-based descriptions of market conditions, not investment advice.