Best & Worst Large Cap Stocks - Tuesday, Oct. 27

Large Cap Report -- Summary 

• The best ranked large-cap sector is industrials.
• The top industry is electronic components.

The top-rated large-cap sectors are industrials (FLR) (PAYX) (MIDD) (EXPD) (DAL) (AVY), consumer goods (PVH) (GM) (NWL) (MAT) (FL) (COLM) (BLL), utilities (DUK) (SO) (AEP) (AEE), basic materials (MDU) (DOW) (CTVA), and financials (CINF) (BRO) (BMO). Technology, services, and healthcare score average. REITs and energy scores below average.

Best & Worst Scoring Stocks 

The following are the best and worst scoring large-cap stocks this week:

Best & Worst Scoring Industries 

The best large-cap industries are electronic components (LFUS) (APH) (GLW) (FLEX), industrial equipment/components (PNR) (PH) (EMR) (ROP), auto parts (LEA) (GT) (GNTX) (BWA), airlines (DAL) (ALK), and packaging/containers (BLL) (CCK) (PKG) (IP). The worst large-cap industries are residential REITs, REITs, and education/training services.

The best baskets in basic materials are building materials (MDU) (VMC) (MLM), steel (X) (RS) (NUE), and specialty chemicals (SHW) (PPG) (ALB). Concentrate on auto parts, packaging/containers, and furnishings/fixtures/appliances (LEG) (MHK) (WHR) in consumer goods. There are no energy baskets that score above average. Focus on insurance brokers (BRO) (AJG), property/casualty insurance (CINF) (TRV) (PGR), and asset management (TROW) (AMG) in financials. The highest-scoring groups in healthcare are diagnostics (PKI) (DGX) (TMO) (MTD) (GH) (DHR), healthcare plans (UNH) (HUM) (ANTM), and medical devices (PODD) (MDT) (NVCR) (BIO). Industrial equipment/components, airlines, and diversified machinery (MIDD) (ITW) (FLS) (DOV) offer upside in industrials. There are no REITs baskets that score above average. The strongest scoring in services are leisure (BC), auto parts stores (ORLY) (AAP), and apparel retail (LULU) (LB). The top ranking in technology are electronic components, specialized semiconductor (MPWR) (MCHP) (NVDA), and semiconductor equipment/materials (TER) (LRCX) (KLAC) (IPGP) (ENTG). Regulated electric utilities (DUK) (SO) (AEP) (AEE) score above average in utilities.