iQ Sector Rankings
iQUANT’s proprietary sector rankings are designed to help Advisors determine which S&P sectors may be worth investing in based on their anticipated appreciation versus the S&P 500 Index for the next month. The rankings have been tested against a variety of different time periods since 2000. If you would like to overlay our rankings with additional technical analysis, please scroll down to the “Additional Technical Analysis” section.
iQUANT “Market Outperform” ratings have historically outperformed the S&P 500 and were positive in 2022.
Sector Rankings (for DECEMBER, 2025)
Learn about iQ Sector Rankings
Market Outperform
Healthcare
Utilities
Consumer Staples
Market Perform
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Industrials
Telecommunications
Financial Services
Market Underperform
REITs
Energy
Basic Materials
*It is important to note that iQUANT Sector Rankings may differ from the sectors and super sectors selected by iQUANT models. This does not imply that one ranking system is better than the other, it simply is the result of a given starting universe, reconstitution frequencies and/or factors that are utilized.
Additional Technical Analysis
We want your analysis to be as complete as possible. To add further value, iQUANT is happy to provide the following technical analysis summaries of 26 technical indicators as applied to a representative ETF for each sector. The charts below are provided by TradingView.
Here are the sector representative ETFs:
IYR = Real Estate | XLB = Basic Materials | XLC = Communications | XLE = Energy | XLF = Financial Services | XLI = Industrials | XLP = Consumer Staples | XLU = Utilities | XLV = Healthcare | XLY = Consumer Discretionary