Oil & Gas Equipment & Services vs the S&P 500 (XES): is it outperforming?
Over the past month, XES has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.2 points. Here is where that puts it in the sector rotation — updated daily.
Where XES sits on the rotation map
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services highlighted against the 11 broad S&P 500 sectors. Vertical: 1-month spread vs the S&P 500. Horizontal: the longer, time-shifted window — the methodology explains the math.
XES vs SPY: head-to-head returns
XES (oil & gas equipment & services) and SPY (the S&P 500) side by side over every window Zensei tracks. The spread is the difference — positive means XES won that window.
Data as of 2026-07-22 · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure
The read
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (XES) has just turned the corner. Over the longer, time-shifted window it trailed the S&P 500 by 11.3 points, but over the past month it has moved clearly ahead of the market — a 2.2-point edge that puts it in the improving quadrant. Ranked by one-month spread, it currently stands #42 of the 115 groups Zensei tracks.
On the shorter tape, XES is in a dip window: the last sessions have pulled back while the longer intraday trend remains intact — the pattern rotation traders watch for re-entries. XES's relative-strength line — its price ratio against the S&P 500 — is trading above its moving averages, the healthiest configuration we track. The two signals agree — the short-term tape and the longer trend point the same way.
The exposure comes via SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF, whose 34 tracked holdings are led by ARCHROCK INC, KODIAK GAS SERVICES INC and OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC. Weighted by portfolio, the fund's holdings trade at roughly 41.4× earnings and 2.2× sales. The thing to watch from here is confirmation: improving groups that hold a positive one-month spread long enough for the longer window to turn are the classic early-rotation entries — the ones that fail fall back quickly.
What's inside XES
Top 5 of 34 tracked holdings, by portfolio weight.
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services vs the market — common questions
Is oil & gas equipment & services outperforming the S&P 500?
Right now, yes: over the past month XES has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.2 points. This page updates daily, so the answer reflects current market data rather than a dated article.
What is XES?
XES is SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF, the fund Zensei uses to measure the oil & gas equipment & services group against the S&P 500 benchmark (SPY).
Which stocks are in XES?
XES's largest tracked positions are ARCHROCK INC, KODIAK GAS SERVICES INC, OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC, SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS INC CLASS A, TECHNIPFMC PLC — 34 holdings in total. The full list, with each stock measured against the group, is part of Zensei Premium.
What quadrant is oil & gas equipment & services in right now?
As of the latest daily data, oil & gas equipment & services is in the improving quadrant — behind the market over the longer window, but ahead over the past month. The quadrant rules are documented on the Zensei methodology page.
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