S&P 500 Stocks Above the 200-Day Moving Average
51.5% of S&P 500 stocks (256 of 497) are above their 200-day moving average, and 241 are below it. That reads as a market split roughly down the middle.
Last updated: Oct 17, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC
Above 200-day
51.5%
256 stocks
Below 200-day
48.5%
241 stocks
Stocks tracked
497
S&P 500 constituents
S&P 500 breadth by sector
| Sector | Stocks | Above 200-day | Share above |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 52 | 41 (78.8%) | |
| Energy | 16 | 11 (68.8%) | |
| Consumer Defensive | 32 | 20 (62.5%) | |
| Financial | 72 | 43 (59.7%) | |
| Technology | 78 | 45 (57.7%) | |
| Consumer Cyclical | 51 | 26 (51%) | |
| Communication | 14 | 6 (42.9%) | |
| Industrials | 96 | 41 (42.7%) | |
| Materials | 21 | 8 (38.1%) | |
| Utilities | 37 | 10 (27%) | |
| Real Estate | 28 | 5 (17.9%) |
S&P 500 stocks furthest above their 200-day average
| Ticker | Name | Price | % vs 200-MA | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRNA | Moderna, Inc. Common Stock | $218.01 | +181.68% | 217 |
| MPC | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | $478.07 | +72.99% | 181 |
| BNY | Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | $143.30 | +72.57% | 207 |
| VLO | Valero Energy Corporation | $444.71 | +62.30% | 341 |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc | $262.54 | +54.75% | 250 |
| PSX | PHILLIPS 66 | $293.17 | +52.96% | 297 |
| VEEV | Veeva Systems Inc. | $310.36 | +51.49% | 54 |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc. | $451.71 | +43.86% | 161 |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock | $227.39 | +41.62% | 116 |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $55.13 | +41.20% | 145 |
S&P 500 stocks furthest below their 200-day average
| Ticker | Name | Price | % vs 200-MA | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTVA | Corteva, Inc. Common Stock | $12.88 | -82.93% | 15 |
| APP | Applovin Corporation Class A Common Stock | $266.13 | -38.78% | 73 |
| ALB | Albemarle Corporation | $95.48 | -37.69% | 80 |
| CHTR | Charter Comm Inc Del CL A New | $110.11 | -35.17% | 310 |
| FICO | Fair Isaac Corporation | $771.19 | -33.91% | 200 |
| PNR | Pentair plc | $53.44 | -31.86% | 178 |
| ROL | Rollins, Inc. | $33.45 | -30.63% | 158 |
| LULU | lululemon athletica inc. | $97.10 | -30.22% | 343 |
| MGM | MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL | $28.60 | -27.37% | 24 |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | $44.86 | -27.26% | 94 |
Longest streaks above the 200-day average
“Days” is how many trading days in a row the stock has closed above its 200-day average.
| Ticker | Name | Price | % vs 200-MA | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELL | Welltower Inc. | $234.85 | +8.68% | 885 |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International plc | $145.47 | +4.40% | 374 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE) | $107.39 | +7.88% | 373 |
| PWR | Quanta Services, Inc. | $631.86 | +2.20% | 371 |
| STT | State Street Corporation | $165.72 | +5.51% | 364 |
| LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc. Common Stock | $824.13 | +6.00% | 361 |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | $878.84 | +22.43% | 347 |
| VLO | Valero Energy Corporation | $444.71 | +62.30% | 341 |
| ADM | Archer Daniels Midland Company | $82.61 | +9.26% | 338 |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | $528.75 | +34.12% | 337 |
S&P 500 200-day moving average: common questions
- What percent of S&P 500 stocks are above their 200-day moving average?
- As of Oct 17, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC, 51.5% of S&P 500 stocks tracked here (256 of 497) are trading above their 200-day moving average. That reading points to a market split roughly down the middle.
- Why does the percent of S&P 500 stocks above the 200-day average matter?
- It measures how many stocks are participating in a trend, not just how the index price moves. An index can make new highs while fewer and fewer of its stocks are above their 200-day average, which is the kind of narrowing that breadth readings are used to spot.
- How often is this updated?
- Once per trading day, after the market closes. Each stock is compared with its own 200-day simple moving average of closing prices.
- Is a stock below its 200-day moving average a sell signal?
- Not by itself. The 200-day average is a widely watched trend line, and a close below it means the long-term trend has weakened, but many stocks cross it repeatedly without a lasting move. This is educational data, not investment advice.
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Constituent list is the current S&P 500 membership; only stocks with enough price history to compute a 200-day average are counted.
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