Power & Grid vs XLU
1 of 5 power & grid headliners beat XLU over the last year (0 of 5 over six months, 5 of 5 over three). Every line is measured against the benchmark itself, so the zero line is XLU.
Weekly closes through 2026-10-29. The zero line is the benchmark: a name "beats" when its total return over the window is higher than XLU's. Rebuilt every morning.
Total return
| Name | 6M | vs bench | 1Y | vs bench | 3Y | vs bench | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLU benchmark | -3.6% | 0 | -3.9% | 0 | +39.3% | 0 | — |
| VST | -4.9% | -1.3 | -26.4% | -22.5 | +301.5% | +262.2 | 2021-10 |
| CEG | -12.9% | -9.3 | -26.2% | -22.3 | +125.9% | +86.6 | 2022-01 |
| NRG | -29.9% | -26.3 | -43.9% | -40.0 | +115.2% | +75.9 | 2021-10 |
| GEV | -14.4% | -10.8 | +54.8% | +58.7 | +551.1% | +519.8* | 2024-03 |
| TLN | -9.6% | -6.0 | -9.7% | -5.8 | +559.9% | +520.6 | 2023-05 |
A name whose history starts inside a window is measured from its first bar, not the window start — the "Since" column says where. Its "vs bench" (marked *) compares it with XLU over that same shorter span.
Headliners
Benchmarks available on the dashboard: XLU, GRID, SPY.
The wider power & grid universe
The dashboard's Sleepers view screens these 25 lesser-covered names for the ones beating XLU on a trailing basis, with liquidity, price and coverage floors so nothing untradeable or already crowded gets through.
Other baskets
Interactive chart with 6M–5Y windows, relative / indexed / drawdown modes and the sleeper screen: Baskets tab.
How calls are checked
Every call is checked on the firm's own terms. A price target is followed until its own deadline (12 months unless the firm publishes a different horizon) and ends as reached (the stock closed at or beyond it while it stood), replaced (the same firm set a new target first) or short at deadline. A rating is compared with the stock's sector SPDR ETF on total return over the rating's life, because most big-firm ratings are relative: Overweight means "beat its peers", not "go up". Hold-type ratings are tracked, not graded. A firm is numbered only with 30+ resolved targets, and a letter prints only for a firm's whole record where an exact test separates it from a coin flip. None of this is a verdict on anyone's skill, and one day is never a grade. The full method →
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