• The best large cap sector is industrial goods.
• The highest scoring large cap industry is farm & construction machinery.

The average score in our large cap universe is 70.72. Over the past four weeks, this score has averaged 68.55. The average large cap stock in our coverage is trading -10.6% below its 52 week high, 6.58% above its 200 dma, has 4.54 days to cover short, and is expected to grow EPS by 12.23% in the next year.

Industrial goods is the top scoring large cap sector. Financials, services, and basics also score above average. Technology scores in line. Consumer, healthcare, and utilities score below average.

The following are the top and bottom scoring large cap stocks:

Farm & construction machinery (DE, HTHIY.PK, AGCO) is the best large cap industry. Money center banks (JPM, BK, PNC, STI, RY), air delivery & freight (UPS, FDX, CHRW), P&C insurers (XL, CINF, ACGL, WRB, TRV, ALL), and data storage (WDC, STX) are also top scoring.

Oil & gas refiners (HES, VLO, TSO, MUR, MRO), major chemicals (APD, FMC, DOW, EMN), and major oil & gas (CVX, BP, COP, XOM) can be bought in basics. Major food (ADM, MDLZ), auto parts (BWA, MGA, ALV), and automakers (GM, HMC, DDAIF) are best in consumer goods. The highest scoring financials industries are money center banks, P&C insurers, and regional banks (C, USB, STT, NTRS, MTB, BBT). In healthcare, only healthcare plans (AET, UNH, ANTM) score above average. Every industrial basket is top scoring, led by farm & construction machinery, industrial equipment (EMR, PH, ROP), and diversified machinery (ITW, IR, DOV). Focus on air delivery & freight, diversified entertainment (TWX, DIS), and railroads (CSX, UNP, NSC) in services. Concentrate on data storage, broad line semi (ADI, TXN, NXPI), and specialized semi (MCHP, XLNX, NVDA, LLTC) in technology.