• The best large cap sector is industrial goods.
• The highest scoring large cap industry is data storage devices.

The average score in our large cap universe is 65.59 and the score over the past four weeks has averaged 63.82. The average large cap stock in our coverage is trading -13.58% below its 52 week high, 2.29% above its 200 dma, has 5.33 days to cover short, and is expected to grow EPS by 13.3% next year.

Industrial goods is the top scoring big cap sector. Financials, services, and technology also score above average. Consumer goods, healthcare, basics, and utilities score below average.

The following are the best and worst scoring large cap stocks.

The next chart shows historical large cap score by sector.

Data storage devices (STX, WDC, NTAP) is the top scoring large cap industry. Farm & construction machinery (HTHIY, DE, AGCO, JOY), industrial equipment & components (PH, EMR), air delivery & freight (UPS, FDX, CHRW), and regional banks (C, USB, NTRS, MTB) are the best industries.

Steel & iron (NUE, SID, GGB, TX), major chemicals (FMC, EMN, APD), and ag. chemicals (AGU, MOS) are the strongest industries in basics. Auto parts (LEA, BWA, ALV) is the only above average scoring basket in consumer goods. Regional banks, insurance brokers (AJG), and money center banks (JPM, BK, PNC, STI, BAC) can be bought in financials. Healthcare plans (UNH, HUM, AET) is the only healthcare group that scores high. Farm & construction machinery, industrial equipment, and aerospace/defense (BA, NOC, GD, RTN, SPR) offer upside in industrials. Air delivery & freight, restaurants (MCD, DRI, YUM), and diversified entertainment (TWX, DIS) are best in services. Data storage, broadline semi (ADI, TXN, NXPI), and specialized semi (MCHP, XLNX,  NVDA) are top scoring in technology. No utilities industries are top scoring.