US Stock Market Sector Analysis – Wednesday, February 11, 2026 BULLISH

Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) led today's move after an earnings-driven buying wave sent the stock up 24.5%, sparking strength across Infrastructure and chip-related names and lifting the Nasdaq-100 while the Dow cooled. The US stock market showed mixed internals with 16 sectors up, 8 down and 15 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average as the S&P 500 digested conflicting macro headlines — a firmer jobs report and renewed AI worries. The Magnificent 7 underperformed the market overall (Mag 7 -0.6% on the day) as gains in Analog & Embedded Chips and Chip Equipment outpaced weakness among large-cap AI spenders. Notable individual movers included Gilead (GILD) +5.8% and Microchip Technology (MCHP) +5.1%, both benefiting from sector-specific tailwinds.

Market Condition Dashboard

US 10-Year Treasury Yield

Wait & Watch

4.18%

stable

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Crude Oil (WTI)

Neutral

$64.63

+1.1% 1D

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VIX (Fear Index)

Normal Range

17.6

-0.8% 1D

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200-Day Moving Average

Bullish Trend Intact

0/3 below

SPY above (+7.3%), QQQ above (+5.9%), DIA above (+10.2%)

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Tracked Stocks Breadth (50DMA)

Pause Discretionary Adds

63%

43 of 68 above 50DMA · -2.9pp 5D

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Put/Call Ratio (5D)

Caution

0.79

Call-Heavy · stable

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Signal analysis only — not investment advice

Sector Performance (Base=100)

AI and Technology Sector Analysis

The AI investment theme remains bifurcated: hardware and infrastructure beneficiaries outperformed while large AI-spending platform names tread water. NVIDIA (NVDA) $189.82 climbed 0.8% and remains above its 50-day by +5.6%, underscoring sustained demand for accelerators, while Microsoft (MSFT) $402.58 (-2.2%) and Amazon (AMZN) $204.08 (-1.4%) continue to weigh on the Mag 7 group with 50-day trends below their averages. The Chip Supply Chain and Infrastructure strength argues the second derivative of AI investment is favoring capacity and equipment over near-term enterprise software spending, even as selective software results (Confluent commentary) show pockets of resilience.

US Stock Sector Overview

Sector	1D	5D	20D	vs 50MA
Mag 7 (AI Spenders)	-0.6%	+0.9%	-2.5%	BELOW
Chip Supply Chain	+0.8%	+8.7%	+2.1%	BELOW
Infrastructure	+3.5%	+12.0%	+17.3%	ABOVE
Enterprise Software	-3.9%	-1.2%	-21.9%	BELOW
Finance	-1.4%	+3.1%	+1.1%	BELOW
Healthcare	+0.6%	+1.7%	-11.1%	BELOW
Retail	+1.2%	+0.2%	+5.1%	ABOVE
IT Services	-5.4%	-3.4%	-15.7%	BELOW
Airlines	-3.1%	+4.9%	+3.6%	ABOVE
Hospitality & Travel	+0.3%	+3.5%	-2.3%	BELOW
Food & Restaurant	+0.4%	+1.5%	+6.8%	ABOVE
Logistics	+0.4%	+1.9%	+14.4%	ABOVE
Industrial	+2.1%	+9.0%	+17.8%	ABOVE
Cybersecurity	-0.5%	+6.0%	-14.5%	BELOW
Chip Equipment	+2.9%	+9.5%	+13.0%	ABOVE
Data Center REITs	+1.2%	+6.7%	+9.1%	ABOVE
Utilities	+0.7%	+1.2%	+6.6%	ABOVE
Energy	+2.3%	+5.1%	+15.3%	ABOVE
Defense & Aerospace	-1.0%	+0.6%	+1.2%	ABOVE
Telecom	+4.1%	+4.0%	+17.6%	ABOVE
Media & Entertainment	-2.4%	+0.7%	-7.4%	BELOW
Biotech	+3.2%	+2.0%	+18.5%	ABOVE
Materials	+1.2%	+2.6%	+8.0%	ABOVE
Analog & Embedded Chips	+3.8%	+2.3%	+13.0%	ABOVE

Sector Strength

Telecom +4.1% 20d: +17.6%

T-Mobile (TMUS) +5.1% (20d: +9.1%), AT&T (T) +3.9% (20d: +20.6%), Verizon (VZ) +3.3% (20d: +22.9%)

Analog & Embedded Chips +3.8% 20d: +13.0%

Microchip Technology (MCHP) +5.1% (20d: +8.1%), Texas Instruments (TXN) +2.6% (20d: +17.9%)

Infrastructure +3.5% 20d: +17.3%

Vertiv (VRT) +24.5% (20d: +45.4%), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) -0.7% (20d: +7.8%), Cisco (CSCO) -0.9% (20d: +15.0%)

Biotech +3.2% 20d: +18.5%

Gilead (GILD) +5.8% (20d: +25.6%), Amgen (AMGN) +0.5% (20d: +11.4%)

Chip Equipment +2.9% 20d: +13.0%

Lam Research (LRCX) +3.8% (20d: +12.6%), Applied Materials (AMAT) +3.3% (20d: +12.6%), ASML +1.6% (20d: +13.8%)

Sector Warnings

IT Services -5.4% 20d: -15.7% CRITICAL

IBM -6.5% (20d: -11.2%) [<50MA], Accenture (ACN) -4.3% (20d: -20.1%) [<50MA]

Enterprise Software -3.9% 20d: -21.9% CRITICAL

ServiceNow (NOW) -5.5% (20d: -25.3%) [<50MA], Salesforce (CRM) -4.4% (20d: -22.8%) [<50MA], Adobe (ADBE) -2.8% (20d: -15.5%) [<50MA]

Airlines -3.1% 20d: +3.6%

Delta (DAL) -4.1% (20d: +4.3%), United (UAL) -2.1% (20d: +2.9%)

Media & Entertainment -2.4% 20d: -7.4%

Netflix (NFLX) -3.2% (20d: -10.1%) [<50MA], Disney (DIS) -1.7% (20d: -4.8%) [<50MA]

Finance -1.4% 20d: +1.1%

JPMorgan (JPM) -2.3% (20d: +1.0%) [<50MA], Goldman Sachs (GS) -0.5% (20d: +1.3%)

Sector Deep Dive

Infrastructure — Vertiv's move dominated the tape: Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT) $248.40 +24.5% benefited from an upbeat earnings call and AI demand commentary, and the Infrastructure sector is +3.5% on the day with a 50-day performance of +10.2% (sector above 50MA). Over the 50-day window infrastructure has been a reliable conduit for AI capex flows; VRT's surge highlights rotation into physical data center and power-chain names that support large-scale AI deployments.

Analog & Embedded Chips — Microchip Technology (MCHP) $79.88 +5.1% helped push the Analog & Embedded Chips sector to a 1-day gain of +3.8% and a very strong 50-day rise of +43.4% (sector above 50MA). The 50-day trend signals broad strength in component makers as customers pull forward orders for analog, power-management and mixed-signal devices that feed AI servers and edge compute nodes.

Enterprise Software — Salesforce (CRM) $184.06 -4.4% and ServiceNow (NOW) $100.58 -5.5% anchored weakness as the Enterprise Software sector slid -3.9% today and is down -24.6% over the 50-day window (sector below 50MA). That 50-day deterioration, one of the largest among sectors, reflects weakening demand visibility and multiple compression for subscription-heavy names and underpins multiple high-severity alerts flagged across software-related groups.

Biotech & Healthcare — Gilead (GILD) $153.91 +5.8% helped Biotech climb +3.2% for the day while the Healthcare sector shows mixed signals: Biotech's 50-day is +17.4% (sector above 50MA) but the broader Healthcare sector is down -8.6% over 50 days (sector below 50MA). The divergence highlights pocketed strength in select biotech stories (label expansions, dividend narratives) versus persistent weakness in other healthcare subsectors over the 50-day horizon.

Market Breadth Analysis

US stock market breadth analysis shows 15 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average, while 9 are below. The majority of sectors holding above the 50-day MA indicates healthy medium-term momentum. With 17 sectors positive over 20 days, buying pressure remains broad-based.

Interactive Charts

S&P 500 & NASDAQ 100

50-Day Sector Performance

1-Day vs 5-Day Sector Change

Active Alerts

HIGH Enterprise Software down -21.9% over 20 days

HIGH Healthcare down -11.1% over 20 days

HIGH IT Services down -15.7% over 20 days

HIGH Cybersecurity down -14.5% over 20 days

HIGH Enterprise Software down -24.6% over 50 days

HIGH Cybersecurity down -19.7% over 50 days

HIGH 5 sectors declining >5% over 20 days: Enterprise Software, Healthcare, IT Services, Cybersecurity, Media & Entertainment

HIGH 4 sectors declining >10% over 50 days: Enterprise Software, IT Services, Cybersecurity, Media & Entertainment

MEDIUM MSFT down -16.0% from 20-day high

MEDIUM AMZN down -16.6% from 20-day high

Stock-Level Detail

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NVDA	$189.82	+0.8%	+10.6%	+3.8%	+5.6%	ABOVE	0
TSLA	$428.27	+0.7%	+7.8%	-2.5%	-0.4%	BELOW	0
AAPL	$275.25	+0.7%	-0.1%	+6.1%	-2.6%	ABOVE	0
META	$667.50	-0.3%	-0.2%	+8.6%	+4.4%	ABOVE	2
AMZN	$204.08	-1.4%	-8.4%	-13.8%	-12.7%	BELOW	7
MSFT	$402.58	-2.2%	+2.7%	-12.0%	-16.9%	BELOW	2
GOOG	$310.92	-2.3%	-6.0%	-7.4%	-1.1%	BELOW	2

Chip Supply Chain Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TSM	$372.17	+3.4%	+13.1%	+14.4%	+30.4%	ABOVE	0
INTC	$48.29	+2.5%	+0.1%	-0.9%	+20.7%	ABOVE	0
AVGO	$341.50	+0.7%	+10.4%	+0.8%	-11.1%	BELOW	0
QCOM	$139.62	+0.7%	+3.5%	-14.3%	-15.6%	BELOW	0
AMD	$213.58	+0.0%	+11.0%	-4.5%	-2.8%	BELOW	0
ARM	$125.28	-0.5%	+13.0%	+19.3%	-7.2%	ABOVE	1
MRVL	$81.28	-0.8%	+9.6%	+0.2%	-10.6%	BELOW	2

Infrastructure Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
VRT	$248.40	+24.5%	+39.8%	+45.4%	+38.7%	ABOVE	0
HPE	$23.59	-0.7%	+4.8%	+7.8%	+9.2%	ABOVE	1
CSCO	$84.76	-0.9%	+3.9%	+15.0%	+13.1%	ABOVE	2
DELL	$123.78	-1.5%	+7.6%	+5.1%	-5.6%	BELOW	1
SMCI	$32.04	-3.9%	+3.9%	+13.3%	-4.1%	ABOVE	3

Enterprise Software Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
PLTR	$135.68	-2.7%	+4.4%	-23.9%	-19.0%	BELOW	2
ADBE	$257.16	-2.8%	-4.5%	-15.5%	-20.3%	BELOW	5
CRM	$184.06	-4.4%	-2.6%	-22.8%	-20.4%	BELOW	2
NOW	$100.58	-5.5%	-2.0%	-25.3%	-38.8%	BELOW	1

Finance Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GS	$935.52	-0.5%	+6.1%	+1.3%	+17.1%	ABOVE	1
JPM	$307.85	-2.3%	+0.2%	+1.0%	+1.1%	BELOW	3

Healthcare Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UNH	$275.19	+2.1%	+3.9%	-16.7%	-13.1%	BELOW	0
LLY	$1011.78	-1.0%	-0.6%	-5.4%	-4.0%	BELOW	3

Retail Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
WMT	$128.26	+1.6%	+1.4%	+7.3%	+15.7%	ABOVE	0
COST	$976.72	+0.7%	-1.1%	+3.0%	+7.4%	ABOVE	0

IT Services Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
ACN	$225.78	-4.3%	-1.3%	-20.1%	-10.5%	BELOW	1
IBM	$270.82	-6.5%	-5.4%	-11.2%	-10.2%	BELOW	3

Airlines Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UAL	$113.94	-2.1%	+7.4%	+2.9%	+12.7%	ABOVE	1
DAL	$70.86	-4.1%	+2.4%	+4.3%	+11.3%	ABOVE	3

Hospitality & Travel Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
BKNG	$171.67	+0.7%	-2.9%	-16.9%	-11.7%	BELOW	0
MAR	$357.35	-0.2%	+9.9%	+12.2%	+18.2%	ABOVE	1

Food & Restaurant Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
SBUX	$97.91	+1.6%	+3.2%	+8.7%	+16.7%	ABOVE	0
MCD	$319.25	-0.8%	-0.1%	+4.9%	+6.5%	ABOVE	1

Logistics Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UPS	$116.39	+1.1%	+3.0%	+11.7%	+26.0%	ABOVE	0
FDX	$293.56	-0.2%	+0.9%	+17.1%	+35.0%	ABOVE	1

Industrial Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CAT	$773.53	+4.4%	+14.3%	+21.6%	+36.7%	ABOVE	0
HON	$251.89	-0.3%	+3.8%	+13.9%	+27.6%	ABOVE	1

Cybersecurity Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
CRWD	$103.95	+0.6%	+10.2%	-9.7%	-17.5%	BELOW	0
PANW	$165.30	-0.1%	+6.8%	-13.4%	-11.9%	BELOW	2
ZS	$171.00	-1.9%	+1.0%	-20.2%	-29.7%	BELOW	1

Chip Equipment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
LRCX	$234.67	+3.8%	+10.2%	+12.6%	+52.1%	ABOVE
AMAT	$339.04	+3.3%	+11.8%	+12.6%	+33.4%	ABOVE
ASML	$1432.50	+1.6%	+6.5%	+13.8%	+32.1%	ABOVE

Data Center REITs Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
EQIX	$858.57	+1.3%	+7.4%	+8.6%	+18.3%	ABOVE	0
DLR	$172.24	+1.2%	+6.0%	+9.6%	+12.5%	ABOVE	0

Utilities Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
DUK	$123.08	+1.3%	+1.5%	+5.5%	+3.7%	ABOVE
NEE	$90.08	+0.6%	+2.4%	+11.4%	+7.9%	ABOVE
SO	$89.41	+0.2%	-0.2%	+2.8%	+2.1%	ABOVE

Energy Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
XOM	$153.49	+2.6%	+6.5%	+19.5%	+33.4%	ABOVE	0
CVX	$182.35	+2.0%	+3.7%	+11.1%	+21.8%	ABOVE	0

Defense & Aerospace Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
RTX	$195.05	+0.7%	+0.3%	-1.2%	+17.0%	ABOVE	0
LMT	$621.34	-0.1%	+3.2%	+9.8%	+43.1%	ABOVE	2
GD	$343.23	-3.5%	-1.6%	-5.0%	+4.6%	BELOW	2

Telecom Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
TMUS	$207.41	+5.1%	+3.8%	+9.1%	+1.4%	ABOVE
T	$27.80	+3.9%	+4.2%	+20.6%	+11.7%	ABOVE
VZ	$47.44	+3.3%	+4.0%	+22.9%	+22.3%	ABOVE

Media & Entertainment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DIS	$107.30	-1.7%	+3.0%	-4.8%	+1.9%	BELOW	1
NFLX	$79.62	-3.2%	-1.5%	-10.1%	-27.0%	BELOW	1

Biotech Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GILD	$153.91	+5.8%	+4.3%	+25.6%	+26.1%	ABOVE	0
AMGN	$361.33	+0.5%	-0.3%	+11.4%	+8.6%	ABOVE	0

Materials Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LIN	$464.48	+1.5%	+1.7%	+6.3%	+15.3%	ABOVE	0
APD	$289.52	+0.8%	+3.4%	+9.7%	+13.2%	ABOVE	0

Analog & Embedded Chips Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MCHP	$79.88	+5.1%	+3.5%	+8.1%	+51.1%	ABOVE	0
TXN	$225.41	+2.6%	+1.2%	+17.9%	+35.6%	ABOVE	0

Key Stock Movers

Today's biggest movers by absolute percentage change: Vertiv (VRT) (Infrastructure) rose 24.5% to $248.40. IBM (IT Services) fell 6.5% to $270.82. Gilead (GILD) (Biotech) rose 5.8% to $153.91. ServiceNow (NOW) (Enterprise Software) fell 5.5% to $100.58. T-Mobile (TMUS) (Telecom) rose 5.1% to $207.41. These individual stock movements were key drivers of their respective sector performance.

Risk and Opportunity Assessment

On the risk side, 8 high-severity alerts are currently active, signaling significant sector declines that warrant portfolio risk management attention. Consider reducing exposure to affected sectors and tightening stop-loss levels.

US Stock Market Outlook

Positioning should reflect elevated dispersion: 15 sectors trading above their 50-day moving averages versus 9 below, but active alerts show multiple high-risk downtrends — notably Enterprise Software, IT Services and Cybersecurity with severe 20- and 50-day declines. Breadth remains uneven as five sectors are down more than 5% over 20 days and four sectors are down over 10% across 50 days, suggesting selective long exposure to infrastructure, analog chips and data-center beneficiaries while trimming momentum and enterprise software beta. Monitor alert counts and 50-day trend flips for tactical re-entry points and prefer earnings- or cash-flow-backed names when adding risk in the current environment.

Hypothetical Portfolio

SIMULATION

Value $104,237

P&L +4.24%

Today +0.63%

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