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8 segments · 31 companies

Industrial Automation & Equipment

+2.5%chain · 1M

Measurement, control and equipment connect factory and infrastructure investment with engineering, distribution and rental.

  • The Industrial Automation & Equipment covers 8 segments and 31 companies, 0 of them chokepoints.
  • Over the past month the chain's median listed company returned +2.5%, against 0.0% for the S&P 500.
  • The strongest segment is Positioning, ID & software (+5.5%) and the weakest Factory, infrastructure & farm customers (−8.9%), a 14.4-point spread.

The chain, stage by stage

Upstream on the left, end demand on the right. Figures are 1-month returns; the segment shows its median.

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Control & testMachines & power
Measurement & connections
Measurement & instruments+2.4%
AME+2.0%KEYS−1.7%TDY+2.8%FTV+4.8%Keyence
Positioning, ID & software+5.5%
TRMB+5.5%GRMN+2.3%ZBRA+8.1%
Control & equipment
Industrial control & motion+2.0%
ROK+2.6%EMR+5.8%PH−0.7%HON+1.4%
Machinery, fluids & tools+3.7%
ITW+3.0%CMI+3.1%IR+7.1%DOV+7.1%SNA−0.8%SWK+3.6%IEX+4.6%NDSN+3.7%
Electrical & backup power−1.5%
ETN−11.0%HUBB+0.4%GNRC−1.5%
Engineering & channels
Engineering & installation−7.6%
FIX−13.8%EME−7.6%J−0.4%
Industrial distribution & rental+4.8%
GWW+6.6%URI+2.5%FAST+4.8%
Capital spending
Factory, infrastructure & farm customers−8.9%
CAT−8.4%DE−9.3%

Which segments are leading

Median price return of the listed companies in each segment.

Positioning, ID & software+5.5%
Industrial distribution & rental+4.8%
Machinery, fluids & tools+3.7%
Measurement & instruments+2.4%
Industrial control & motion+2.0%
Electrical & backup power−1.5%
Engineering & installation−7.6%
Factory, infrastructure & farm customers−8.9%
S&P 5000.0%
Positioning, ID & software+24.3%
Machinery, fluids & tools+0.5%
Measurement & instruments+0.3%
Industrial distribution & rental−1.1%
Industrial control & motion−3.8%
Electrical & backup power−5.1%
Factory, infrastructure & farm customers−6.5%
Engineering & installation−9.1%
S&P 500+4.7%
Factory, infrastructure & farm customers+39.2%
Measurement & instruments+26.6%
Industrial control & motion+25.7%
Machinery, fluids & tools+25.4%
Industrial distribution & rental+24.1%
Positioning, ID & software+17.8%
Electrical & backup power+5.2%
Engineering & installation0.0%
S&P 500+15.8%

Key numbers

US manufacturing utilization, August75.7%Federal Reserve G.17 · Industrial production, August 2026

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