Wells Fargo analyst Christopher P. Harvey created a new mid-cap portfolio with overweight stocks to provide “upside equity participation and healthy downside protection.”
According to the Harvey Report, mid-cap stocks have grown 13.1% so far in May this year.
midcap The portfolio contains members of the Russell MidCap Index (NYSE:IWR), grouped by department:
Within Communication Services (XLC):
- Omnicom Corporation (OMC)
- Spotify Technology (SPOT)
Within Consumer Discretionary (XLY):
- Murphy USA (MUSA)
- Ross Department Store (ROST)
- Burlington Store (BURL)
- Royal Caribbean (RCL)
- Carnival Corporation (CCL)
- GAP Company (GPS)
- Lennar Corporation (LEN)
- Pulte Corporation (PHM)
In Consumer Staples (XLP):
- Church & Dwight Company (CHD)
- Performance Foods Group Ltd (PFGC)
Within energy (XLE):
- Cotra Energy (CTRA)
- Devon Energy (DVN)
- Taga Resources (TRGP)
In financial data (XLF):
- Bullock Corporation (SQ)
- Willis Towers Watson plc (WTW)
- Key Company(KEY)
- Synovus Financial Corporation (SNV)
In Healthcare (XLV):
- Cooper Corporation (COO)
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NBIX)
- United Therapeutics, Inc. (UTHR)
- Universal Health Services (UHS)
In the industrial sector (XLI):
- Acuity Brands Inc. (AYI)
- Ingersoll Rand Corporation (IR)
- Lenox International (LII)
- Parker Hannifin Corporation (PH)
- CACI International (CACI)
- Halma Aerospace (High Bandwidth)
- Hexcel Corporation (HXL)
- Ferguson Corporation (FERG)
Within Information Technology (XLK):
- Guidewire Software Inc. (GWRE)
- HubSpot Inc. (HUBS)
- Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPWR)
- Pure Storage Corporation (PSTG)
- CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (CRWD)
- Within the material (XLB):
- PPG Industries (PPG)
- Aptar Group of Companies (ATR)
- LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
Within Real Estate (XLRE):
- Host Hotels and Resorts (HST)
- Digital Real Estate Trust (DLR)
- Avalon Bay Community Corporation (AVB)
Within Utilities (XLU):