Stock Rankings by Industry
Top stocks ranked by Buffett-Fit composite score within 24 GICS industries: semiconductors, biotech, banks, defense, energy, REITs, and more. Each ranking is computed daily from the same fundamentals that drive every verdict on invest-like.
technology →
Semiconductors
Chips, foundries, fabless designers, and equipment makers. The most cyclical tech industry, but home to some of the highest-moat businesses ever built (TSMC, ASML, NVIDIA).
Application Software
SaaS, vertical software, productivity tools. The highest-margin business model in the public-equity universe when scale + retention compound, 80%+ gross margins are routine.
Infrastructure Software
Cloud platforms, databases, security, DevOps tooling. Stickier than application software once embedded, switching out an infrastructure layer is months of engineering work.
IT Services
Consulting, managed services, IT outsourcing, Accenture, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, IBM. People-intensive, but the best operators monetise IP + delivery scale.
healthcare →
Biotechnology
Drug developers, gene therapy, mRNA platforms, diagnostics. Binary outcomes, patent + FDA risk dominate. Average ROIC negative because most pre-revenue names burn cash; the few winners compound aggressively.
Medical Devices
Medtronic, Stryker, Boston Scientific, Intuitive Surgical, Abbott Labs. Switching costs + regulatory + brand moats compound in surgical instruments + implantable devices: the original 'razor-blade' healthcare model.
Drug Manufacturers
Specialty and generic pharma, Teva, Mylan, Sun Pharma + branded specialty names. Patent-cliff exposure dominates valuation; the best operators replace expiring revenue with M&A or pipeline launches faster than the cliff erodes them.
financials →
Regional Banks
Local + regional deposit-taking banks. Quality varies enormously by management and credit discipline; most are commodities. The best regionals compound at 12-15% for decades, but the failures are total.
Diversified Banks
Money-center and large diversified banks, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi. Buffett's classic financial holdings, with deposit-franchise moats that smaller regionals can't match.
P&C Insurance
Auto, home, commercial property & casualty insurance. The 'float' business model Buffett built Berkshire on, collect premiums today, pay claims later, earn returns on the gap.
Life Insurance
Life, annuity, and long-tail insurance. Longer-duration float than P&C but more interest-rate sensitive; reserves can be opaque.
Credit Services
Payment networks (Visa, Mastercard), consumer credit, payment processors. Some of the strongest network-effect moats in the financial sector, payment networks have effectively zero marginal cost on incremental transactions.
Asset Management
Mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, RIAs. Highest-ROIC business in finance when assets compound + fees are sticky, but vulnerable to passive-investing fee compression.
industrials →
Aerospace & Defense
Defense primes (Lockheed, Northrop, RTX, General Dynamics) + commercial aerospace (Boeing, Airbus suppliers). Multi-decade contract visibility + regulatory + technical moats: the original wide-moat industrial cohort.
Industrial Machinery
Caterpillar, Deere, Cummins, Parker Hannifin, Illinois Tool Works. Cyclical demand + capital-intensive, but the best operators (TransDigm, Watts Water, Roper) compound at software-like rates.
energy →
Oil & Gas E&P
Upstream oil + gas, exploration and production. Commodity-price-driven, the most cyclical major-cap industry. Reserves replacement, breakeven cost per barrel, and capital discipline distinguish survivors from cyclical roadkill.
Oil & Gas Midstream
Pipelines, storage, processing. Toll-road economics, fixed-fee contracts insulate cash flows from commodity volatility. Buffett's classic safe-energy play (BNSF, MidAmerican Energy).
consumer discretionary →
Specialty Retail
Category-specialist retailers, Home Depot, Lowe's, AutoZone, O'Reilly, Tractor Supply, Ulta. Buffett's specialty-retail darlings combine pricing power + scale + niche dominance.
Restaurants
QSR chains + casual dining, McDonald's, Chipotle, Starbucks, Yum, Domino's, Restaurant Brands. Franchise economics + brand pricing power create some of the strongest moats in consumer.
communication services →
Telecom Services
Wireless and wireline carriers, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile + global majors. Capital-intensive, dividend-driven holdings; thin moats but predictable cash flows.
Internet Content & Information
Search + social + ad-driven platforms, Alphabet, Meta, Pinterest, Snap. Network-effect moats at global scale + capital-light economics drive some of the highest-ROIC businesses in the public market.
real estate →
Industrial REITs
Warehouse, logistics, data center REITs, Prologis, Digital Realty, Equinix, Rexford. E-commerce tailwind + AI-driven datacenter capex have made these the highest-quality REIT cohort.
Retail REITs
Shopping centers, regional malls, strip centers, Realty Income, Federal Realty, Simon Property. Triple-net-lease structures + creditworthy tenants drive predictable dividend coverage.