Return Attribution — MFS Investment Management

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Clone backtest (value-weighted, one-quarter signal lag): each position's contribution = its portfolio weight × next-quarter return. Contribution sums equal the segment return of the clone.

MFS Investment Management (13F portfolio cloned at quarter-end weights) delivered a +1.54% return over the 2026-Q2 → latest period. The clone return is the sum of each position's contribution — portfolio weight times next-quarter price return.

Top drivers in 2026-Q2 → latest: MSFT (+1.09%), NVDA (+0.68%), AAPL (+0.51%). Biggest drags: KLAC (-0.51%), STX (-0.16%), CAT (-0.15%). Across all 20 segmented periods, 28 stocks made a positive cumulative contribution and 35 subtracted from performance.

This attribution is a diagnostic tool, not a trading signal. The clone uses end-of-quarter holdings (45+ days after filing, so stale by design), applies quarter-end prices only, and ignores intra-quarter trades, shorts, and derivatives that 13F cannot show.

2026-Q2 → latest segment return +1.54%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 2.8% +39.1% +1.09%
NVDA 4.4% +15.5% +0.68%
AAPL 2.8% +17.8% +0.51%
TMO 0.7% +30.0% +0.22%
META 0.7% +28.2% +0.19%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
KLAC 1.4% -35.5% -0.51%
STX 0.8% -19.5% -0.16%
CAT 0.6% -25.1% -0.15%
AON 0.8% -16.5% -0.14%
HONA 0.4% -30.3% -0.13%

2026-Q1 → 2026-Q2 segment return +8.07%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
GOOGL 2.4% +24.3% +0.57%
NVDA 3.9% +14.0% +0.55%
STX 0.3% +145.7% +0.5%
TSM 1.2% +39.6% +0.46%
AAPL 2.7% +13.4% +0.36%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
KLAC 0.8% -79.4% -0.66%
ACN 0.9% -36.7% -0.31%
AEM 0.8% -23.6% -0.2%
XOM 1.0% -18.7% -0.19%
COP 0.9% -20.7% -0.19%

2025-Q4 → 2026-Q1 segment return -2.68%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
TTE 0.9% +39.9% +0.34%
XOM 0.8% +39.7% +0.3%
COP 0.7% +42.1% +0.29%
JNJ 1.1% +18.2% +0.2%
FNV 0.8% +19.7% +0.16%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 4.3% -22.8% -0.97%
NVDA 4.1% -6.2% -0.25%
ACN 0.9% -26.1% -0.24%
KKR 0.8% -27.3% -0.21%
GOOGL 2.6% -8.1% -0.21%

2025-Q3 → 2025-Q4 segment return +0.85%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
GOOGL 1.8% +28.8% +0.52%
AAPL 2.3% +7.3% +0.17%
TSM 1.4% +9.6% +0.13%
UBS 1.0% +13.0% +0.13%
JNJ 1.0% +11.4% +0.12%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 4.9% -6.1% -0.3%
META 1.8% -10.2% -0.18%
ETN 0.9% -14.7% -0.13%
SPOT 0.6% -16.8% -0.11%
NFLX 0.5% -21.5% -0.1%

2025-Q2 → 2025-Q3 segment return +4.94%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
GOOGL 1.5% +37.9% +0.56%
NVDA 2.9% +17.9% +0.52%
AAPL 1.7% +23.4% +0.39%
TSM 1.1% +22.9% +0.25%
FNV 0.6% +35.2% +0.22%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
CI 1.2% -12.4% -0.15%
ACN 0.9% -17.1% -0.15%
KVUE 0.6% -22.5% -0.14%
FISV 0.4% -25.2% -0.09%
PGR 1.1% -7.5% -0.08%

2025-Q1 → 2025-Q2 segment return +8.91%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 3.9% +33.0% +1.29%
NVDA 2.1% +46.5% +0.99%
META 1.8% +28.8% +0.52%
TSM 0.9% +37.2% +0.33%
AMZN 2.0% +16.0% +0.31%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AON 1.3% -10.6% -0.14%
AAPL 1.9% -7.1% -0.14%
FISV 0.6% -21.9% -0.13%
BDX 0.5% -24.3% -0.13%
COP 0.9% -13.8% -0.12%

2024-Q4 → 2025-Q1 segment return -2.03%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
CI 1.0% +19.7% +0.2%
PGR 1.0% +18.1% +0.19%
AON 1.3% +11.8% +0.16%
MCK 0.9% +18.1% +0.16%
FNV 0.5% +34.4% +0.15%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
NVDA 2.8% -19.9% -0.56%
MSFT 4.4% -11.3% -0.5%
GOOGL 2.3% -18.3% -0.41%
AMZN 2.2% -13.9% -0.3%
TSLA 0.8% -36.3% -0.27%

2024-Q3 → 2024-Q4 segment return +0.49%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AMZN 1.8% +18.3% +0.33%
NVDA 2.5% +10.7% +0.26%
JPM 1.6% +13.8% +0.22%
V 1.3% +14.9% +0.19%
AAPL 2.0% +7.4% +0.15%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
CI 1.2% -20.0% -0.23%
LIN 1.2% -12.0% -0.15%
KLAC 0.6% -18.6% -0.11%
ELV 0.4% -28.8% -0.11%
TMO 0.6% -15.9% -0.1%

2024-Q2 → 2024-Q3 segment return +4.43%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
GOOGL 2.7% +34.0% +0.91%
AON 1.2% +17.9% +0.21%
META 1.5% +13.3% +0.19%
AAPL 1.9% +10.2% +0.19%
ACN 1.0% +17.0% +0.18%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 5.2% -4.1% -0.22%
CDNS 0.9% -11.9% -0.11%
AMZN 1.9% -3.9% -0.08%
NXPI 0.7% -10.8% -0.07%
SCHW 0.6% -11.7% -0.07%

2024-Q1 → 2024-Q2 segment return +1.23%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
NVDA 2.5% +37.3% +0.93%
AAPL 1.5% +23.6% +0.36%
TSM 1.2% +27.8% +0.33%
MSFT 4.9% +6.5% +0.32%
ADI 0.9% +16.8% +0.15%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AON 1.2% -11.1% -0.14%
ACN 1.1% -12.1% -0.14%
CMCSA 1.1% -9.7% -0.11%
CI 1.2% -8.6% -0.11%
COP 1.1% -9.6% -0.1%

2023-Q4 → 2024-Q1 segment return +8.06%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
NVDA 1.5% +82.7% +1.24%
MSFT 4.6% +11.8% +0.54%
META 1.1% +37.6% +0.4%
ETN 1.1% +30.2% +0.32%
TSM 1.0% +31.2% +0.3%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AAPL 1.8% -10.9% -0.2%
CHTR 0.3% -25.2% -0.08%
HON 1.0% -6.7% -0.07%
XEL 0.4% -13.2% -0.05%
ADBE 0.3% -15.4% -0.04%

2023-Q3 → 2023-Q4 segment return +8.49%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 4.3% +18.9% +0.82%
AMZN 1.4% +19.5% +0.28%
JPM 1.6% +17.3% +0.27%
UBS 1.0% +25.4% +0.24%
AAPL 1.8% +12.2% +0.22%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AON 1.6% -10.2% -0.16%
FNV 0.5% -16.5% -0.08%
CHTR 0.5% -11.6% -0.06%
COP 1.2% -2.6% -0.03%
BDX 0.5% -5.3% -0.03%

2023-Q2 → 2023-Q3 segment return -2.38%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
UBS 0.8% +21.6% +0.16%
COP 1.0% +16.7% +0.16%
CMCSA 1.4% +6.7% +0.09%
CHTR 0.4% +19.7% +0.09%
ETN 1.0% +6.5% +0.06%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 4.5% -7.3% -0.32%
AAPL 2.0% -11.9% -0.24%
JCI 0.7% -21.4% -0.15%
HON 1.1% -11.0% -0.12%
TSM 0.9% -14.2% -0.12%

2023-Q1 → 2023-Q2 segment return +5.56%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 4.0% +18.0% +0.72%
NVDA 0.7% +52.1% +0.37%
AMZN 1.3% +25.9% +0.33%
AAPL 1.8% +17.8% +0.32%
JPM 1.4% +11.9% +0.17%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
TMO 1.6% -9.4% -0.15%
MSCI 0.6% -16.2% -0.1%
A 0.4% -12.8% -0.05%
WAT 0.3% -13.9% -0.04%
IFF 0.3% -12.5% -0.04%

2022-Q4 → 2023-Q1 segment return +2.94%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 3.5% +20.1% +0.7%
AAPL 1.5% +26.9% +0.39%
NVDA 0.3% +89.9% +0.3%
AMZN 1.1% +23.0% +0.26%
CDNS 0.6% +30.8% +0.19%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
SCHW 0.8% -36.9% -0.31%
CI 1.3% -22.5% -0.3%
HON 1.4% -15.0% -0.21%
JNJ 1.3% -12.3% -0.17%
COP 1.0% -15.0% -0.15%

2022-Q3 → 2022-Q4 segment return +10.21%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
JPM 1.3% +28.3% +0.38%
HON 1.2% +28.3% +0.35%
V 1.6% +16.9% +0.27%
MRK 0.9% +29.7% +0.27%
CI 1.2% +19.8% +0.25%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AMZN 1.6% -25.7% -0.42%
AAPL 1.7% -5.5% -0.09%
D 0.6% -11.3% -0.06%
MRVI 0.1% -43.9% -0.06%
FIS 0.4% -10.2% -0.04%

2022-Q2 → 2022-Q3 segment return -5.33%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
COP 0.7% +16.1% +0.12%
SCHW 0.8% +14.1% +0.11%
CDNS 1.0% +8.9% +0.09%
AMZN 1.4% +5.9% +0.08%
NDAQ 0.7% +11.5% +0.08%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
CMCSA 1.4% -25.3% -0.36%
MSFT 3.7% -9.3% -0.34%
CHTR 0.9% -35.3% -0.31%
ADBE 0.8% -24.8% -0.21%
V 1.7% -9.5% -0.16%

2021-Q4 → 2022-Q1 segment return -4.44%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
COP 0.4% +39.7% +0.17%
AON 1.5% +8.3% +0.13%
MDT 1.3% +7.9% +0.11%
CB 0.8% +10.7% +0.09%
CNI 0.9% +9.0% +0.08%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
ACN 2.1% -18.4% -0.38%
MSFT 3.8% -7.9% -0.3%
SHW 0.8% -29.0% -0.24%
META 0.7% -33.8% -0.24%
TMO 2.1% -10.1% -0.21%

2021-Q3 → 2021-Q4 segment return +2.76%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
MSFT 3.4% +19.3% +0.65%
TMO 2.0% +16.8% +0.34%
AAPL 1.3% +25.4% +0.34%
CDNS 1.0% +23.1% +0.22%
NVDA 0.5% +41.5% +0.2%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
PYPL 0.7% -27.7% -0.19%
CMCSA 1.9% -10.0% -0.19%
C 0.6% -13.3% -0.07%
SE 0.2% -30.2% -0.05%
JPM 1.7% -2.9% -0.05%

2021-Q2 → 2021-Q3 segment return +0.64%

Top contributors

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AON 1.4% +19.7% +0.28%
TMO 1.8% +13.3% +0.24%
GOOGL 2.1% +9.6% +0.2%
MSFT 3.3% +4.1% +0.14%
CNI 1.0% +9.6% +0.1%

Biggest drags

SymbolWeightReturnContrib
AMZN 1.9% -4.3% -0.08%
PYPL 0.8% -10.6% -0.08%
V 1.7% -4.7% -0.08%
TSM 1.2% -6.5% -0.08%
BABA 0.2% -34.7% -0.06%

Cumulative Contribution (all segments)

Top 10 drivers

  1. NVDA +5.36%
  2. MSFT +3.54%
  3. GOOGL +2.43%
  4. AAPL +2.34%
  5. TSM +1.89%
  6. JPM +1.62%
  7. AMZN +1.49%
  8. UBS +1.15%
  9. HWM +1.15%
  10. ETN +1.09%

Top 10 drags

  1. ACN -0.65%
  2. PYPL -0.45%
  3. CHTR -0.37%
  4. CMCSA -0.36%
  5. KLAC -0.28%
  6. TSLA -0.26%
  7. TRU -0.23%
  8. FISV -0.22%
  9. ABT -0.21%
  10. FIS -0.19%