The Energy Sector

From the prior post it can be seen that the energy sector has had the best performance of all the sectors listed in the 4 week, 3 month, 6 month, and 12 month columns. The XLE holdings are 36 companies or 7% of the companies in the S&P 500.. Energy companies in this Index primarily develop and produce crude oil and natural gas, and provide drilling and other energy-related services.

Since as a group the energy sector has the best performance it gives us an idea of what to look for in terms of performance related to fundamentals.
Ratio XLE
Average Price/Earnings 10.45
Average Price/Book 2.53
Average Price/Sales 1.20
Average Price/Cashflow 8.22

The 36 companies that make up the XLE can be found here The top performane for the past 3 months goes to NBR up 36.4% and for the past 12 months CNX up 99.31%.