34 stocks have sat on an RS Buy signal against SPXEWI for over 10 years. Today we look at that list
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There are 240 stocks in the S&P 500 that trade on Market Relative Strength (RS) buy signals… but not all of them are created equal. For the uninitiated, a stock being on a market RS buy signal is a desirable trait. In plain English, this just means that a stock has done relatively well against our benchmark (SPXEWI) and earns technical favor. The RS signal is one of the five technical attributes available for stocks at any point in time, and is perhaps the “favorite” technical attribute of many Dorsey Wright analysts. For this reason, we will take today’s report to look at some “RS Aristocrats”… stocks that have been on market RS buy signals for over 10 years.
If you have been reading the report for a while, you may be familiar with our previous RS king, Danaher (DHR). Before returning to a sell signal in early 2023, it had sat on a buy signal against SPXEWI since June of 1993, a nearly 30 year streak. Today, no stock is particularly close to the three-decade mark, but there are still a list of 34 names that have earned market RS buy signals for over ten years. W.R Berkley (WRB) is our current leader (technical commentary later on…) having sat on a buy signal since July of 2000. The table below details the current “RS Aristocrats,” including their signal date and comparative outperformance over that timeframe. All but one (HON) boast somewhat impressive relative numbers, with the “average” outperformance sitting just over 3,100% (median 792%). It is worth noting that a stock’s signal against the market isn’t the only thing that matters in our analysis… a stock (like Honeywell) can sit on a buy signal but lack in other technical facets, hence its 2/5 overall score. Point being, stocks on market buy signals can certainly still underperform over extended periods of time.
As you would expect from the current “RS King”, WRB maintains quite a strong technical picture at the time of this writing. The stock is a 4/5’er, having advanced just over 21% so far this year. It remains on a PnF buy signal, and while it has consolidated around all-time highs established earlier this year, has localized support just below current levels. It sits just outside the top-20 within the overall sector matrix, and remains a strong option within an insurance group which has been a technical leader so far in 2025.
Remember, buying market RS buy signals isn’t going to be a foolproof plan… but it will give you a general idea of which stocks have proved to investors that they are strong names. Remember to set alerts on names you are watching using the alarm clock button in the top left of any PnF chart.
