> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.driven.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sector Deep Dive

> How to research an entire sector in Driven: map the landscape, find the leaders and laggards, understand the drivers, and build a shortlist of names worth analyzing.

This guide covers researching a whole sector rather than a single stock. Use it when you want to understand an industry, find the best names within it, or get oriented in a space before picking individual companies.

The Skills behind this workflow are [Sector Radar](/skills/sector-radar) and [Deep Research](/skills/deep-research).

## When to use this

* Entering a new sector and wanting the lay of the land
* Finding the strongest companies within a theme
* Understanding what is driving a sector's moves
* Building a shortlist to research individually

## Step 1: Map the sector

Start with a scan to see the structure:

```text theme={null}
Run Sector Radar on [sector]. Show the leaders and laggards, relative strength, key metrics, and what's driving the dispersion within the group.
```

This gives you the shape of the sector: who is winning, who is lagging, and why.

## Step 2: Understand the drivers

Go a level deeper on what moves the whole group:

```text theme={null}
Do a deep dive on [sector]. What are the structural drivers, the key risks, the secular trends, and which companies are best positioned for them?
```

A sector's leaders only matter if you understand what they are leading on.

## Step 3: Build a shortlist

```text theme={null}
From this analysis, give me the 5 names most worth researching in detail, with the one reason each makes the shortlist.
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## Step 4: Go deep on the best names

Hand the shortlist to single-stock workflows:

```text theme={null}
Analyze [top name from shortlist] in detail, focused on the sector drivers we identified.
```

## Common mistakes

* **Confusing the hot name with the best name.** The most-discussed company is not always the best investment in the sector.
* **Skipping the drivers.** If you do not understand what powers the sector, you cannot judge which companies are durably positioned.
* **Casting too wide.** Define the sector precisely; "AI" is not a sector, "AI data center infrastructure" is closer.

## Prompt variations

```text theme={null}
Map the [sector] supply chain and identify the public companies at each layer.
```

```text theme={null}
Which sub-segment of [sector] has the best fundamentals right now, and which names lead it?
```

## Related

* [Sector Radar Skill](/skills/sector-radar) — the scanning workflow
* [Deep Research Skill](/skills/deep-research) — the deeper research workflow
* [Macro research](/guides/research/macro-research) — zoom out one more level
* [Screen stocks by fundamentals](/guides/screening/screen-stocks-by-fundamentals) — filter within the sector