Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the Communication Services Select Sector Index. The XLC ETF contains 22 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.

Price $49.83 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield	1.14%
Expense ratio	0.12%
Average spread	0.02%
1Y roundtrip cost	0.14%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Returns by Year

Returns by Period

Monthly returns heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022	-4.8%	-7.4%	0.7%	-14.1%	1.9%	-9.6%	3.9%	-3.5%	-11.7%	4.1%			-40.7%
2021	-0.9%	7.0%	2.6%	6.5%	0.9%	3.0%	1.8%	3.9%	-6.3%	0.2%	-6.1%	3.3%	15.9%
2020	0.5%	-5.8%	-12.6%	13.7%	7.4%	0.2%	7.6%	8.8%	-5.9%	-0.3%	10.5%	3.3%	27.4%
2019	11.7%	-0.5%	2.0%	7.1%	-6.0%	4.8%	3.2%	-2.5%	0.2%	2.2%	3.8%	2.3%	28.4%
2018							-2.2%	1.5%	-0.1%	-6.0%	-2.2%	-8.0%	-17.0%
	6.6%	-6.7%	-7.2%	13.0%	4.3%	-1.6%	14.2%	8.2%	-23.8%	0.1%	5.9%	0.9%

Historical Dividends

Dividends by Year

Dividend Yields by Year

Monthly dividend heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022			0.17			0.13			0.11				0.41
2021			0.13			0.14			0.14			0.16	0.57
2020			0.11			0.11			0.12			0.11	0.46
2019			0.08			0.12			0.12			0.12	0.44
2018									0.13			0.13	0.27
	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.63	0.00	0.00	0.52

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security	% Assets
Meta Platforms Inc. Class A	20.27%
Alphabet Inc. Class A	12.90%
Alphabet Inc. Class C	12.10%
Netflix, Inc.	5.33%
Verizon Communications Inc.	4.61%
AT&T Inc.	4.45%
Walt Disney Company	4.37%
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A	4.25%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.	4.24%
T-Mobile US, Inc.	4.20%
Comcast Corporation Class A	4.15%
Twitter, Inc.	2.99%
Match Group, Inc.	2.98%
Electronic Arts Inc.	2.76%
ViacomCBS Inc. Class B	1.55%
Top 15 Weights	91.15%

Compare with similar ETFs

	XLC	ESGU	ESGV	FCOM	IXP	VOX
Product name	Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF	Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF	FIDELITY MSCI TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES ETF	iShares Global Telecom ETF	Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF
Issuer	SPDR	iShares	Vanguard	Fidelity	iShares	Vanguard
Price	$49.83	$83.04	$65.11	$32.62	$53.08	$85.53
Expense Ratio	0.12%	0.15%	0.12%	0.08%	0.43%	0.1%
Average Spread	0.020%	0.012%	0.046%	0.061%	0.396%	0.082%
AUM	$9,317,030,000	$18,579,100,000	$4,386,250,000	$567,821,000	$191,953,000	$2,786,740,000
Shares	186,976,339	223,736,628	67,366,836	17,407,132	3,616,297	32,582,051
Average Daily Volume	6,991,027	2,019,187	409,113	106,513	163,762	331,613
Home page	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site
Inception Date	2018-06-18	2016-12-01	2018-09-18	2013-10-21	2001-11-12	2004-09-23
Index Tracked	Communication Services Select Sector Index	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	FTSE US All Cap Choice Index	MSCI USA IMI Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index	S&P Global 1200 Communication Services 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index	MSCI US Investable Market Communication Services 25/50 Index
Category	Large Cap Growth Equities	Large Cap Growth Equities	Large Cap Growth Equities	Large Cap Growth Equities	Large Cap Growth Equities	Large Cap Growth Equities
Asset Class	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity
Asset Class Size	Large Caps	Large Caps	Large Caps	Large Caps	Large Caps	Large Caps
Value or Growth	Blend	Blend	Growth	Blend	Blend	Blend
Region	North America	North America	North America	North America	North America	North America
Countries	U.S.	U.S.	U.S.	U.S.	Broad	U.S.
Annual Dividend Rate	$0.57	$1.302	$0.879	$0.24	$1.752	$0.994
Annual Dividend Yield	0.011%	0.016%	0.014%	0.007%	0.033%	0.012%
Number of Holdings	22	332	1545	109	63	102
YTD Return	-35.40%	-22.18%	-25.26%	-36.07%	-34.88%	-36.55%
Beta	1.02	1.00	1.02	1.02	0.70	0.96
Upside Beta	0.49	0.62	0.53	0.33	0.36	0.20
Downside Beta	0.40	0.27	0.59	-0.19	0.31	0.16
Volatility 1Y	28.34%	23.49%	24.92%	28.19%	24.96%	28.22%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y	-0.08	0.62	0.56	-0.11	-0.24	-0.12
Treynor Ratio 3Y	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.00

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