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 yield1.14%
Expense ratio0.12%
Average spread0.02%
1Y roundtrip cost0.14%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

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%
20200.5%-5.8%-12.6%13.7%7.4%0.2%7.6%8.8%-5.9%-0.3%10.5%3.3%27.4%
201911.7%-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

Monthly dividend heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20220.170.130.110.41
20210.130.140.140.160.57
20200.110.110.120.110.46
20190.080.120.120.120.44
20180.130.130.27
0.000.000.500.000.000.500.000.000.630.000.000.52

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security % Assets
Meta Platforms Inc. Class A20.27%
Alphabet Inc. Class A12.90%
Alphabet Inc. Class C12.10%
Netflix, Inc.5.33%
Verizon Communications Inc.4.61%
AT&T Inc.4.45%
Walt Disney Company4.37%
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A4.25%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.4.24%
T-Mobile US, Inc.4.20%
Comcast Corporation Class A4.15%
Twitter, Inc.2.99%
Match Group, Inc.2.98%
Electronic Arts Inc.2.76%
ViacomCBS Inc. Class B1.55%
Top 15 Weights91.15%

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Product nameCommunication Services Select Sector SPDR FundiShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETFVanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETFFIDELITY MSCI TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES ETFiShares Global Telecom ETFVanguard Telecommunication Services ETF
IssuerSPDRiSharesVanguardFidelityiSharesVanguard
Price$49.83$83.04$65.11$32.62$53.08$85.53
Expense Ratio0.12%worse0.15%0.12%better0.08%worse0.43%better0.1%
Average Spread0.020%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
Shares186,976,339223,736,62867,366,83617,407,1323,616,29732,582,051
Average Daily Volume6,991,0272,019,187409,113106,513163,762331,613
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Inception Date2018-06-182016-12-012018-09-182013-10-212001-11-122004-09-23
Index TrackedCommunication Services Select Sector IndexMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexFTSE US All Cap Choice IndexMSCI USA IMI Telecommunication Services 25/50 IndexS&P Global 1200 Communication Services 4.5/22.5/45 Capped IndexMSCI US Investable Market Communication Services 25/50 Index
CategoryLarge Cap Growth EquitiesLarge Cap Growth EquitiesLarge Cap Growth EquitiesLarge Cap Growth EquitiesLarge Cap Growth EquitiesLarge Cap Growth Equities
Asset ClassEquityEquityEquityEquityEquityEquity
Asset Class SizeLarge CapsLarge CapsLarge CapsLarge CapsLarge CapsLarge Caps
Value or GrowthBlendBlendGrowthBlendBlendBlend
RegionNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America
CountriesU.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.BroadU.S.
Annual Dividend Rate$0.57$1.302$0.879$0.24$1.752$0.994
Annual Dividend Yield0.011%0.016%0.014%0.007%0.033%0.012%
Number of Holdings22332154510963102
YTD Return-35.40%-22.18%-25.26%-36.07%-34.88%-36.55%
Beta1.021.001.021.020.700.96
Upside Beta0.490.620.530.330.360.20
Downside Beta0.400.270.59-0.190.310.16
Volatility 1Y28.34%23.49%24.92%28.19%24.96%28.22%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y-0.080.620.56-0.11-0.24-0.12
Treynor Ratio 3Y0.000.010.010.00-0.010.00

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