Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLU)
During the Trading Day
| 42.65 |  +0.04 / +0.09% |
Data as of 3:59pm ET | Day’s Change |
During After-Hours Switch to standard view »
| 42.62 |  -0.029 / -0.07% |
Volume: 451.2K |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Utilities Select Sector Index. In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: electric utilities; multi-utilities; independent power producers & energy traders; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
Latest XLU News
| Option Traders Bet Against Utilities Rally: 3 Funds to Sell - Best of Funds Jul 16 / Zacks.com | Can Utility ETFs Regain Their Lost Momentum? - ETF News And Commentary Jul 09 / Zacks.com |
| Forget Interest Rates, MLPs Will Continue to Make You Money Jul 14 / MotleyFool.com |
Performance
| 1 month | -1.90% | 3 years | +12.31% | |
| 3 months | +1.72% | 5 years | +12.92% | |
| 1 year | +12.43% | Since inception | +6.27% |
Data through 07/23/2014
Quote Details
| Previous close | $42.61 |
| Open day’s range | 42.54 – 42.73 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 42.64 (07/22/2014) |
| Daily volume | 7,497,065 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 12,031,834 |
Data as of 3:59pm ET, 07/23/2014
Peer Comparisonvs. Utilities ETFs
| XLU | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +12.92% | +11.96% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.16% | 0.41% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 1.25 | 1.04 |
| Net assets | $7.1B | $949.1M |
| Average market cap | $22.4B | $20.1B |
| Average P/E | 20.6 | 20.7 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.40% |
Competitors
| PUI PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portf... |
| VPU Vanguard Utilities ETF |
| PSCU PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portf... |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Utilities | 98.35% |
| Energy | 1.65% |
| Business service | 0.00% |
| Consumer goods | 0.00% |
| Consumer service | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| DUK Duke Energy Corporation | 8.84% |
| NEE NextEra Energy Inc | 8.17% |
| D Dominion Resources Inc | 7.60% |
| SO Southern Co | 7.39% |
| EXC Exelon Corp | 5.72% |
| AEP American Electric Power Co Inc | 5.00% |
| SRE Sempra Energy | 4.39% |
| PPL PPL Corp | 4.12% |
| PCG PG&E Corp | 4.10% |
| PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | 3.77% |
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