Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLB)
| 76.40 Delayed Data As of Jun 24 |  +2.86 / +3.89%Today’s Change | 72.77 Today|||52-Week Range 92.31 | -15.68% Year-to-Date |
XLB Regular Dividend: XLB began trading ex-dividend on 06/21/22. A $0.5146 dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of 06/22/22.
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 Materials 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 securities of companies from the following industries: chemicals; metals and mining; paper and forest products; containers and packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.
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Performance
| 1 month | -11.79% | 3 years | +10.68% | |
| 3 months | -14.52% | 5 years | +8.62% | |
| 1 year | -8.35% | Since inception | +7.95% |
Data through 06/24/2022
Quote Details
| Previous close | $73.54 |
| Open day’s range | 73.96 – 76.47 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 73.53 (06/23/2022) |
| Daily volume | 11,247,565 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 8,844,313 |
Data as of 7:57pm ET, 06/24/2022
Peer Comparisonvs. Natural resources ETFs
| XLB | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +8.62% | +11.80% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.10% | 1.06% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.65 | 0.56 |
| Net assets | $7.5B | $1.1B |
| Average market cap | $44.9B | $27.1B |
| Average P/E | 17.9 | 12.3 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.44% |
Competitors
| FMAT Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF |
| VAW Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares |
| RTM Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight Materials... |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Industrial materials | 86.25% |
| Consumer goods | 9.08% |
| Business service | 2.79% |
| Consumer service | 1.87% |
| Energy | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| LIN Linde PLC | 17.05% |
| SHW Sherwin-Williams Co | 6.62% |
| FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 5.88% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals Inc | 5.59% |
| NEM Newmont Corporation | 5.54% |
| DOW Dow Chemical | 5.12% |
| CTVA Corteva Inc | 4.66% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc | 4.19% |
| NUE Nucor Corp | 3.69% |
| DD Dupont De Nemours Inc | 3.57% |
