XLF

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Select Sector SPDR® holding S&P 500 stocks in the Financial sector. Component industries include diversified financial services, insurance, banks, capital markets, consumer finance, thrifts and mortgage finance, and mortgage REITs. The fund seeks investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the benchmark index.


US

EQUITY

Passive

MANAGEMENT STYLE

42.3 B

ASSETS UNDER MGMT

9 bp

EXPENSES
Fund Basics
Fund sponsorState Street Global Advisors
CategoryUS
Asset classEquity
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Inception dateDec 16, 1998
Assets (mns)$42,340
Expense ratio9 bp
CurrencyUSD
Sector Breakdown
Fund Structure
RegulationOpen-Ended Fund
DistributionsQuarterly
Taxation1099
Stock selectionCommittee
WeightingMarket Cap
Holdings TransparencyFull
Derivatives-basedNo
Options availableYes
Currency hedgedNo
Fund of fundsNo
Top 10 Holdings Complete list  + 
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B 13.4 %
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 9.5 %
VISA INC. CLASS A 7.3 %
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED CLASS A 6.5 %
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 4.3 %
WELLS FARGO & CO 3.1 %
S&P GLOBAL, INC. 2.6 %
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 2.5 %
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 2.4 %
PROGRESSIVE CORP 2.4 %
Constituent Breakdown
Number of holdings71
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index 468
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)$348,549
Large cap (>$10bn)99.6%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)0.4%
Small cap (<$2bn)0.0%
Developed mkts.100.0%
Emerging mkts.0.0%
Country Exposure
UNITED STATES 95.1 %
SWITZERLAND 1.7 %
IRELAND 1.2 %
BERMUDA 0.9 %
Historical Performance


Standardized Performance (as of 09/30/2024)
 YTD1 YR2 YR3 YR5 YR10 YRIncep.
Total Returns 21.9% 39.5% 24.7% 8.7% 12.4% 11.4% 5.5%
Volatility 11.2% 12.2% 18.0% 19.2% 26.2% 23.3% --
Market Correlations
versus...BetaR-squared
S&P 5000.9367%
MSCI EAFE0.9568%
MSCI Emg Mkts0.6834%
Liquidity Measures
Avg. volume (000)37,742
Turnover4.1%
Avg. Bid/Ask (% of price)0.03%
ADV of underlying (mns)$24,309
Technical Indicators
Recent close$45.65
30d moving avg.$44.93
Annualized volatility20.3%
Relative strength (RSI)49
Short interest (ETF)11.5%
Short interest (underlying)1.4%
Distributions
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Money Flows (mns)

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Long Money Flows (mns)

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Results & Estimates
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EPS Revision Activity (6 mo. ago = 100%)
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Valuation Metrics
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3.4 15.9 2.0 1.6% --
Based on closing prices from 10/4/2024
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ETF Research Center Rating

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

XLF

5.7%

Cat. Avg

5.5%


ALTAR Score™ Calculation

Category Overview
There are 933 funds in the US Equity category, with an average ALTAR Score™ of 5.5% and a standard deviation of 2.4%. XLF's ALTAR Score™ is approximately 0.1 standard deviations above the category average. This places XLF in the 52nd percentile among funds in the category.
Sell Side Consensus Rating

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Expense Analysis

Peer Group Passive
US Equity ETFs
# of ETFs 192
Avg. Expense Ratio 31.0 bp
Std. Deviation 25.7 bp
XLF (9 bp) Percentile rank 19
Peer Group Expense Ratio Distribution


Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Comparison
Expense (bp)
(A)
Avg. Bid/Ask (bp)
(B)
TCO (bp)
(A)+(B)
XLF 9.0 2.9 11.9
Peer Avg. 28.9 6.6 35.5
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