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 sponsor | State Street Global Advisors |
Category | US |
Asset class | Equity |
Website | link... |
Inception date | Dec 16, 1998 |
Assets (mns) | $42,340 |
Expense ratio | 9 bp |
Currency | USD |
Sector Breakdown
Fund Structure
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Distributions | Quarterly |
Taxation | 1099 |
Stock selection | Committee |
Weighting | Market Cap |
Holdings Transparency | Full |
Derivatives-based | No |
Options available | Yes |
Currency hedged | No |
Fund of funds | No |
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 holdings | 71 |
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)
YTD | 1 YR | 2 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 10 YR | Incep. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P 500 | 0.93 | 67% |
MSCI EAFE | 0.95 | 68% |
MSCI Emg Mkts | 0.68 | 34% |
Liquidity Measures
Avg. volume (000) | 37,742 |
Turnover | 4.1% |
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 volatility | 20.3% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 49 |
Short interest (ETF) | 11.5% |
Short interest (underlying) | 1.4% |
Distributions
Assets Under Management (mns)
Money Flows (mns)
Short Interest (as % of shares outstanding)
Long Money Flows (mns)
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Comparable ETFs Based on Overlap
Ticker | Fund Name | Overlap vs. XLF |
Expenses vs. XLF |
ALTAR Score™ vs. XLF |
---|---|---|---|---|
FNCL | Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF | 83.7% | -1 bp | +0.4% |
VFH | Vanguard Financials ETF | 81.7% | +1 bp | +0.4% |
IYG | iShares US Financial Services ETF | 78.4% | +31 bp | -0.2% |
IYF | iShares U.S. Financials ETF | 77.3% | +31 bp | +0.2% |
IXG | iShares Global Financials ETF | 57.1% | +33 bp | +0.9% |
RSPF | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF | 55.9% | +31 bp | +0.9% |
DFNL | Davis Select Financial ETF | 32.3% | +54 bp | +1.4% |
SPVU | Invesco S&P 500 Enhanced Value ETF | 31.4% | +4 bp | +3.7% |
KBWB | Invesco KBW Bank ETF | 29.8% | +26 bp | +2.9% |
FXO | First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund | 25.6% | +53 bp | +2.3% |
Risk and Returns: XLF vs. Comps (1 YR)
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Results & Estimates
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Return on Equity
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EPS Revision Activity (6 mo. ago = 100%)
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Valuation Metrics
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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
Sell-side recommendations on the ETF's individual constituents
XLFSELL
U/W
HOLD
O/W
BUY
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) |
|
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XLF | 9.0 | 2.9 | 11.9 |
Peer Avg. | 28.9 | 6.6 | 35.5 |
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