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State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

XLBNYSE ArcaSPDRA

$52.57−1.09 (−2.04%)

At close: Nov 3, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A83/ 100

Rank 1 of 14 in Materials (Broad)

A83/100Rank 1 of 14inMaterials (Broad)
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 53.66 to 52.57. Range 52.55 to 53.42. Use the arrow keys to read each point.52.7553.0053.2553.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.08%
Fund size
$8.3B
1Y total return
+27.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.61%
Holdings
27
Avg volume · 30D
11.1M sh
52W range
low $42.03high $54.19
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net XLB Grade

A

Score 83 out of 100

Category
Materials (Broad)⁠
Rank
1 of 14
Six-pillar profile for XLB. Scores out of 100: Cost 95, Risk 70, Mission 83, Tradability 99, Holdings 43, Durability 81. Strongest: Tradability (99). Weakest: Holdings (43). Leans toward Tradability and Cost.

Score 83 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    A95 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 14

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A83 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 4

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    A70 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 14

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A99 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 14

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C43 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 14

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 14

Our read on XLB

ETF.net Research

In short

AThe original materials play. A 1998-vintage slice of the S&P 500's chemical, mining, packaging and building-materials names, run at eight basis points and traded in size all day long.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track, before expenses, the price and yield performance of the Materials Select Sector Index.

Why people hold it

  • Charges 0.08% a year against a peer-group median of 0.38%, and nothing in the cohort undercuts it (FMAT matches).
  • Trading since December 1998 as one of the original Select Sector SPDRs, with a multi-billion-dollar asset base behind it.sec.gov
  • Very actively traded for a sector fund, which is the whole point if you use it for tactical tilts rather than buy-and-forget.
  • Clean mandate: chemicals, metals and mining, paper and forest products, containers and packaging, construction materials. No thematic drift.ssga.com

Worth knowing

  • Around 26 stocks, and index rules let one name reach 25% at a quarter-end measurement. A couple of chemical giants carry outsized weight.sec.gov
  • The universe is the S&P 500 only. Smaller miners and specialty producers sit outside the net, which is the water VAW and XME fish in.ssga.com
  • One sector, tied to commodity prices and building demand, so it can travel a very different path from the broad market. Distributions come quarterly.ssga.com

XLB Holdings

Holdings pillarC43 out of 100Rank 10 of 14 in Materials (Broad)
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
27
Top-10 weight
59%
Largest holding
LIN12.6%

Sectors

  • Materials82.4%
  • Consumer Discretionary17.6%

Geography

  • United States93.34%
  • Ireland3.37%
  • United Kingdom3.29%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1LINLinde PLC12.65%2,113,653$1.05B341
2NEMNewmont Corp6.42%4,831,308$533M439
3FCXFreeport Mcmoran Inc5.18%6,584,369$430M379
4VMCVulcan Materials Co5.15%1,545,508$428M277
5ECLEcolab Inc5.08%1,418,790$421M337
6NUENucor Corp4.90%1,497,441$407M349
7APDAir Products & Chemicals Inc4.85%1,308,098$402M286
8STLDSteel Dynamics Inc4.84%1,604,590$401M327
9MLMMartin Marietta Materials4.84%761,205$401M257
10SHWSherwin Williams Co/The4.73%1,204,477$392M327
11CRHCrh PLC4.66%4,322,425$387M227
12PPGPpg Industries Inc4.02%2,817,148$334M306
13DOWDow Inc3.66%9,153,943$304M269
14IFFIntl Flavors & Fragrances3.49%3,233,485$290M255
15PKGPackaging Corp of America3.40%1,122,295$282M297

Showing 1–15 of 27 holdings

XLB Performance

Launched Dec 16, 1998

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

XLB$12,753
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,146
Oct 31, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. XLB $12,753. SPY $11,146. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000$13,000Oct 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 2, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for XLB. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodXLB
Year to date+19.9%
1 month+9.8%
3 months+6.9%
1 year+27.5%
3 yearsper year+13.6%
5 yearsper year+6.5%
10 yearsper year+11.0%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for XLB
YearReturn barXLB
2026 YTD+19.9%
2025+9.9%
2024+0.1%
2023+12.5%
2022−12.3%
2021+27.4%
2020+20.5%

XLB in the news

XLB Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 2, 2026.
1.61%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.86Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.23 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 17, 2017 $0.08; Jun 16, 2017 $0.13; Sep 15, 2017 $0.15; Dec 15, 2017 $0.14; Mar 16, 2018 $0.11; Jun 15, 2018 $0.14; Sep 21, 2018 $0.14; Dec 21, 2018 $0.16; Mar 15, 2019 $0.12; Jun 21, 2019 $0.17; Sep 20, 2019 $0.15; Dec 20, 2019 $0.17; Mar 23, 2020 $0.13; Jun 22, 2020 $0.15; Sep 21, 2020 $0.15; Dec 21, 2020 $0.18; Mar 22, 2021 $0.16; Jun 21, 2021 $0.17; Sep 20, 2021 $0.18; Dec 20, 2021 $0.22; Mar 21, 2022 $0.16; Jun 21, 2022 $0.26; Sep 19, 2022 $0.20; Dec 19, 2022 $0.25; Mar 20, 2023 $0.16; Jun 20, 2023 $0.20; Sep 18, 2023 $0.20; Dec 18, 2023 $0.30; Mar 18, 2024 $0.16; Jun 24, 2024 $0.21; Sep 23, 2024 $0.21; Dec 23, 2024 $0.22; Mar 24, 2025 $0.20; Jun 23, 2025 $0.22; Sep 22, 2025 $0.21; Dec 22, 2025 $0.23; Mar 23, 2026 $0.21; Jun 22, 2026 $0.19; Sep 21, 2026 $0.23. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026$0.23
Jun 22, 2026Jun 24, 2026$0.19
Mar 23, 2026Mar 25, 2026$0.21
Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025$0.23
Sep 22, 2025Sep 24, 2025$0.21
Jun 23, 2025Jun 25, 2025$0.22
Mar 24, 2025Mar 26, 2025$0.20
Dec 23, 2024Dec 26, 2024$0.22
Sep 23, 2024Sep 25, 2024$0.21
Jun 24, 2024Jun 26, 2024$0.21
Mar 18, 2024Mar 21, 2024$0.16
Dec 18, 2023Dec 21, 2023$0.30

See all 111 payments⁠

$10,000 in XLB 10 years ago paid $3,117 in dividends.⁠

XLB Risk

Risk pillarA70 out of 100Rank 2 of 14 in Materials (Broad)
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
16.6%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.59
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−24.7%
Trough Sep 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.82
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

XLB Cost

Cheapest in Materials (Broad)

$1,689

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • XLB 0.08%

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • XLB 0.08%
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$500$1K$1.5K$2K051015202530XLB $1,689

Year by year

YearXLB
10$147
20$575
30$1,689

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