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State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

XLCNYSE ArcaSPDRA

$100.26+0.36 (+0.36%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A76/ 100

Rank 1 of 10 in Communication Services (Broad)

A76/100Rank 1 of 10inCommunication Services (Broad)
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 99.90 to 100.26. Range 100.20 to 101.42. Use the arrow keys to read each point.100.50100.75101.00101.25101.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.08%
Fund size
$21.8B
1Y total return
−11.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.38%
Holdings
24
Avg volume · 30D
5.97M sh
52W range
low $99.33high $120.41
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net XLC Grade

A

Score 76 out of 100

Category
Communication Services (Broad)⁠
Rank
1 of 10
Six-pillar profile for XLC. Scores out of 100: Cost 90, Risk 49, Mission 88, Tradability 95, Holdings 44, Durability 77. Strongest: Tradability (95). Weakest: Holdings (44). Leans toward Tradability and Cost.

Score 76 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.
    A90 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 10

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A88 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 3

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 10

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A95 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 10

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C44 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 10

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A77 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 10

Our read on XLC

ETF.net Research

In short

ALaunched in 2018, XLC bottles the communication services corner of the S&P 500: search, social, streaming and the phone companies, in one 0.08% wrapper that trades heavily all day.

Stated mandate

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

Why people hold it

  • Costs 0.08% a year, a fraction of the typical fund in this sector group and tied with the cheapest of them (FCOM at 0.08%, VOX at 0.09%).
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the busiest tickers in its category, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
  • Clean, rules-based job: it shadows the Communication Services Select Sector Index closely, one of the tightest implementations in its peer group.ssga.com
  • Large-cap only: constituents come from the S&P 500, spanning telecom, media, entertainment and interactive media, with S&P capping rules limiting how big any one name gets.ssga.comspglobal.com

Worth knowing

  • This is the most top-heavy neighborhood in the index. Even with capping at rebalance, a few mega-cap internet names set the tone for the whole fund.spglobal.com
  • One sector out of eleven in the S&P 500, so it tracks ad budgets, subscriptions and phone bills rather than the broad market.spglobal.com
  • FCOM and VOX sit within a penny of the same fee, so the real choice is index breadth: XLC stops at the S&P 500. Distributions come quarterly.ssga.com

XLC Holdings

Holdings pillarC44 out of 100Rank 7 of 10 in Communication Services (Broad)
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
24
Top-10 weight
75%
Largest holding
META22.1%

Sectors

  • Communication100.0%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1METAMeta Platforms Inc Class A22.12%7,688,864$4.81B708
2GOOGLAlphabet Inc Class A11.13%8,508,290$2.42B707
3GOOGAlphabet Inc Class C8.97%6,891,929$1.95B480
4DISWalt Disney Co/The5.50%10,756,781$1.2B384
5TTWOTake Two Interactive Softwre4.73%5,307,542$1.03B320
6CMCSAComcast Corp Class A4.68%45,573,180$1.02B412
7VZVerizon Communications Inc4.53%22,530,010$985M437
8APPApplovin Corp Class A4.31%3,673,516$938M391
9TAt+t Inc4.29%44,558,429$934M417
10TMUST Mobile Us Inc4.29%6,319,229$932M394
11NFLXNetflix Inc4.21%14,739,482$916M483
12LYVLive Nation Entertainment In4.09%4,997,048$890M262
13OMCOmnicom Group3.23%8,654,148$702M295
14RDDTReddit Inc Class A2.75%4,608,700$598M293
15ECHOEchostar Corp A1.97%4,367,473$427M231

Showing 1–15 of 24 holdings

XLC Performance

Launched Jun 18, 2018

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

Not enough history yet.
XLC$8,808
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. XLC $8,808. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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 XLC. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodXLC
Year to date−14.4%
1 month−10.0%
3 months−7.4%
1 year−11.9%
3 yearsper year+16.9%
5 yearsper year+5.6%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

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 XLC
YearReturn barXLC
2026 YTD−14.4%
2025+23.1%
2024+34.7%
2023+52.8%
2022−37.6%
2021+16.0%
2020+26.9%

XLC in the news

XLC 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 Oct 30, 2026.
1.38%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.38Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.36 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2018–2026

One bar per payment. 33 payments from 2018 to 2026 YTD. Sep 21, 2018 $0.13; Dec 21, 2018 $0.13; Mar 15, 2019 $0.08; Jun 21, 2019 $0.12; Sep 20, 2019 $0.12; Dec 20, 2019 $0.12; Mar 23, 2020 $0.11; Jun 22, 2020 $0.11; Sep 21, 2020 $0.12; Dec 21, 2020 $0.11; Mar 22, 2021 $0.13; Jun 21, 2021 $0.14; Sep 20, 2021 $0.14; Dec 20, 2021 $0.16; Mar 21, 2022 $0.17; Jun 21, 2022 $0.13; Sep 19, 2022 $0.11; Dec 19, 2022 $0.12; Mar 20, 2023 $0.15; Jun 20, 2023 $0.10; Sep 18, 2023 $0.17; Dec 18, 2023 $0.17; Mar 18, 2024 $0.21; Jun 24, 2024 $0.22; Sep 23, 2024 $0.27; Dec 23, 2024 $0.25; Mar 24, 2025 $0.29; Jun 23, 2025 $0.25; Sep 22, 2025 $0.41; Dec 22, 2025 $0.38; Mar 23, 2026 $0.36; Jun 22, 2026 $0.28; Sep 21, 2026 $0.36. Use the arrow keys to read each point.201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026$0.36
Jun 22, 2026Jun 24, 2026$0.28
Mar 23, 2026Mar 25, 2026$0.36
Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025$0.38
Sep 22, 2025Sep 24, 2025$0.41
Jun 23, 2025Jun 25, 2025$0.25
Mar 24, 2025Mar 26, 2025$0.29
Dec 23, 2024Dec 26, 2024$0.25
Sep 23, 2024Sep 25, 2024$0.27
Jun 24, 2024Jun 26, 2024$0.22
Mar 18, 2024Mar 21, 2024$0.21
Dec 18, 2023Dec 21, 2023$0.17

See all 33 payments⁠

$10,000 in XLC 5 years ago paid $560 in dividends.⁠

XLC Risk

Risk pillarC49 out of 100Rank 4 of 10 in Communication Services (Broad)
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.1%
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.
0.82
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.
−43.9%
Trough Nov 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.
0.85
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.

XLC Cost

Cheapest in Communication Services (Broad)

$1,689

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

  • XLC 0.08%

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • XLC 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$2K051015202530XLC $1,689

Year by year

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

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