State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF
$112.28+0.83 (+0.74%)
- 0.08%
- $23.5B
- 0.0%
- 1.24%
- 6.1M sh
- $110.38
- low $105.03high $120.41
The ETF.net XLC Grade
A
Score 76 out of 100
- 1 of 10
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 100Rank 1 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A87 out of 100Rank 1 of 3Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C54 out of 100Rank 4 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A95 out of 100Rank 1 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D39 out of 100Rank 7 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A77 out of 100Rank 2 of 10
Our read on XLC
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.
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
- Stocks
- 24
- 77%
- META
Sectors
- Communication100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
XLC Performance
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XLC$10,002
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | XLC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −4.5% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 1 year | 0.0% |
| 3 years | +19.4% |
| 5 years | +8.3% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | XLC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −4.5% | |
| 2025 | +23.1% | |
| 2024 | +34.7% | |
| 2023 | +52.8% | |
| 2022 | −37.6% | |
| 2021 | +16.0% | |
| 2020 | +26.9% |
XLC in the news
XLC Dividends
- 1.24%
- $1.38
- $0.36 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
XLC Risk
- 13.6%
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.
- 1.12
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.
- −44.2%
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.
- 0.85
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XLC Cost
0.08%
XLC0.08%
- The middle half of Communication Services (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
No Communication Services (Broad) fund charges less.
Other funds in Communication Services (Broad)
- BFCOMFidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +7.6%
- BVOXVanguard Communication Services ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +8.0%
- BVOXPVox Populi ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return —
- CXTLState Street SPDR S&P Telecom ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +40.2%
- CIYZiShares U.S. Telecommunications ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +32.0%