State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF
$24.05−0.05 (−0.19%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $3M
- 1Y return
- +3.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 11.69%
- Holdings
- 2
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.15
- 52W range
The ETF.net XLCI Grade
Score 40 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 76Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 41Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 53Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 36Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 40Category rank
Our read on XLCI
CState Street took its communication services sector fund, sold calls against it, and pays the premium out monthly. Income from a sector of mega-cap platforms and telecoms, with the upside capped in exchange.
The fund is actively managed to pursue current income while retaining potential for long-term capital growth.
Why people hold it
- It owns the established communication services sector ETF (XLC), writes calls on that same fund, and distributes monthly. Familiar basket, income overlay on top.ssga.com
- The 0.35% expense ratio sits right at the median for sector covered-call funds, so the overlay is not priced at a premium to its peer group.
- One of eleven sector Premium Income funds State Street launched in 2025, so the same overlay exists sector by sector (XLVI for health care, XLUI for utilities).stockanalysis.com
- Does what the label says: active call writing on one sector, no style drift, holdings that line up with the stated mandate.
Worth knowing
- Calls are written on the sector ETF itself, so a strong rally gets capped above the strikes while a selloff lands in full. Premiums cushion, they do not protect.ssga.com
- Communication services is a narrow slice of the S&P 500, leaning on a handful of mega-cap media, entertainment and telecom names. Single-sector swings come with it.ssga.com
- Launched in 2025 with a small asset base and light trading, so spreads can run wider than the big sector funds and the track record is short.
XLCI Holdings
- Stocks
- 2
- 100%
- XLC
Sectors
Geography
XLCI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | XLCI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.7% |
| 1 month | +2.6% |
| 3 months | +7.6% |
| 1 year | +3.6% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | XLCI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.7% | |
| 2025 | +6.9% |
XLCI in the news
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XLCI Dividends
- 11.69%
- $2.81
- $0.16 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.19 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.31 |
XLCI Risk
- 10.7%
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.
- 0.27
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.
- −8.4%
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.
- 0.52
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XLCI Cost
- The middle half of Sector Option Income funds
- Median 0.47%
No Sector Option Income fund charges less.