State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
$62.29+0.51 (+0.83%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.08%
- Fund size
- $40.0B
- 1Y return
- +44.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.47%
- Holdings
- 21
- Volume · 30D
- 32M sh
- NAV per share
- $62.43
- 52W range
The ETF.net XLE Grade
Score 79 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 98Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 51Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 98Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 37Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 88Category rank
Our read on XLE
AThe 1998 original and still the default way to trade US energy: XLE holds only the oil, gas and oilfield services names inside the S&P 500, capped-weighted, for 0.08% a year.
The fund seeks to provide investment results that generally track the price and yield performance of the Energy Select Sector Index before expenses.
Why people hold it
- 0.08% a year against a 0.45% median for broad energy funds. It ties the cheapest in its group (FENY) and undercuts VDE.
- Launched December 1998 as one of the first sector ETFs. Today a multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the most heavily traded in its category.
- Clean pure play: oil, gas and consumable fuels plus energy equipment and services drawn from the S&P 500. No utilities riding along.ssga.com
- Pays quarterly, and a deep listed options market sits around it for hedging or covered-call work.barchart.com
Worth knowing
- A short roster by design, with the integrated majors carrying most of the weight. The index caps weights at each quarterly rebalance so no single stock runs away.spglobal.comssga.com
- Large-cap US only. Small caps, midstream partnerships and overseas majors sit outside the mandate; FENY and VDE cast a wider net.ssga.com
- One sector tied to one commodity complex: results move with crude and gas prices, in wider swings than a diversified index.ssga.com
XLE Holdings
- Stocks
- 21
- 77%
- XOM
Sectors
- Energy100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
XLE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
XLE$14,492
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 | XLE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +40.9% |
| 1 month | −2.3% |
| 3 months | +15.0% |
| 1 year | +44.9% |
| 3 years | +15.0% |
| 5 years | +24.7% |
| 10 years | +10.5% |
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 | XLE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +40.9% | |
| 2025 | +7.9% | |
| 2024 | +5.5% | |
| 2023 | −0.7% | |
| 2022 | +64.2% | |
| 2021 | +53.3% | |
| 2020 | −32.5% |
XLE in the news
XLE Dividends
- 2.47%
- $1.52
- $0.38 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 23, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.37 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | $0.37 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.35 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.36 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.36 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | $0.37 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.40 |
XLE Risk
- 20.3%
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.
- 0.63
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.
- −26.1%
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.
- −0.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XLE Cost
0.08%
XLE0.08%
- The middle half of Energy (Broad) funds
- Median 0.46%
No Energy (Broad) fund charges less.