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XLEI

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF

Option Income · SPDR · Inception 2025-07-29 · SEC filings

$27.73+0.24 (+0.87%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT

History starts Jul 30, 2025.
Intraday session: up, 48 prints from 27.49 to 27.73. Range 27.58 to 27.90. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$27.60$27.80$27.9010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.35%
Fund size
$119M
1Y return
+35.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
18.83%
Holdings
5
Volume · 30D
0.1M sh
NAV per share
$27.67
52W range
low $23.66high $29.50

The ETF.net XLEI Grade

B

67/ 100

Rank 4 of 22 in Sector Option Income⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for XLEI. Scores out of 100: Cost 76, Risk 65, Mission 77, Tradability 59, Holdings 23, Durability 80. Strongest: Durability (80). Weakest: Holdings (23). No single pillar leads.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 67 of 100 sits in the B 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 76
    Category rank3/22 · top 14%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 77
    Category rank11/12 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 65
    Category rank4/22 · top 18%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 59
    Category rank9/22 · top 41%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    FScore 23
    Category rank18/19 · bottom quartile

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 80
    Category rank2/22 · top 9%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on XLEI

ETF.net Research

BState Street's 1998-vintage energy sector fund, wrapped in a call-writing overlay. Same oil and gas majors, monthly income from selling options against them, minus some of the upside when crude runs.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks current income while preserving prospects for long-term capital growth by investing in an energy-sector ETF and selling call options on it to generate additional premium income.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Underlying is the original energy sector SPDR, trading since 1998: market-cap-weighted S&P 500 oil, gas and services names. No stock picking, just an overlay on a known quantity.stockanalysis.com
  2. 02Pays monthly, and the mandate is written to seek income while preserving prospects for long-term growth rather than sell away all the upside.ssga.com
  3. 03Calls are written on the sector ETF itself, not dozens of single stocks, so the overlay runs off one liquid options chain.ssga.com
  4. 04The 0.35% fee sits right at the median for sector covered-call funds, and the build stands among the stronger ones in that peer group.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Written calls cap the rally: above the strike, further gains go to the option buyer and the fund keeps the premium instead.ssga.com
  2. 02One narrow sector, market-cap weighted, so the integrated majors dominate. Nothing inside cushions a broad crude selloff.stockanalysis.com
  3. 03A 2025 launch, so there is no record through a full energy cycle yet, and it trades lightly next to the sector fund it holds.

XLEI Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 3:46 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
5
Top-10 weight
101%
Largest holding
XLE100.6%

Sectors

Geography

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001XLESTATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC100.58%1,899,799$121M28
002—SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS0.51%614,172$614K146
003—US DOLLAR0.02%25,460$25K223

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

XLEI Performance

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

XLEI$13,567
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. XLEI $13,567. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,164$11,823$14,482Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for XLEI. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodXLEI
Year to date+29.2%
1 month−0.3%
3 months+12.9%
1 year+35.7%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, 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 XLEI
YearReturn barXLEI
2026 YTD+29.2%
2025+6.7%

History from Jul 30, 2025

XLEI in the news

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XLEI 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 Sep 22, 2026.
18.83%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$5.18Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.37 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2025–2026

One bar per payment. 13 payments from 2025 to 2026 YTD. Sep 2, 2025 $0.59; Oct 1, 2025 $0.44; Nov 3, 2025 $0.39; Dec 1, 2025 $0.29; Dec 29, 2025 $0.73; Feb 2, 2026 $0.25; Mar 2, 2026 $0.46; Apr 1, 2026 $0.55; May 1, 2026 $0.31; Jun 1, 2026 $0.45; Jul 1, 2026 $0.54; Aug 3, 2026 $0.39; Sep 1, 2026 $0.37. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 1, 2026Sep 3, 2026$0.37
Aug 3, 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.39
Jul 1, 2026Jul 6, 2026$0.54
Jun 1, 2026Jun 3, 2026$0.45
May 1, 2026May 5, 2026$0.31
Apr 1, 2026Apr 6, 2026$0.55
Mar 2, 2026Mar 4, 2026$0.46
Feb 2, 2026Feb 4, 2026$0.25
Dec 29, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.73
Dec 1, 2025Dec 3, 2025$0.29
Nov 3, 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.39
Oct 1, 2025Oct 3, 2025$0.44

XLEI Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
14.3%
Annualised · 13 months to Aug 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.
2.01
vs 3-month T-bills · 13 months to Aug 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.
−8.2%
13 months · trough Jul 2026
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.
−0.51
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.

XLEI Cost

Expense ratio0.35%
  • The middle half of Sector Option Income funds
  • Median 0.47%

No Sector Option Income fund charges less.

XLEI costs $35.00 a year on $10,000. The median Sector Option Income fund costs $47.50.