State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
$196.24−0.12 (−0.06%)
- 0.08%
- $131.1B
- +41.8%
- 0.43%
- 9.3M sh
- $198.80
- low $126.68high $203.25
The ETF.net XLK Grade
A
Score 81 out of 100
- 1 of 25
Score 81 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.A98 out of 100Rank 1 of 25Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A76 out of 100Rank 7 of 12Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B58 out of 100Rank 11 of 25Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A98 out of 100Rank 1 of 25Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C41 out of 100Rank 16 of 24Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A83 out of 100Rank 2 of 25
Our read on XLK
AA 1998 original: XLK owns the technology slice of the S&P 500, about 70 names, for eight basis points. Big, heavily traded, and top-heavy by design, with quarterly caps the only brake on the giants at the top.
The fund seeks to track the price and yield performance of the Technology Select Sector Index before expenses.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.08% a year against a roughly 0.40% median for broad tech funds, tying FTEC as the cheapest of the category's top-rated names and undercutting VGT's 0.09%.
- One of the largest and most actively traded funds in the tech aisle, so entering or exiting rarely means fighting the order book.
- Running since December 1998 and dead simple: the tech sector of the S&P 500, spanning software, semiconductors, hardware, communications equipment and IT services. Pays quarterly.ssga.com
Worth knowing
- Top-heavy by construction. About 70 stocks, and the index only trims its biggest weights at quarterly rebalances to stay inside fund diversification limits.spglobal.com
- The universe is S&P 500 tech only. Smaller tech companies outside the big index are out, and the Select Sector funds split the S&P 500 up, so some familiar names sit in other sector funds.ssga.com
- It is one sector with no ballast from the rest of the market, so a tech drawdown lands here in full.
XLK Holdings
- Stocks
- 78
- 64%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology99.9%
- Energy0.1%
Geography
- United States97.63%
- Ireland1.06%
- Singapore0.98%
- Netherlands0.33%
XLK Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
XLK$14,178
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 | XLK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +36.9% |
| 1 month | +4.7% |
| 3 months | +5.8% |
| 1 year | +41.8% |
| 3 years | +32.7% |
| 5 years | +22.1% |
| 10 years | +24.8% |
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 | XLK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +36.9% | |
| 2025 | +24.6% | |
| 2024 | +21.6% | |
| 2023 | +56.0% | |
| 2022 | −27.7% | |
| 2021 | +34.8% | |
| 2020 | +43.6% |
XLK in the news
XLK Dividends
- 0.43%
- $0.83
- $0.22 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
XLK Risk
- 22.7%
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.
- 1.23
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.
- −33.6%
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.
- 1.35
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XLK Cost
0.08%
XLK0.08%
- The middle half of Technology (Broad) funds
- Median 0.45%
No Technology (Broad) fund charges less.
Other funds in Technology (Broad)
- AFTECFidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +38.3%
- AVGTVanguard Information Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +38.1%
- BRSPTInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return +55.5%
- BXNTKState Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +41.6%
- BIYWiShares U.S. Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +38.5%