State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF
$22.92−0.09 (−0.40%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $20M
- 1Y return
- +7.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 12.52%
- Holdings
- 3
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.80
- 52W range
The ETF.net XLSI Grade
Score 73 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 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.BScore 57Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 73Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 32Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 55Category rank
Our read on XLSI
ACovered calls on the market's quietest aisle. XLSI owns the classic consumer staples sector fund and sells calls on it, turning soup, soap and razors into monthly income while giving up gains above the strike.
The fund uses an actively managed strategy intended to provide current income while preserving prospects for long-term capital growth. It invests in the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF and sells call options on that ETF to generate additional income.
Why people hold it
- Simple plumbing: it holds shares of the staples Select Sector fund (XLP) and writes calls on that same ETF, so the equity sleeve is the plain sector basket, not a synthetic stand-in.ssga.com
- 0.35% sits right at the median for its option-income sector cohort, the same sticker as siblings XLVI, XLUI and XLEI.
- Pays monthly, and the call overlay is actively managed: a manager sets the strikes rather than following a fixed published formula.ssga.com
- Sticks tightly to the mandate on the tin, and ranks among the stronger builds in its sector-overlay peer group.
Worth knowing
- The calls cap the top end: gains above the strike on the underlying staples fund are traded away for premium.ssga.com
- Option premiums rise and fall with volatility, so the monthly payout moves around. Income, not a coupon.
- Launched in 2025 and small next to the giant option-income names, so the record is short and trading is light. Spreads can widen.
XLSI Holdings
- Stocks
- 3
- 100%
- XLP
Sectors
Geography
XLSI 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 | XLSI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.7% |
| 1 month | −2.1% |
| 3 months | +2.4% |
| 1 year | +7.4% |
| 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 | XLSI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.7% | |
| 2025 | −0.3% |
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XLSI Dividends
- 12.52%
- $2.88
- $0.18 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.20 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.22 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.28 |
XLSI Risk
- 10.4%
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.
- 0.35
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.
- −7.9%
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.
- 0.19
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XLSI Cost
- The middle half of Sector Option Income funds
- Median 0.47%
No Sector Option Income fund charges less.