State Street SPDR S&P Telecom ETF
$200.67−1.09 (−0.54%)
- 0.35%
- $526M
- +40.2%
- 0.96%
- 0.1M sh
- $206.36
- low $131.25high $247.62
The ETF.net XTL Grade
C
Score 53 out of 100
- 5 of 10
Score 53 of 100 falls in the C 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.C47 out of 100Rank 6 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D39 out of 100Rank 8 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 4 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A85 out of 100Rank 1 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B60 out of 100Rank 6 of 10
Our read on XTL
CTelecom, not "communication services." XTL's index sticks to carriers and the equipment makers behind them, and weights them close to equally, so a small-cap gear supplier can count for as much as a national wireless giant.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return performance of the S&P Telecom Select Industry Index.
Why people hold it
- Modified equal weighting spreads about 40 names across large, mid and small caps, so no single carrier dominates the basket.ssga.com
- Pure telecom mandate: alternative carriers, communications equipment, integrated telecom and wireless. No social media or streaming riding along under a sector label.ssga.com
- The 0.35% fee sits just under the median for its communication-services peer group, and below iShares' IYZ at 0.37%.
- Live since 2011, with a record spanning multiple telecom build-out cycles and enough regular trading for ordinary retail-size orders.
Worth knowing
- Broad communication-services rivals XLC, FCOM and VOX charge under 0.10%. The narrower, equal-weighted build costs several times that.
- Equal weighting puts real money into small and mid cap equipment makers, so price swings tend to run wider than a mega-cap carrier basket.ssga.com
- About 40 stocks inside one industry means single-company news lands harder here. Distributions arrive quarterly.
XTL Holdings
- Stocks
- 41
- 34%
- CIEN
Sectors
- Technology59.0%
- Communication35.3%
- Industrials3.1%
- Real Estate2.5%
Geography
- United States96.17%
- Bermuda3.83%
XTL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
XTL$14,016
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 | XTL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +32.8% |
| 1 month | −3.9% |
| 3 months | −8.4% |
| 1 year | +40.2% |
| 3 years | +45.4% |
| 5 years | +17.3% |
| 10 years | +13.5% |
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 | XTL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +32.8% | |
| 2025 | +44.9% | |
| 2024 | +34.9% | |
| 2023 | −1.2% | |
| 2022 | −19.2% | |
| 2021 | +21.6% | |
| 2020 | +22.5% |
XTL in the news
XTL Dividends
- 0.96%
- $1.93
- $0.30 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
XTL Risk
- 25.7%
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.
- 1.37
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.
- −36.8%
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.
- 1.17
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XTL Cost
0.35%
XTL0.35%
- The middle half of Communication Services (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
4 of the 9 Communication Services (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Communication Services (Broad)
- BVOXVanguard Communication Services ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +8.0%
- BVOXPVox Populi ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return —
- CIYZiShares U.S. Telecommunications ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +32.0%
- CIXPiShares Global Comm Services ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +2.2%
- DRSPCInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return −9.2%