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PSCT vs XLK

Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF

PSCTBNasdaq

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

XLKANYSE Arca

Overlap

Expense ratio

XLK −0.21pt a year

PSCT0.29%XLK0.08%

Avg volume · 30D

XLK 190.2×the volume

PSCT43.5KXLK8.28M

10Y return · a year

XLK +9.2pt

PSCT+14.5%XLK+23.7%

PSCT vs XLK Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+63.8%PSCT+130.6%XLK

Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026. PSCT +63.8%. XLK +130.6%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.0%100%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026
Expense ratio
PSCT 0.29%
XLK 0.08%, better
Fund size
PSCT $481M
XLK $125B
1Y total return
PSCT +35.0%, better
XLK +20.0%
Yield (12M)
PSCT 0.00%
XLK 0.47%, better
Holdings
PSCT 74
XLK 78
Avg volume (30D)
PSCT 43.5K sh
XLK 8.28M sh, better
NAV per share
PSCT $78.37
XLK $188.72
52W range

ETF.net Grade

PSCT: Cost 83, Risk 34, Mission not scored, Tradability 38, Holdings 79, Durability 52. XLK: Cost 98, Risk 61, Mission 76, Tradability 98, Holdings 41, Durability 82.
Pillar letters and Scores for PSCT, XLK, with each pillar’s weight
PillarPSCTXLK
Cost30% weightA83A98Higher
Mission25% weightNot scoredA76
Risk15% weightD34B61Higher
Tradability15% weightD38A98Higher
Holdings10% weightA79HigherC41
Durability5% weightC52A82Higher

Rank among Technology (Broad) funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. PSCT and XLK are both graded against the same 23 Technology (Broad) funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Technology (Broad)⁠

Category · 23 funds
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XLK ranks 1st and PSCT 8th of 23 funds in the Technology (Broad) Category.

  1. Rank 1AXLKState Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETFScore 82
  2. Rank 2AFTECFidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETFScore 78
  3. Rank 5BXNTKState Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETFScore 64
  4. Rank 8BPSCTInvesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETFScore 61
  5. Rank 9BXSWState Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETFScore 60

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

PSCTBInvesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF

XLKAState Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

In short

PSCT Tech exposure without the mega-cap giants. PSCT owns roughly 70 small US technology companies drawn from the S&P SmallCap 600, an index that only admits companies with real earnings behind them.

XLK A 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.

Stated mandate

PSCT The fund uses an index designed to measure the performance of US information technology companies.

XLK The fund seeks to track the price and yield performance of the Technology Select Sector Index before expenses.

Why people hold it

  • PSCT At 0.29% a year it undercuts the typical fund in its tech peer group, and it has run the same small-cap playbook since 2010.
  • Its S&P SmallCap 600 universe requires positive earnings in the latest quarter and across the last four combined, screening out the cash-burning end of small-cap tech.wikipedia.orgspglobal.com
  • The index is capped, so no single name balloons into an outsized weight, and the fund rebalances and reconstitutes quarterly as companies grow in or out of small-cap.invesco.com
  • Sits in the upper half of its technology peer group, and it sticks closely to the index it names in its own documents.
  • XLK 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

  • PSCT Trading is thin next to giants like VGT and XLK, so bid-ask spreads can run wider, especially in fast markets.
  • One sector, one size band: about 70 small US tech names swing harder than a broad-market or mega-cap tech fund.
  • Distributions arrive once or twice a year, not monthly. The mandate is sector growth, not income.
  • XLK 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.

Full PSCT profile⁠

Full XLK profile⁠

PSCT vs XLK Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

PSCT vs XLK Cost

Overpaying PSCT vs XLK

$4,263

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • PSCT 0.29%

    $5,952

  • XLK 0.08%

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • PSCT 0.29%
  • XLK 0.08%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K051015202530PSCT $5,952XLK $1,689

Year by year

YearPSCTXLKOverpaying
10$527$147$380
20$2,044$575$1,469
30$5,952$1,689$4,263

Expense ratio

  • 0.29%PSCT
  • 0.08%XLK, cheaper
  • Middle half of Technology (Broad) funds
  • Median 0.45%

XLK cheapest of 23 funds

PSCT 4th cheapest of 23 funds

PSCT vs XLK Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Yield (12M)
PSCT 0.00%
XLK 0.47%, better
Payout (12M)
PSCT $0.0035
XLK $0.83
Last payment
PSCT $0.0035
XLK $0.22
Ex-dividend
PSCT Sep 21, 2026
XLK Sep 21, 2026
Paid on
PSCT Sep 25, 2026
XLK Sep 23, 2026
Frequency
PSCT Annual
XLK Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

PSCTAnnual · 22 paymentsAll PSCT payments⁠
One bar per payment. 22 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Sep 18, 2017 $0.0046; Dec 18, 2017 $0.04; Mar 19, 2018 $0.03; Jun 18, 2018 $0.02; Sep 24, 2018 $0.03; Dec 24, 2018 $0.02; Mar 18, 2019 $0.02; Jun 24, 2019 $0.02; Sep 23, 2019 $0.0093; Dec 23, 2019 $0.02; Mar 23, 2020 $0.0077; Jun 22, 2020 $0.0091; Sep 21, 2020 $0.0093; Dec 21, 2020 $0.0067; Mar 22, 2021 $0.0043; Dec 18, 2023 $0.01; Mar 18, 2024 $0.0048; Jun 24, 2024 $0.0011; Mar 24, 2025 $0.001; Jun 23, 2025 $0.0091; Sep 22, 2025 $0.0039; Sep 21, 2026 $0.0035. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.252017202020232026YTD
XLKQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll XLK payments⁠
One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 17, 2017 $0.10; Jun 16, 2017 $0.11; Sep 15, 2017 $0.10; Dec 15, 2017 $0.12; Mar 16, 2018 $0.11; Jun 15, 2018 $0.13; Sep 21, 2018 $0.13; Dec 21, 2018 $0.13; Mar 15, 2019 $0.12; Jun 21, 2019 $0.14; Sep 20, 2019 $0.13; Dec 20, 2019 $0.15; Mar 23, 2020 $0.19; Jun 22, 2020 $0.14; Sep 21, 2020 $0.12; Dec 21, 2020 $0.15; Mar 22, 2021 $0.14; Jun 21, 2021 $0.13; Sep 20, 2021 $0.14; Dec 20, 2021 $0.16; Mar 21, 2022 $0.14; Jun 21, 2022 $0.16; Sep 19, 2022 $0.16; Dec 19, 2022 $0.18; Mar 20, 2023 $0.16; Jun 20, 2023 $0.18; Sep 18, 2023 $0.18; Dec 18, 2023 $0.21; Mar 18, 2024 $0.17; Jun 24, 2024 $0.20; Sep 23, 2024 $0.20; Dec 23, 2024 $0.19; Mar 24, 2025 $0.19; Jun 23, 2025 $0.20; Sep 22, 2025 $0.18; Dec 22, 2025 $0.22; Mar 23, 2026 $0.17; Jun 22, 2026 $0.23; Sep 21, 2026 $0.22. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.252017202020232026YTD

PSCT vs XLK Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

  • PSCT
  • XLK
Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026. Worst fall: XLK −33.6% · Oct 2022. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−30%−20%−10%0%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
PSCT 26.4%XLK 23.6%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
PSCT 0.83XLK 1.07, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
PSCT −34.8%XLK −33.6%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
PSCT 1.65XLK 1.35

PSCT and XLK in the news

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