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XLUSPDRINDEX

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

$39.83+0.38% vs prior close
394852-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 3. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 3.

In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
45.943.541.139.83DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$14.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$1.5B of net inflows over the past month, about 6.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -6.7% so far this year. At 0.090% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$22.1Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$1.5Bnet flow, trailing month
29.3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
31holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 16, 1998 · beta 0.15
The book at a glance
NEE+0.6%SO+0.3%DUK+0.3%CEG-0.6%AEP-0.2%D+0.9%SRE+0.4%ETR+0.5%XEL+1.2%VST+0.2%EXC+0.6%ED-0.1%PEG+0.3%WEC-0.1%AEE+0.3%PCG+1.2%ATO+0.5%DTE+1.0%AWK+1.9%CNP+1.6%PPL+0.1%ES+0.3%FE-0.1%EIX+0.2%NRG-1.8%CMS+0.2%NI-0.2%EVRG+0.5%LNT+1.0%PNW

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NEENEXTERA ENERGY13.12%$76.83+0.6%
2SOSOUTHERN7.70%$83.72+0.3%
3DUKDUKE ENERGY7.16%$114.13+0.3%
4CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY5.86%$257.49-0.6%
5AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO5.01%$119.57-0.2%
6DDOMINION ENERGY4.41%$61.31+0.9%
7SRESEMPRA4.13%$78.38+0.4%
8ETRENTERGY3.51%$100.91+0.5%
9XELXCEL ENERGY3.50%$71.40+1.2%
10VSTVISTRA3.22%$140.02+0.2%
11EXCEXELON3.42%$40.73+0.6%
12EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON2.94%$103.39-0.1%
13PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP2.75%$68.07+0.3%
14WECWEC ENERGY GROUP2.58%$101.59-0.1%
15AEEAMEREN2.16%$99.94+0.3%

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Sector weights
Utilities100%
Mutual fund0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.8%
1 month-7.4%
3 months-13.0%
6 months-13.6%
YTD-6.7%
1 year-10.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$975M
1 month+$1.5B
3 months+$1.6B
YTD+$1.9B
1 year+$13.7B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-16.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 13.1% of the book; the top ten carry 58%. Spread across 33+ names, it behaves like roughly 20 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
200Kcalls · latest snapshot
15Kputs · latest snapshot
0.07put/call ratio
60.8Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
VST VISTRA$14M$16M
CEG CONSTELLATION ENERGY$4M$5M
NEE NEXTERA ENERGY$2M$2M
XEL XCEL ENERGY$2M$908,111
NRG NRG ENERGY$684,737$1M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against XLU

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLU on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-6bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-6bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-5bp on fee · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-5bp on fee · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-5bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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