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XLBSPDRINDEX

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund

$48.54-0.33% vs prior close
425452-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

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: chemicals; metals and mining; paper and forest products; containers and packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
52.050.749.548.54DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$322M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$322M in net outflows over the past month, about 4.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +7.0% 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

$7.8Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
−$322Mnet flow, trailing month
11.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
28holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 16, 1998 · beta 0.73
The book at a glance
LIN-1.1%NEM-0.6%FCX-1.0%ECL-1.2%SHW-0.8%APD-1.8%NUE+1.0%VMC-0.3%MLM-0.1%STLD+2.1%CRH-1.3%PPG+0.3%SW-2.4%IFF-0.4%PKG+0.2%DOW+0.2%AMCR-0.1%DD-0.5%CF-0.6%IP-2.0%BALL+0.8%LYB+0.5%AVY+0.6%ALB-0.7%CTVA-83.8%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LINLINDE14.07%$469.45-1.1%
2NEMNEWMONT5.85%$114.67-0.6%
3FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN5.30%$69.28-1.0%
4ECLECOLAB4.73%$271.26-1.2%
5SHWSHERWIN WILLIAMS4.94%$320.78-0.8%
6APDAIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS4.60%$273.33-1.8%
7NUENUCOR3.88%$235.98+1.0%
8VMCVULCAN MATERIALS4.72%$243.98-0.3%
9MLMMARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS4.55%$479.17-0.1%
10STLDSTEEL DYNAMICS3.73%$226.17+2.1%
11CRHCRH PUBLIC LTD4.67%$81.70-1.3%
12PPGPPG INDUSTRIES3.62%$104.67+0.3%
13SWSMURFIT WESTROCK PLC3.25%$43.04-2.4%
14IFFINTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES2.71%$83.12-0.4%
15PKGPACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA2.83%$229.71+0.2%

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Sector weights
Materials89.41%
Basic Materials88.99%
Process Industries74.88%
Non-Energy Minerals23.02%
Consumer Cyclical11.01%
Consumer Discretionary10.59%
Consumer Non-Durables1.97%
Mutual fund0.13%
Other0.11%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States96.4%
Ireland2.05%
United Kingdom1.54%
Switzerland1.45%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.5%
1 month-6.8%
3 months-4.9%
6 months-1.1%
YTD+7.0%
1 year+9.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$130M
1 month−$322M
3 months−$39M
YTD+$2.2B
1 year+$4.7B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-9.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 14.1% of the book; the top ten carry 58%. Spread across 28+ names, it behaves like roughly 19 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
4Kcalls · latest snapshot
3Kputs · latest snapshot
0.70put/call ratio
24.5Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN$7M$7M
ALB ALBEMARLE$2M$2M
LIN LINDE$2M$510,216
NEM NEWMONT$1M$1M
MOS MOSAIC$860,341$906,702

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

The case against XLB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLB 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 · 5× 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 · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-5bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-5bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-5bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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