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XLVSPDRINDEX

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

$166.20-1.32% vs prior close
14217652-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 companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment & supplies; health care providers & services; biotechnology; life sciences tools & services; and health care technology. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
171.6169.3167.1166.20DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$54M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$54M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +7.4% 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

$43.4Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$54Mnet flow, trailing month
8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
64holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 16, 1998 · beta 0.27
The book at a glance
LLY-0.6%JNJ-2.3%ABBV-0.6%MRK-1.0%UNH-0.5%TMO-3.3%AMGN-3.4%GILD-1.0%ABT-2.2%PFE-1.4%ISRG-1.3%DHR-4.4%VRTX-3.1%BMY-1.5%MDT+0.2%CVS-0.6%MCK+5.3%SYK-0.9%ELV-1.8%HCA-0.8%BSX-1.0%COR+3.2%CAH+3.4%BDXEW-1.3%HUMVEEVWATIDXX

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LLYELI LILLY15.50%$1149.85-0.6%
2JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON10.45%$258.66-2.3%
3ABBVABBVIE7.72%$259.93-0.6%
4MRKMERCK & CO5.44%$143.81-1.0%
5UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP6.49%$365.20-0.5%
6TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC3.64%$652.51-3.3%
7AMGNAMGEN3.55%$407.27-3.4%
8GILDGILEAD SCIENCES2.77%$147.50-1.0%
9ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES3.12%$96.69-2.2%
10PFEPFIZER2.41%$28.12-1.4%
11ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL2.12%$401.24-1.3%
12DHRDANAHER2.10%$211.76-4.4%
13VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS2.07%$506.74-3.1%
14BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB2.25%$61.46-1.5%
15MDTMEDTRONIC1.87%$86.44+0.2%

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Sector weights
Healthcare100%
Health Technology76.26%
Health Services17.05%
Distribution Services4.53%
Retail Trade1.77%
Commercial Services0.25%
Mutual fund0.14%
Other0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Ireland2.5%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.6%
1 month-3.2%
3 months+4.2%
6 months+15.6%
YTD+7.4%
1 year+15.8%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$204M
1 month+$54M
3 months+$299M
YTD+$309M
1 year+$2.1B

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)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 15.5% of the book; the top ten carry 61%. Spread across 60+ names, it behaves like roughly 17 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
5Kcalls · latest snapshot
10Kputs · latest snapshot
1.94put/call ratio
9.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$35M$34M
LLY ELI LILLY$30M$32M
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$23M$22M
MDT MEDTRONIC$4M$11M
HUM HUMANA$8M$7M

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

The case against XLV

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLV 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 · +$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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