State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLC)

NYSEARCA: XLC · Real-Time Price · USD
116.94
-0.44 (-0.37%)
At close: May 8, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
116.84
-0.10 (-0.09%)
After-hours: May 8, 2026, 4:19 PM EDT
Assets$25.68B
Expense Ratio0.08%
PE Ratio17.40
Shares Out218.70M
Dividend (ttm)$1.40
Dividend Yield1.19%
Ex-Dividend DateMar 23, 2026
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Payout Ratio20.69%
Volume4,153,129
Open117.02
Previous Close117.38
Day's Range116.62 - 117.19
52-Week Low97.03
52-Week High120.41
Beta0.99
Holdings26
Inception DateJun 18, 2018

About XLC

Fund Home Page

The State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in communication services equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US telecommunication and media & entertainment components of the S&P 500 index. XLC was launched on Jun 18, 2018 and is issued by State Street.

Asset Class Equity
Category Communications
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol XLC
ETF Provider State Street
Index Tracked S&P Communication Services Select Sector Index

Top 10 Holdings

62.85% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Meta Platforms, Inc.META13.43%
Alphabet Inc.GOOGL10.16%
Alphabet Inc.GOOG8.10%
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.TTWO4.77%
The Walt Disney CompanyDIS4.75%
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.LYV4.68%
EchoStar CorporationSATS4.44%
Omnicom Group Inc.OMC4.24%
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.WBD4.17%
Electronic Arts Inc.EA4.11%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Mar 23, 2026$0.35705Mar 25, 2026
Dec 22, 2025$0.37579Dec 24, 2025
Sep 22, 2025$0.41466Sep 24, 2025
Jun 23, 2025$0.24882Jun 25, 2025
Mar 24, 2025$0.28792Mar 26, 2025
Dec 23, 2024$0.2544Dec 26, 2024
Full Dividend History

Performance

XLC had a total return of 21.47% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 12.53%.

News

Communication Stocks Look to Close 2025 on Strong Note. A Look at 3 Charts.

Netflix, Reddit, and Millicom International show constructive technical indicators

Other symbols: NFLXRDDTTIGO
5 months ago - Barrons

Schwab IMPACT 2025: Record $13T in ETFs & What's Next for ETF Assets

Matt Camuso, Head of ETF Solutions at BNY Investments, says there are $13 trillion of assets in ETFs. That's compared to $5 trillion a year prior.

Other symbols: SMHSTXXLBXLEXLFXLIXLK
6 months ago - Schwab Network

State Street's Anna Paglia on why the firm is shifting from ETFs to mutual funds

Anna Paglia, State Street Investment Research CBO and chief business officer, joins CNBC's Dom Chu on the type of assets and ETFs State Street is seeing the flows into. She also shares why the firm is...

Other symbols: STTXLFXLIXLVXLY
6 months ago - CNBC Television

ETF Edge: Growing Middle East tensions, mitigating risk and contrarian ETF plays

Matt Bartolini, State Street Head of SPDR Americas Research and John Davi, Astoria Portfolio Advisors CIO, sit down with CNBC's Dominic Chu to discuss how ETF investors are reacting to growing Middle ...

Other symbols: BKGIPPIXLE
11 months ago - CNBC Television

Final Trade: ASML, XYZ, XLC, NVO

The final trades of the day with CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders.

Other symbols: ASMLNVOXYZ
1 year ago - CNBC Television

Hedge Funds Ditch U.S. Tech and Media Stocks for Asian Markets

Hedge funds have been selling off U.S. tech ($XLK) and media stocks ($XLC) at the fastest pace in six months, according to Goldman Sachs. However, they have been finding opportunities

Other symbols: BABANVDAXLK
1 year ago - TipRanks

Be careful of sector based investing themes: Strategist

As Big Bank earnings beat Wall Street's expectations, Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders adds the financials sector (XLF) to her list of growth sectors: communication services ...

Other symbols: XLFXLKXLY
1 year ago - Yahoo Finance

Final Trade: XLC, M, GAP, XLE

The final trades of the day with CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders.

Other symbols: XLEGAPM
1 year ago - CNBC Television

Financials lead sector action but Tech still clear winner

To get the latest market news check out finance.yahoo.com Financials (XLF) and Communication Services (XLC) led Friday's sector action as Information Technology (XLK) worked its way into the green by ...

Other symbols: XLK
1 year ago - Yahoo Finance

Unusually active option classes on open October 26th

Unusual total active option classes on open include: Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC), SPDR S&P Bank (KBE), First Majestic Silver (AG), Mullen Automotive (MULN), Mastercard (MA), M...

Other symbols: AGCMCSAFGOOGGOOGLKBEMA
2 years ago - TheFly

3 overbought US sectors to watch in the months ahead

Everyone is curious to know how the stock market will react to the debt ceiling deal announcement that happened over the weekend. Republicans and Democrats have reached an agreement, but we are yet to...

Other symbols: XLYXLK
3 years ago - Invezz

Consumers are prioritizing leisure and entertainment over goods, says iCapital's Anastasia Amoroso

iCapital's Anastasia Amoroso and Truist Wealth's Keith Lerner join 'Closing Bell' to discuss earnings surprising to the upside, techs strong Q1 moving the market, and tech margins leading the S&P.

Other symbols: NFLXXLK
3 years ago - CNBC Television

Cramer goes over the S&P 500 sector that performed the worst in 2022

Jim Cramer gave his thoughts on communication services stocks, which made up the worst performing sector in the S&P 500 this year.

3 years ago - CNBC Television

Disinflationary environments are when to look at sectors that were ‘left for dead': Strategist

Great Hill Capital Chairman and Managing Member Thomas Hayes spoke with Yahoo Finance Live anchors Dave Briggs and Seana Smith to discuss oil production, market outlooks amid Fed rate hikes, and Santa...

Other symbols: XLE
3 years ago - Yahoo Finance

Two Key ETFs For The Week Ahead

The earnings reports for several key tech giants are likely making some holders of these stocks a bit nervous. But what is the outlook for those ETFs that have a high concentration in these same stock...

Other symbols: XLK
3 years ago - Forbes