Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC)

NYSEARCA: XLC · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
69.22
+0.01 (0.01%)
Dec 5, 2023, 10:23 AM EST - Market open
0.01%
Assets $14.81B
Expense Ratio 0.10%
PE Ratio 26.14
Shares Out n/a
Dividend (ttm) $0.54
Dividend Yield 0.78%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 18, 2023
Payout Ratio 20.41%
1-Year Return +34.67%
Volume 1,130,031
Open 69.04
Previous Close 69.21
Day's Range 68.82 - 69.49
52-Week Low 46.48
52-Week High 71.50
Beta n/a
Holdings 23
Inception Date Jun 18, 2018

About XLC

Fund Home Page

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (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

81.12% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 25.01%
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 11.89%
Alphabet Inc. GOOG 10.22%
AT&T Inc. T 5.27%
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ 5.18%
The Walt Disney Company DIS 5.14%
T-Mobile US, Inc. TMUS 5.06%
Netflix, Inc. NFLX 4.67%
Comcast Corporation CMCSA 4.36%
Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR 4.31%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 18, 2023 $0.16775 Sep 21, 2023
Jun 20, 2023 $0.10487 Jun 23, 2023
Mar 20, 2023 $0.15001 Mar 23, 2023
Dec 19, 2022 $0.11767 Dec 22, 2022
Sep 19, 2022 $0.10951 Sep 22, 2022
Jun 21, 2022 $0.12987 Jun 24, 2022
Full Dividend History

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