Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB)
| 41.26 Data as of May 17 |  +0.44 / +1.08%Today’s Change | 32.59 Today|||52-Week Range 41.32 | +9.91% Year-to-Date |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Materials Select Sector Index. 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: chemicals; metals & mining; paper & forest products; containers & packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.
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Performance
| 1 month | +10.36% | 3 years | +12.38% | |
| 3 months | +5.43% | 5 years | +0.38% | |
| 1 year | +28.43% | Since inception | +7.43% |
Data through 05/18/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $40.82 |
| Open day’s range | 40.90 – 41.32 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 41.32 (05/17/2013) |
| Daily volume | 7,047,207 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 8,009,362 |
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 05/17/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Natural resources ETFs
| XLB | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +0.38% | +0.54% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.18% | 0.55% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.17 | 0.12 |
| Net assets | $2.7B | $489.9M |
| Average market cap | $23.0B | $15.0B |
| Average P/E | 18.8 | 14.9 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.28% |
Competitors
| VAW Vanguard Materials ETF |
| RTM Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Material... |
| PYZ PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Port... |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Industrial materials | 86.25% |
| Consumer goods | 9.08% |
| Business service | 2.79% |
| Consumer service | 1.87% |
| Energy | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| MON Monsanto Company | 11.79% |
| DD E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company | 10.49% |
| DOW Dow Chemical Co | 8.41% |
| PX Praxair, Inc. | 6.97% |
| FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Class B | 5.95% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV | 4.75% |
| ECL Ecolab, Inc. | 4.63% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. | 4.39% |
| IP International Paper Co. | 4.35% |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc | 3.77% |