Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU)
| 38.83 Data as of May 24 |  -0.42 / -1.07%Today’s Change | 33.85 Today|||52-Week Range 41.44 | +11.20% 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 Utilities 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: electric utilities; multi-utilities; independent power producers & energy traders; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
Latest XLU News
| A Port in the Market's Storm May 23 / TheStreet.com | Defensive Sector ETFs Leading the Market - ETF News And Commentary May 14 / Zacks.com |
Performance
| 1 month | -5.09% | 3 years | +15.66% | |
| 3 months | +5.31% | 5 years | +3.14% | |
| 1 year | +13.24% | Since inception | +5.75% |
Data through 05/25/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $39.25 |
| Open day’s range | 38.70 – 39.16 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 38.84 (05/24/2013) |
| Daily volume | 9,968,920 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 8,683,496 |
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 05/24/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Utilities ETFs
| XLU | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +3.14% | +3.03% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.18% | 0.48% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.39 | 0.29 |
| Net assets | $6.5B | $826.9M |
| Average market cap | $20.6B | $16.8B |
| Average P/E | 20.0 | 16.7 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.42% |
Competitors
| JXI iShares S&P Global Utilities Index Fund |
| PSCU PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portf... |
| DBU WisdomTree Global ex-US Utilities Fund |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Utilities | 98.35% |
| Energy | 1.65% |
| Business service | 0.00% |
| Consumer goods | 0.00% |
| Consumer service | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| DUK Duke Energy Corporation | 9.43% |
| SO Southern Co | 8.08% |
| D Dominion Resources Inc | 6.86% |
| NEE NextEra Energy Inc | 6.71% |
| EXC Exelon Corp | 6.19% |
| AEP American Electric Power Co Inc | 4.84% |
| PCG PG&E Corp | 4.12% |
| PPL PPL Corp | 3.77% |
| FE FirstEnergy Corp | 3.76% |
| SRE Sempra Energy | 3.63% |