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XLBState Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Grow my money27y track recordRanked #34 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Materials Select Sector Index.

By State Street Investment Management · Launched 1998

Annual Cost

0.08%

#408 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$7.3B

#343 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+20.4%

Track Record

27 years

#56 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,056+20.6%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Index tracked

Materials Select Sector Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 59.8% of fundmoderately concentrated

Linde PLC
13.8%
Newmont Corp
7.6%
CRH PLC
5.8%
Sherwin-Williams Co/The
5.2%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
5.1%
Ecolab Inc
4.6%
Air Products and Chemicals Inc
4.6%
Corteva Inc
4.5%
Martin Marietta Materials Inc
4.4%
Nucor Corp
4.3%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Basic Materials
87.3%
Consumer Cyclical
12.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.5%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-37.3%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.52Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.75Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Materials Select Sector Index.
Strategy
Invests in substantially all securities in the Index in approximately the same proportions. Under normal conditions, invests at least 95% of total assets in Index securities, with potential for cash and cash equivalents.
Inception date
December 16, 1998
Fund family
State Street Investment Management

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Data updated on 2026-06-19