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XLPSPDR

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

$85.99+0.79% today
769052-WK

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 that have been identified as Consumer Staples companies by the GICS®. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
86.982.878.785.99DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$2.2B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$535M of net buying over the past month, about 3.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +10.7% so far this year. At 0.090% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$14.8Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$535Mnet flow, trailing month
10.8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
38holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 15, 1998 · beta -0.06
The book at a glance
WMT-0.1%COST+1.5%KO+0.7%PG+1.2%PM-1.7%TGT+4.5%CL+1.5%MDLZ+0.5%PEP+1.0%MO-1.3%KDP+1.2%SYY+1.3%ADM-1.7%KVUE+0.7%KMB+0.6%MNST+0.6%KR+2.8%CASY+0.9%HSY-1.0%DG+2.3%EL+6.0%DLTR+2.4%CHD+1.4%KHC+0.0%GIS+0.9%STZTSNBG-3.0%MKC

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1WMTWALMART10.79%$103.70-0.1%
2COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE9.02%$947.74+1.5%
3KOCOCA COLA6.84%$91.10+0.7%
4PGPROCTER & GAMBLE7.42%$144.68+1.2%
5PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL6.13%$188.23-1.7%
6TGTTARGET3.84%$165.44+4.5%
7CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE4.69%$91.08+1.5%
8MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL4.15%$64.45+0.5%
9PEPPEPSICO4.32%$143.48+1.0%
10MOALTRIA 4.53%$66.09-1.3%
11KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER2.89%$32.04+1.2%
12SYYSYSCO2.59%$84.10+1.3%
13ADMARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND2.39%$80.30-1.7%
14KVUEKENVUE2.38%$19.06+0.7%
15KMBKIMBERLY CLARK2.36%$109.31+0.6%

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Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month+3.3%
3 months+1.4%
6 months-2.3%
YTD+10.7%
1 year+4.3%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$107M
1 month+$535M
3 months−$241M
YTD−$1B
1 year−$2.2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 10.8% of the book; the top ten carry 62%. Spread across 36+ names, it behaves like roughly 19 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
9Kcalls today
12Kputs today
1.28put/call ratio
10.1Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE$48M$45M
WMT WALMART$31M$42M
TGT TARGET$12M$17M
KO COCA COLA$5M$6M
PEP PEPSICO$2M$2M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against XLP

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLP on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-5bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-5bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-5bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-2bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGLB iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$2.8B+$220M-5bp on fee · +$220M in over the monthHead-to-head
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