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NYSE Arca · Natural Resources · USD · ETF

State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) ETF Analysis

XLB
Expense ratio 0.08% Yield 1.61% Assets $8.75B Since December 16, 1998 Family State Street Investment Management
$52.44
−$0.18 (−0.34%)

September 4, 2026 · Market close

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Key facts

As of September 4, 2026, the annualized return for XLB over 10 years is +10.03%.

XLB charges an expense ratio of 0.08%.

XLB has $8.75B in net assets.

XLB Annualized Returns

PeriodAnnualized$100 becomes
1 year+16.94%$116.94
3 years+9.85%$132.55
5 years+6.29%$135.65
10 years+10.03%$260.03

Returns are price returns computed from daily closes and exclude dividends. As of September 4, 2026.

XLB Return by Calendar Year

2016 and 2026 are partial years

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YearReturn
2026 (partial year)+16.58%
2025+9.94%
2024+0.15%
2023+12.46%
2022−12.30%
2021+27.44%
2020+20.46%
2019+24.13%
2018−14.88%
2017+24.01%
2016 (partial year)+2.90%

XLB Monthly Returns

−14%+16%
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026+8.6+8.4−6.0+3.0−0.6−0.3−0.8+4.5−0.5———
2025+5.5−0.0−2.7−2.4+2.9+2.2−0.1+5.2−2.4−4.4+4.4+2.0
2024−3.9+6.5+6.5−4.6+3.3−3.1+4.3+2.3+2.7−3.1+1.5−10.8
2023+9.0−3.3−1.0−0.1−6.9+11.0+3.4−3.3−4.8−3.2+8.3+4.5
2022−6.8−1.3+6.1−3.5+1.2−13.9+6.2−3.5−9.3+8.9+11.7−5.5
2021−2.4+4.1+7.6+5.4+5.1−5.3+2.1+1.9−7.2+7.6−0.6+7.6
2020−6.2−8.5−14.0+15.2+6.9+2.2+7.1+4.4+1.5−0.7+12.4+2.5
2019+5.6+3.2+1.3+3.5−8.2+11.6−0.3−2.8+3.2−0.0+3.2+2.9
2018+4.0−5.3−4.1+0.1+2.1+0.3+2.9−0.8−1.8−9.2+3.8−6.9
2017+4.5+0.6+0.6+1.3+0.0+1.8+1.5+0.8+3.7+3.9+0.9+2.1

Monthly price returns computed from daily closes; each cell prints its signed value.

XLB Volatility & Risk

Volatility: 10 yrs · Beta: 3 yrs
Annualized volatility
20.72%
Beta (3y)
0.82
Best year
+27.44%

2021

Worst year
−14.88%

2018

Volatility is the annualized standard deviation of daily returns. As of September 4, 2026.

Recent News

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Top Holdings

# Symbol Name Weight
1 LIN Linde PLC 13.07%
2 NEM Newmont Corp 5.91%
3 FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc 5.32%
4 SHW Sherwin-Williams Co 4.93%
5 ECL Ecolab Inc 4.75%
6 APD Air Products and Chemicals Inc 4.69%
7 CTVA Corteva Inc 4.65%
8 NUE Nucor Corp 4.51%
9 VMC Vulcan Materials Co 4.33%
10 CRH CRH PLC 4.18%

Analysis

Data-derived

Fund Overview

State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF trades as XLB and is categorised as Natural Resources. The fund holds $8.75B in total net assets. The expense ratio is 0.08%. On a $10,000 position that is $8.00 a year. State Street Investment Management is the fund family on file. It has been trading since December 16, 1998.

Its biggest positions are Linde PLC (LIN), Newmont Corp (NEM), and Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX). Linde PLC alone accounts for 13.07% of the portfolio. The ten largest positions together make up 56.34% of the fund.

Performance Analysis

XLB last closed at $52.44 on September 4, 2026. The trailing one-year price return is +16.94%. Measured over 10 years, that is +10.03% a year compounded. The trailing distribution yield is 1.61%.

2026 is still running; the price is +16.58% year to date. Across the complete calendar years on file, 2021 returned +27.44% and 2018 returned −14.88%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 7 finished higher.

Price & Risk Profile

The 52-week range on file runs from $42.04 to $54.19. The latest close sits 24.75% above that 52-week low. Daily returns over the trailing 10 years annualize to a volatility of 20.72%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.82. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each nightly rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of September 4, 2026.

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