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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 1.77% Assets $7.78B Since December 16, 1998 Family State Street Investment Management

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

$51.32
+$0.09 (+0.18%)

October 21, 2026 · Market close

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Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, the annualized return for XLB over 10 years is +10.28%.

XLB charges an expense ratio of 0.08%.

XLB has $7.78B in net assets.

XLB Annualized Returns

PeriodAnnualized$100 becomes
1 year+17.95%$117.95
3 years+13.02%$144.37
5 years+5.93%$133.37
10 years+10.28%$266.17

Returns are total returns computed from daily closes, with dividends reinvested. As of October 21, 2026.

XLB Return by Calendar Year

2016 and 2026 are partial years

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YearReturn
2026 (partial year)+14.62%
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+4.5−7.1+5.4——
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+1.9+1.5+0.8+3.7+3.9+0.9+2.1

Monthly total returns with dividends reinvested; each cell prints its signed value.

XLB Volatility & Risk

Volatility: 10 yrs · Beta: 3 yrs
Annualized volatility
20.70%
Beta (3y)
0.85
Best year
+27.44%

2021

Worst year
−14.88%

2018

Volatility is the annualized standard deviation of daily returns. As of October 21, 2026.

Recent News

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Top Holdings

# Symbol Name Weight
1 LIN Linde PLC 12.23%
2 NEM Newmont Corp 6.79%
3 FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc 5.62%
4 ECL Ecolab Inc 4.75%
5 SHW Sherwin-Williams Co 4.75%
6 VMC Vulcan Materials Co 4.61%
7 MLM Martin Marietta Materials Inc 4.45%
8 APD Air Products and Chemicals Inc 4.44%
9 CRH CRH PLC 4.36%
10 STLD Steel Dynamics Inc 4.34%

Analysis

Data-derived

Fund Overview

State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF trades as XLB and is categorised as Natural Resources. The fund holds $7.78B 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 12.23% of the portfolio. The ten largest positions together make up 56.34% of the fund.

Performance Analysis

XLB last closed at $51.32 on October 21, 2026. The trailing one-year total return is +17.95%. Measured over 10 years, that is +10.28% a year compounded. The trailing distribution yield is 1.77%.

2026 is still running; the total return is +14.62% 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 22.09% above that 52-week low. Daily returns over the trailing 10 years annualize to a volatility of 20.7%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.85. 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 daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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