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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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XLF vs XOP: how they differ

XLF and XOP hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XOP returned more over the year.

State Street(R) Financial Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, XLF and XOP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions XLF and XOP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingXLFXOP
SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS0.15%0.31%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in XLFOnly in XOP
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 11.81%PBF ENERGY INC CLASS A 3.89%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 11.59%HF SINCLAIR CORP 3.27%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 7.60%DELEK US HOLDINGS INC 3.27%
MASTERCARD INC A 5.69%VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.21%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 5.09%MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 3.20%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 3.75%PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC 3.12%
WELLS FARGO + CO 3.41%PHILLIPS 66 3.06%
MORGAN STANLEY 3.18%CALUMET INC 2.77%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

XLF and XOP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
XLF
State Street(R) Financial Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF
XOP
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerState StreetState Street
What it isFinancialsSPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Total return, 1 year+7.6%+52.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−9.9 pts+34.9 pts
Expense ratio0.08%0.35%
Holdings7954

XLF in plain words

XLF is an index equity fund tracking the Financials. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 57.3%.

XOP in plain words

XOP is a commodity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +52.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 26.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, XLF or XOP?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, XLF returned +7.6% and XOP returned +52.4%, so XOP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, XLF or XOP?
XLF charges 0.08% a year and XOP charges 0.35%, so XLF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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XLF against XOP, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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