# XLB (State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF) State Street · Stock ETFs · Materials · data as of Oct 28, 2026 XLB returned +18.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.08% a year and holds $8.1bn in net assets on Oct 27, 2026. Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/ XLB tracks an index of Materials and returned +18.5% over the past year. ## Key facts - XLB, total return, 1 year: +18.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - XLB, expense ratio: 0.08%, as of Jan 28, 2026. - XLB, holdings: 25, as of Oct 27, 2026. - XLB, below its high: −2.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - XLB, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 1.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - XLB, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 21, 2026: $0.2286, as of Sep 21, 2026. - XLB, net assets: $8.1bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026). ## XLB over each window to Oct 28, 2026 | Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 month | +4.8% | +0.9% | | 3 months | +0.7% | +6.1% | | 6 months | +2.6% | +9.1% | | Year to date | +15.8% | +14.1% | | 1 year | +18.5% | +13.6% | | 3 years | +46.5% | +95.0% | | 5 years | +34.5% | +79.8% | | 10 years | +170.9% | +325.8% | | Since launch | +827.8% | +935.6% | | Since launch, annualised | +8.3% | – | ## XLB key stats - 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $53.67 on Aug 26, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $42.23 on Nov 20, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $51.86, 84% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Holdings: 25 - Top ten weight: 58.5% ## XLB trading - Not scored. - Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: −0.06%; 95% of days within ±0.05%. - The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/xlb/trading/ ## Every published field | Field | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | What it tracks | Materials Select Sector Index | ETFIQ | | Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ | | Category | Stocks · Materials | ETFIQ | | Expense ratio | 0.08% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026 | | Price | $51.86 | ETFIQ | | First traded | Dec 22, 1998 | ETFIQ | | Net assets | $8.1bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 | | Benchmark | Its own holdings, as of Oct 27, 2026; its shareholder report compares it with the S&P 500 Index, but its daily returns fit SPY's at R-squared 0.258 over the year to Oct 28, 2026 (251 days), under the 0.35 it needs to return to it | ETFIQ, from its filings | | Below its high | −2.9% | ETFIQ | | Holdings | 25 | ETFIQ | | Top ten weight | 58.5% | ETFIQ | | Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file | | Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file | | Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 99.8% | ETFIQ | | Active share vs the S&P 500 | 98.2% | ETFIQ | | Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 14.1% | ETFIQ | ## Money in and out, to Oct 22, 2026 | Window | Dates | Net flow | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026 | +$28.3m | | 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026 | −$192m | | 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026 | −$612m | | Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026 | +$1.9bn | | 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026 | +$1.5bn | Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: . Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows ## Questions ### How has XLB performed? Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XLB returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +46.5%. ### What does XLB cost? The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. ### What does XLB hold? 25 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, with the top ten at 58.5% of the fund. 100% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds. ### How far is XLB below its high? 2.9% below its high of Aug 26, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026. ## Cite this page ETFIQ, XLB, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/xlb Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at . HTML: https://etfiq.com/funds/xlb · JSON: https://etfiq.com/funds/xlb.json