ETF roundup
Best Sector ETFs
Sector ETFs carve the US stock market into its major industries, so you can lean toward or away from one. The SPDR Select Sector funds are the most widely held set: eleven funds, each tracking one slice of the S&P 500 at the same low fee. The table ranks them on the numbers that decide between them.
| # | Ticker | Fund | AUM | Fee | 1Y | 3Y | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF | $42.2B | 0.08% | +24.5% | +25.7% | +11.5% |
| 2 | XLE | Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF | $35.4B | 0.08% | +44.3% | +36.9% | +42.8% |
| 3 | XLI | Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF | $34B | 0.08% | +10.9% | +56.9% | +9.9% |
| 4 | XLU | Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF | $23.7B | 0.08% | -5.8% | +33.1% | -4.5% |
| 5 | XLC | Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF | $23.2B | 0.08% | -3.9% | +60.5% | -3.7% |
| 6 | XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF | $22.7B | 0.08% | -7.2% | +27.1% | -7.1% |
| 7 | XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF | $14.2B | 0.08% | +7.0% | +15.8% | +7.0% |
| 8 | XLB | Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF | $8.3B | 0.08% | +12.0% | +19.7% | +10.1% |
| 9 | XLRE | Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF | $8.3B | 0.08% | +1.8% | +18.0% | +5.1% |
| 10 | XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF | — | 0.08% | +3.7% | +56.7% | +1.6% |
| 11 | XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF | — | 0.08% | +41.2% | +121.5% | +38.0% |
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Rankings are pulled live from fund data on Funds Benchmark and update automatically.