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XLVSPDRINDEX

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

$179.18-0.06% vs prior close
14318152-WK

Price through Oct 27, 2026 · Flows through Oct 26, 2026. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 27, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 27, 2026.

In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment & supplies; health care providers & services; biotechnology; life sciences tools & services; and health care technology. The fund is non-diversified.

XLV price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateXLV close
Jan 2, 2026$155.51
Jan 5, 2026$155.04
Jan 6, 2026$158.09
Jan 7, 2026$159.66
Jan 8, 2026$158.12
Jan 9, 2026$157.31
Jan 12, 2026$157.38
Jan 13, 2026$156.74
Jan 14, 2026$157.86
Jan 15, 2026$156.96
Jan 16, 2026$155.74
Jan 20, 2026$155.40
Jan 21, 2026$158.26
Jan 22, 2026$158.29
Jan 23, 2026$157.48
Jan 26, 2026$158.10
Jan 27, 2026$155.45
Jan 28, 2026$154.31
Jan 29, 2026$153.82
Jan 30, 2026$154.74
Feb 2, 2026$155.69
Feb 3, 2026$154.10
Feb 4, 2026$156.03
Feb 5, 2026$154.84
Feb 6, 2026$157.71
Feb 9, 2026$156.32
Feb 10, 2026$155.33
Feb 11, 2026$156.25
Feb 12, 2026$156.00
Feb 13, 2026$157.67
Feb 17, 2026$157.37
Feb 18, 2026$157.67
Feb 19, 2026$157.26
Feb 20, 2026$156.82
Feb 23, 2026$158.54
Feb 24, 2026$157.87
Feb 25, 2026$157.83
Feb 26, 2026$157.42
Feb 27, 2026$160.20
Mar 2, 2026$158.53
Mar 3, 2026$156.74
Mar 4, 2026$157.05
Mar 5, 2026$153.91
Mar 6, 2026$152.70
Mar 9, 2026$154.26
Mar 10, 2026$153.15
Mar 11, 2026$152.85
Mar 12, 2026$150.16
Mar 13, 2026$149.79
Mar 16, 2026$151.01
Mar 17, 2026$149.64
Mar 18, 2026$147.14
Mar 19, 2026$146.61
Mar 20, 2026$145.33
Mar 23, 2026$144.77
Mar 24, 2026$144.79
Mar 25, 2026$146.24
Mar 26, 2026$145.74
Mar 27, 2026$143.26
Mar 30, 2026$143.82
Mar 31, 2026$146.61
Apr 1, 2026$147.73
Apr 2, 2026$146.81
Apr 6, 2026$146.28
Apr 7, 2026$146.57
Apr 8, 2026$149.67
Apr 9, 2026$149.33
Apr 10, 2026$147.31
Apr 13, 2026$147.97
Apr 14, 2026$148.83
Apr 15, 2026$147.77
Apr 16, 2026$146.61
Apr 17, 2026$148.80
Apr 20, 2026$147.42
Apr 21, 2026$145.92
Apr 22, 2026$146.38
Apr 23, 2026$146.24
Apr 24, 2026$144.18
Apr 27, 2026$143.46
Apr 28, 2026$143.84
Apr 29, 2026$142.84
Apr 30, 2026$145.99
May 1, 2026$145.16
May 4, 2026$144.73
May 5, 2026$145.30
May 6, 2026$145.40
May 7, 2026$144.72
May 8, 2026$143.49
May 11, 2026$143.04
May 12, 2026$145.85
May 13, 2026$146.71
May 14, 2026$146.63
May 15, 2026$145.10
May 18, 2026$145.72
May 19, 2026$147.32
May 20, 2026$147.13
May 21, 2026$148.15
May 22, 2026$149.89
May 26, 2026$148.51
May 27, 2026$148.79
May 28, 2026$150.88
May 29, 2026$149.47
Jun 1, 2026$147.84
Jun 2, 2026$146.40
Jun 3, 2026$147.55
Jun 4, 2026$152.08
Jun 5, 2026$153.01
Jun 8, 2026$152.65
Jun 9, 2026$154.57
Jun 10, 2026$152.85
Jun 11, 2026$154.09
Jun 12, 2026$153.81
Jun 15, 2026$152.89
Jun 16, 2026$152.94
Jun 17, 2026$150.71
Jun 18, 2026$149.40
Jun 22, 2026$150.06
Jun 23, 2026$152.18
Jun 24, 2026$153.35
Jun 25, 2026$155.63
Jun 26, 2026$160.34
Jun 29, 2026$160.74
Jun 30, 2026$158.66
Jul 1, 2026$159.54
Jul 2, 2026$163.74
Jul 6, 2026$161.96
Jul 7, 2026$164.44
Jul 8, 2026$162.30
Jul 9, 2026$162.17
Jul 10, 2026$160.84
Jul 13, 2026$161.41
Jul 14, 2026$158.29
Jul 15, 2026$158.29
Jul 16, 2026$161.80
Jul 17, 2026$161.09
Jul 20, 2026$159.25
Jul 21, 2026$160.25
Jul 22, 2026$159.43
Jul 23, 2026$161.44
Jul 24, 2026$162.57
Jul 27, 2026$163.40
Jul 28, 2026$167.26
Jul 29, 2026$166.24
Jul 30, 2026$163.52
Jul 31, 2026$162.55
Aug 3, 2026$162.24
Aug 4, 2026$162.10
Aug 5, 2026$164.16
Aug 6, 2026$164.45
Aug 7, 2026$165.68
Aug 10, 2026$168.44
Aug 11, 2026$168.01
Aug 12, 2026$168.44
Aug 13, 2026$168.38
Aug 14, 2026$167.37
Aug 17, 2026$167.05
Aug 18, 2026$169.73
Aug 19, 2026$175.68
Aug 20, 2026$172.39
Aug 21, 2026$174.62
Aug 24, 2026$174.70
Aug 25, 2026$175.29
Aug 26, 2026$173.54
Aug 27, 2026$171.58
Aug 28, 2026$171.16
Aug 31, 2026$170.54
Sep 1, 2026$171.67
Sep 2, 2026$172.95
Sep 3, 2026$173.26
Sep 4, 2026$171.45
Sep 8, 2026$167.13
Sep 9, 2026$166.58
Sep 10, 2026$165.66
Sep 11, 2026$165.36
Sep 14, 2026$167.75
Sep 15, 2026$167.66
Sep 16, 2026$167.77
Sep 17, 2026$168.81
Sep 18, 2026$168.39
Sep 21, 2026$169.01
Sep 22, 2026$169.89
Sep 23, 2026$168.80
Sep 24, 2026$169.87
Sep 25, 2026$170.70
Sep 28, 2026$171.26
Sep 29, 2026$170.73
Sep 30, 2026$168.42
Oct 1, 2026$166.20
Oct 2, 2026$166.18
Oct 5, 2026$167.37
Oct 6, 2026$167.09
Oct 7, 2026$168.81
Oct 8, 2026$168.16
Oct 9, 2026$170.81
Oct 12, 2026$171.99
Oct 13, 2026$169.66
Oct 14, 2026$173.96
Oct 15, 2026$177.19
Oct 16, 2026$176.71
Oct 19, 2026$175.65
Oct 20, 2026$179.82
Oct 21, 2026$178.94
Oct 22, 2026$181.30
Oct 23, 2026$179.28
Oct 26, 2026$179.28
Oct 27, 2026$179.18

Weekly net flows, YTD

Net inflow over the range: +$794M

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
Dec 29+$1.1BJan 19Feb 9Mar 2Mar 23Apr 13May 4May 25Jun 15Jul 6Jul 27Aug 17Sep 7Sep 28−$252MOct 26Dec 29+$1.1BFeb 2Mar 9Apr 13May 18Jun 22Jul 27Aug 31Oct 5−$252MOct 26Dec 29+$1.1BMar 16Jun 1Aug 17−$252MOct 26
Source: Daily creation and redemption records
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LabelValue ($)
Dec 29−$15.5M
Jan 5$1.1B
Jan 12$343.9M
Jan 19$8.2M
Jan 26−$149.3M
Feb 2$482.3M
Feb 9−$562.6M
Feb 16$127M
Feb 23$631M
Mar 2−$810.6M
Mar 9−$396.3M
Mar 16$305.3M
Mar 23$30.2M
Mar 30$1.2M
Apr 6−$288.6M
Apr 13$98.8M
Apr 20$308.1M
Apr 27−$532M
May 4−$247.8M
May 11$140.6M
May 18−$467.4M
May 25−$135.6M
Jun 1$108.1M
Jun 8−$98.2M
Jun 15−$158.4M
Jun 22$141.3M
Jun 29$255.9M
Jul 6$134.7M
Jul 13$243.7M
Jul 20$355.8M
Jul 27−$793.5M
Aug 3$711.3M
Aug 10$16.5M
Aug 17−$413.3M
Aug 24−$132.7M
Aug 31$234.3M
Sep 7$157.8M
Sep 14−$378.3M
Sep 21−$154.8M
Sep 28$84.2M
Oct 5$276.9M
Oct 12$370M
Oct 19$99.2M
Oct 26−$252M
The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$578M of net inflows over the past month, about 1.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +15.7% so far this year. At 0.090% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$46.7Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$578Mnet flow, trailing month
8.6Mavg daily volume, 30 days
64holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 16, 1998 · beta 0.24
The book at a glance
LLY+0.2%JNJ+0.9%ABBV-0.1%UNH-0.1%MRK+0.9%TMO+1.2%AMGN+0.7%GILD+0.2%ABT-1.7%PFE+0.0%ISRG-1.3%DHR-0.4%VRTX+0.7%BMY-0.1%MDT-0.9%CVS-1.5%MCK-2.6%SYK-1.5%ELV-2.3%HCA-3.3%BSX-1.1%COR-1.4%CAH-2.0%BDXEW+0.3%HUMWATIQVIDXX

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

Holdings
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LLYELI LILLY15.50%$1281.91+0.2%
2JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON10.45%$268.73+0.9%
3ABBVABBVIE7.72%$286.39-0.1%
4UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP6.49%$410.39-0.1%
5MRKMERCK & CO5.44%$141.82+0.9%
6TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC3.64%$693.02+1.2%
7AMGNAMGEN3.55%$447.95+0.7%
8GILDGILEAD SCIENCES2.77%$159.08+0.2%
9ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES3.12%$103.10-1.7%
10PFEPFIZER2.41%$29.80+0.0%
11ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL2.12%$445.88-1.3%
12DHRDANAHER2.10%$232.00-0.4%
13VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS2.07%$521.03+0.7%
14BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB2.25%$61.55-0.1%
15MDTMEDTRONIC1.87%$93.95-0.9%

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Sector weights

  • Healthcare100%
  • Health Technology76.26%
  • Health Services17.05%
  • Distribution Services4.53%
  • Retail Trade1.77%
  • Commercial Services0.25%
  • Mutual fund0.14%
  • Other0.09%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Healthcare100%
Health Technology76.26%
Health Services17.05%
Distribution Services4.53%
Retail Trade1.77%
Commercial Services0.25%
Mutual fund0.14%
Other0.09%

Country weights

  • United States100%
  • Ireland2.5%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States100%
Ireland2.5%
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month+5.0%
3 months+9.7%
6 months+24.3%
YTD+15.7%
1 year+22.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$714M
1 month+$578M
3 months−$174M
YTD+$794M
1 year+$1.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
+$931.4MNov−$395.2MDec+$1.3BJan+$677.6MFeb−$908MMar−$536.3MApr−$549.5MMay+$24MJun+$165.5MJul+$79.8MAug+$54MSep+$485.2MOctNovDec+$1.3BJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep+$485.2MOctNov+$1.3BJanMarMayJul+$485.2MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Nov$931.4M
Dec−$395.2M
Jan$1.3B
Feb$677.6M
Mar−$908M
Apr−$536.3M
May−$549.5M
Jun$24M
Jul$165.5M
Aug$79.8M
Sep$54M
Oct$485.2M
The risk read
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 15.5% of the book; the top ten carry 61%. Spread across 60+ names, it behaves like roughly 17 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
3Kcalls · latest snapshot
5Kputs · latest snapshot
1.85put/call ratio
7.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$52M$53M
AMGN AMGEN$64M$2M
LLY ELI LILLY$24M$26M
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$13M$13M
MCK MCKESSON$6M$5M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against XLV

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLV on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$40.7B+$609M-6bp on fee · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-6bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-5bp on fee · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$47M-5bp on fee · +$47M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-5bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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