ETF·NYSE
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB)
- Net assets
- $7.78B
- Expense ratio
- 0.08%
- Yield
- 1.77%
- 52-week range
- $42.04 $54.19
The short version
Where XLB stands today, in four lines, and what CleaRank Financial AI makes of it.
XLB at a glance
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB): Hold, 59/100 on CleaRank's AI score.
- Trend Mixed: the price is above its 200-day but below its 50-day moving average ($50.86 and $51.17).
- Fund Expense ratio 0.08%, $7.8B in net assets, +10.5% total return over 1 year.
Figures as of October 17, 2026.
CleaRank Financial AI
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) carries a CleaRank rating of Hold and a model score of 59/100.
Its one-year gain of 15.66% adds the most to that score. Momentum pulls the score down the most, with the MACD line sitting in negative territory. On the trend side, the price is 0.49% below the 50-day average of $51.17 while still 0.11% above the 200-day average of $50.86, so the trend reads as mixed.
Only on CleaRank
Figures we compute ourselves from XLB's own price history. Tap one to see it in context.
Price and trading
The chart, today's range and how far the price has moved over each period.
Trend checks
3/4Price above its 50-day average ›
The price of $50.92 is 0.5% below the 50-day simple moving average of $51.17.Price above its 200-day average ›
The price is 0.1% above the 200-day simple moving average of $50.86.50-day average above the 200-day ›
The 50-day average ($51.17) is 0.6% above the 200-day average ($50.86), the arrangement of a rising longer-term trend.In the upper half of its 52-week range ›
The price sits at 73% of its 52-week range, between $42.04 and $54.19.
XLB share price
Pick a period: each tab shows how far XLB has moved over it, to the last close.
Today's trading
Where XLB sits inside today's range and its 52-week range.
Fund facts and valuation
What the fund holds, what it costs and how it is valued.
Fund checks
4/5Expense ratio at or below 0.20% ›
The fund charges 0.08% a year, $8.00 on a $10,000 holding.Over $1B in net assets ›
Net assets total $7.8B.No sector above 35% of the fund ›
The largest sector, Basic Materials, makes up 83.2% of the fund.Pays a distribution ›
The distribution yield is 1.77%.Positive return over one year ›
The fund family reports a one-year total return of 10.55%.
XLB Fund Facts
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to U.S. materials companies within the S&P 500. It focuses on companies involved in chemicals, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, and paper and forest products, making it a targeted way to access a core industrial inputs segment of the equity market.
Sector weights
Trailing total returns
| Period | XLB |
|---|---|
| YTD | 8.77% |
| 1 month | -7.20% |
| 3 months | -3.85% |
| 1 year | 10.55% |
| 3 years | 9.49% |
| 5 years | 6.32% |
| 10 years | 9.55% |
As of Oct 17, 2026, XLB has an expense ratio of 0.08%, $7.78B in net assets and a distribution yield of 1.77%.
Fund reference data as of Oct 17, 2026. Expense ratio and net assets are reported by the fund; returns are total returns and can differ from price change.
Key statistics
The headline figures for XLB.
What the numbers say
CleaRank Financial AI's reading of XLB's holdings, performance and risks.
Basic Materials is the largest sector in State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) at 83.2%, ahead of Consumer Cyclical at 16.8%. With more than half in one sector, XLB moves with that sector more than a broadly spread fund would. XLB is a Natural Resources fund from State Street Investment Management, launched on December 16, 1998.
The annual cost of holding XLB is 0.08%, which equals $8.00 for every $10,000 placed in it. The fund has $7.8B in net assets, pays a distribution yield of 1.77%, and runs portfolio turnover of 29%.
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) leans heavily on one sector, since Basic Materials accounts for 83.2% of its holdings. Daily swings are the main thing to keep in mind: on an average session, XLB has moved 0.89%.
AI analysis and technicals
CleaRank's score and reasoning, the indicators behind it, and what the price moves with.
Momentum checks
2/3RSI not overbought or oversold ›
The 14-day RSI is 58.3, in neutral territory.RSI above 50 ›
An RSI of 58.3 is above the 50 midpoint, so buyers have had the upper hand over the last 14 days.MACD line above zero ›
The MACD line is negative, so the 12-day average is below the 26-day average.
CleaRank AI analysis of XLB
The score, the reasoning behind it, and what could move the price next.
Trend signals are mixed for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB). The price of $50.92 sits 0.49% below its 50-day average of $51.17, yet 0.11% above its 200-day average of $50.86. XLB also trades near the top of its 52-week range: 6.03% below the high of $54.19, and 21.14% above the low of $42.04.
The price is up over each of these periods: 1.11% over the past month, 0.77% over the past three months and 15.66% over the past year. The 14-day RSI of 58.3 is in the neutral zone, and the MACD line is negative.
- Keep an eye on the two closest levels: the 50-day SMA at $51.17 sits above the price, while the 200-day SMA at $50.86 sits below it.
- A 14-day RSI of 58.3 places momentum in the neutral zone, and the MACD line is negative. Momentum is considered stretched only when readings climb above 70 or fall below 30.
- Fees add up over time. XLB's expense ratio of 0.08% a year works out to $8.00 on every $10,000 invested.
XLB's trend is mixed. The price sits above its 200-day average of $50.86 yet below its 50-day average of $51.17. Should the price close above the 50-day, both signals would point up; a close below the 200-day would push both down. For now the nearest levels are the 200-day SMA at $50.86 underneath and the 50-day SMA at $51.17 overhead.
Technical indicators
Momentum and trend for XLB, from its daily closes.
As of October 17, 2026, with XLB at $50.92, its 14-day RSI is 58.3 (neutral territory), its 50-day simple moving average is $51.17 and its 200-day is $50.86.
Calculated by CleaRank on daily closes as of October 17, 2026: Wilder's 14-day RSI, 50- and 200-day simple moving averages, MACD line (12, 26).
What XLB moves with
Correlation of daily returns over one year: +1 moves in step, 0 has no link, -1 moves the opposite way.
As of October 17, 2026, XLB's 1-year correlation of daily returns is +0.69 with S&P 500 (SPY), +0.56 with Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), +0.25 with Bitcoin (BTC) and +0.35 with gold (XAU).
A trade plan, if you want one
Entry, stop and target levels from the moving averages and recent volatility. Educational, not advice.
XLB trade plan
Entry, stop and target levels, sized to your account. Change the bias or the risk and every level updates.
Entry Strategies pick an entry style
Risk management
Profit targets (Based on Conservative Entry)
These levels come from XLB's moving averages and recent volatility, not from a forecast. Educational levels, not financial advice; the full disclaimer is at the foot of the page.
Risk profile
How much XLB tends to move, against the market and on its own.
The long record
XLB's worst falls and recoveries, what $10,000 became, and which months have been kind to it.
Track record checks
3/4Average daily move under 2% ›
The price has moved 0.89% on an average day (30-day standard deviation of daily returns).Recovered from its worst fall ›
The worst fall was 30.8%, from February 2020 to March 2020, regained by July 2020.Most 1-year holds ended higher ›
77% of 1-year holding periods in the last 10 years ended with a gain.Beat the S&P 500 since the chart begins ›
$10,000 invested in October 2016 is now worth $32,041, against $42,055 in the S&P 500 (SPY).
XLB Drawdowns & Recovery
As of October 17, 2026, XLB's worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years with dividends reinvested was -30.8% (February 2020 to March 2020); it regained that peak by July 2020, 4 months after the low, and 77% of 1-year holding periods ended with a gain.
From weekly closing values with dividends reinvested. A drawdown is the fall from the highest value reached so far to a later low.
Growth of $10,000
What $10,000 put into XLB in October 2016 is worth now, against the same amount in the S&P 500.
Against the market: XLB trailed the S&P 500 over this period: $32,041 against $42,055.
A $10,000 investment in XLB in October 2016 would be worth about $32,041 today with dividends reinvested, compared with about $42,055 for the same investment in the S&P 500 benchmark (also with dividends reinvested).
Seasonal patterns
Which calendar months have been kind to XLB, and which have not.
Strongest month, November: an average of +4.80%, up in 8 of 10 years.
Weakest month, September: an average of -1.44%, up in 4 of 10 years.
This month, October: has averaged -0.02%, up in 4 of 9 years. Past seasonality does not repeat on schedule.
Over the last 10 years, XLB's strongest calendar month has been November (average +4.80%, up in 8 of 10 years) and its weakest September (average -1.44%, up in 4 of 10 years).
Average return for each calendar month over the last 10 years, from weekly closing prices with dividends included.
Long-term scenarios
Thousands of simulated paths from the price history. A range of outcomes, not a forecast.
Monte Carlo projection
Thousands of simulated paths for $10,000 in XLB, from its own past volatility. The shaded area holds 80% of them.
CleaRank's 10-year Monte Carlo simulation projects that a $10,000 investment in XLB today could grow to about $19,810 by 2036 in the base case, with a 90th-percentile outcome near $45,967 and a 10th-percentile outcome around $8,538. The simulation models price only; at today's 1.77% yield, dividends would add to these figures. Projections are statistical simulations, not guarantees.
XLB 2030 Scenarios (Monte Carlo)
The same simulation in share prices, year by year.
CleaRank's simulation projects a price near $66.93 for XLB by 2030 in the base case, from $50.92 today (1.3x over 4 years). The 10th-percentile path ends near $39.31. These are outcomes of a Monte Carlo simulation run on XLB's historical return distribution, not price targets, and they assume no dividends are reinvested.
| Year | 10th percentile | Base case | 90th percentile | range base today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $41.78 | $54.52 | $71.15 | |
| 2028 | $40.07 | $58.38 | $85.06 | |
| 2029 | $39.42 | $62.51 | $99.12 | |
| 2030 | $39.31 | $66.93 | $114 | |
| 2031 | $39.52 | $71.67 | $130 |
Method: a lognormal simulation of XLB's own volatility and capped historical trend, re-run daily; base case is the median path, the outer columns the 10th and 90th percentiles.
Questions people ask
Answered from the figures on this page, as of October 17, 2026.