XLU holdings and overlap
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) holds 32 positions in its SPDR file of 2026-10-15. Its three largest are NextEra Energy (NEE) at 12.58%, Southern (SO) at 7.84% and Duke Energy (DUK) at 7.08%, and its ten largest make up 58.9% of the fund.
In its SPDR file of 2026-10-15, XLU is 99.8% utilities by sector, with none of it in mega-cap tech or in the ten largest US companies by market value.
What does XLU hold, as of its issuer file of 2026-10-15?
XLU spreads its weight across 32 positions, against a median of 46 across the 5 Utilities funds with a page here. No fund with a page here holds more NEE than XLU does, out of the 97 that hold it at all.
| Rank | Company | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEE NextEra Energy | 12.58% | |
| 2 | SO Southern | 7.84% | |
| 3 | DUK Duke Energy | 7.08% | |
| 4 | CEG Constellation Energy | 6.92% | |
| 5 | AEP American Electric Power | 5.17% | |
| 6 | D Dominion Energy | 4.22% | |
| 7 | SRE Sempra | 4.09% | |
| 8 | VST Vistra | 3.72% | |
| 9 | ETR Entergy | 3.71% | |
| 10 | XEL Xcel Energy | 3.58% | |
| 11 | EXC Exelon | 3.35% | |
| 12 | ED Consolidated Edison | 3.1% | |
| 13 | PEG Public Service Enterprise Group | 2.67% | |
| 14 | WEC WEC Energy Group | 2.64% | |
| 15 | AEE Ameren | 2.19% | |
| 16 | PCG PG&E | 2.18% | |
| 17 | ATO Atmos Energy | 2.12% | |
| 18 | DTE DTE Energy | 2.04% | |
| 19 | AWK American Water Works | 2.02% | |
| 20 | CNP CenterPoint Energy | 2.0% | |
| 21 | PPL PPL | 1.98% | |
| 22 | ES Eversource Energy | 1.9% | |
| 23 | FE FirstEnergy | 1.81% | |
| 24 | NRG NRG Energy | 1.65% | |
| 25 | EIX Edison International | 1.64% | |
| 26 | CMS CMS Energy | 1.6% | |
| 27 | NI NiSource | 1.51% | |
| 28 | EVRG Evergy | 1.44% | |
| 29 | LNT Alliant Energy | 1.33% | |
| 30 | PNW Pinnacle West Capital | 0.94% | |
| 31 | AES AES | 0.82% | |
| 32 | IXSZ6 Xau Utilities Dec26 | -0.0% |
The most recent file State Street SPDR has published for XLU is dated 2026-10-15, 1 day before these prices, which is the median for the State Street SPDR ETFs covered here. Every one of the 32 positions XLU holds, with its weight, is in the fund's JSON file. See the other 96 ETFs with a page here that hold NEE, and how their weights compare with the 12.58% XLU gives it.
Category: Utilities, set by TickerInside from the ETF's own latest file. In its file of 2026-10-15, 100% of its stocks whose sector is known are utilities companies, each in the sector the site gives that company. How categories are set.
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On the close of Monday, October 12, 2026, $40 million went into XLU, 0.16% of its assets, as it created shares. Over its last 5 closes, a net inflow of $711 million.
From XLU's own holdings files. Every ETF's latest flows.
How is XLU split by sector?
| Sector | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities | 99.8% |
From its SPDR file of 2026-10-15. How these are measured.
What did XLU hold in its SEC reports since 2019?
XLU's largest position in its SEC filings has been NextEra Energy (NEE) since 2019-09-30: 12.81% then and 12.89% in its report for 2026-06-30, across 28 quarterly reports.
| Report | Positions | Largest | Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-30 | 28 | NEE 12.81% | 61.4% |
| 2019-12-31 | 28 | NEE 13.28% | 61.1% |
| 2020-12-31 | 28 | NEE 17.24% | 63.7% |
| 2021-12-31 | 28 | NEE 18.13% | 64.2% |
| 2022-12-31 | 30 | NEE 16.20% | 60.2% |
| 2023-12-31 | 30 | NEE 13.25% | 58.5% |
| 2024-12-31 | 31 | NEE 12.70% | 58.0% |
| 2025-12-31 | 31 | NEE 12.69% | 58.7% |
| 2026-06-30 | 31 | NEE 12.89% | 57.5% |
The first report, then the last of each year, of the 28 reports XLU filed on SEC Form N-PORT from 2019-09-30 to 2026-06-30, each company under its ticker today. Every position of every report is in its quarterly file, and at any date at /api/v1/history/xlu/{date}.json. How these are read.
What does XLU duplicate?
The ETF nearest to XLU is VPU: the two hold 89.3% of their weight in common, in the 31 companies both own, and 100.0% of XLU itself is also held there. Owning XLU alongside the ETFs at the top of this table means holding mostly the same companies twice. XLU is close to contained in VPU.
| ETF | Overlap by weight | Of XLU held there | Of that ETF in XLU | Companies in both | Overlap bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU | 89.3% | 100.0% | 90.1% | 31 | |
| IDU | 84.5% | 100.0% | 84.6% | 31 | |
| RSPU | 73.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 31 | |
| JXI | 61.0% | 100.0% | 61.2% | 31 | |
| POWR | 47.5% | 90.2% | 47.6% | 27 | |
| SPLV | 26.5% | 81.2% | 26.9% | 24 | |
| IGF | 25.5% | 68.1% | 25.6% | 13 | |
| DVY | 18.2% | 58.9% | 18.3% | 19 | |
| SPHD | 13.4% | 25.1% | 14.0% | 9 | |
| VOE | 12.6% | 54.8% | 12.7% | 21 | |
| AIPO | 10.8% | 26.5% | 10.8% | 9 | |
| SDY | 10.6% | 38.2% | 10.7% | 10 |
VPU's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-05-31, filed 2026-07-29. VOE's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-28. AIPO's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-05-31, filed 2026-07-27. The other ETFs' holdings are from their issuers' latest files. Check XLU against any ETF in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.
What adds something different to XLU?
SOXX shares 0% of weight with XLU and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.10 over three years. The table lists the covered ETFs with the least in common with XLU, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.
| ETF | Name | Overlap by weight | Correlation, 3y | Companies in both |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOXX | iShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.0% | 0.10 | 0 |
| XT | iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF | 0.0% | 0.19 | 0 |
| PICK | iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF | 0.0% | 0.28 | 0 |
| PFF | iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 0.0% | 0.35 | 0 |
| IJR | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.37 | 0 |
| SCZ | iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.37 | 0 |
| IJH | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.39 | 0 |
| USRT | iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | 0.0% | 0.56 | 0 |
Cost, returns and risk
| Expense ratio | 0.08% |
|---|---|
| Dividend yield | 3.07% |
| Total return, 1 year | -6.4% |
| Total return, 3 years cumulative | 57.0% |
| Total return, 5 years cumulative | 43.9% |
| Volatility, annualised | 15.3% |
| Worst fall, 3 years | -15.5% |
| Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns | 0.24 |
| Weight in the ten largest positions | 58.9% |
| Largest single position | 12.6% |
| Assets under management | $21.3B |
Expense ratio, yield and assets are reference data (the expense ratio from XLU's SEC filing of 2026-01-28); the weight in the ten largest positions and the largest single position are from the issuer file of 2026-10-15; every other figure is computed here from weekly closes.
How it moves with the market
| Against | Correlation, 3 years | Covariance, annualised, in percent squared |
|---|---|---|
| SPY | 0.22barely linked | 48 |
| QQQ | 0.08barely linked | 24 |
Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.
Year by year
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 16.0% |
| 2024 | 23.3% |
| 2023 | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 1.4% |
One year
Where to go next
- IDU, iShares U.S. Utilities ETF
- JXI, iShares Global Utilities ETF
- RSPU, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF
- VPU, Vanguard Utilities ETF
- Run a portfolio x-ray to see what XLU carries once you look through it
- Compare XLU against any other ETF in the builder
Holdings from the most recent file State Street SPDR has published, dated 2026-10-15. Prices through 2026-10-16. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.
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