Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund

Fund offered by:

Ticker: XLE

Fossil fuel holdings

For each fossil fuel category, we show the fund's exposure, if we found any.

Click a category to see the breakdown of companies in the pie chart and list below.

Producers energy sector

Top 200 owners of carbon reserves

Carbon Underground 200

68%

of assets

holdings

$6.73B

invested

Coal industry

Coal miners and owners of coal reserves

No direct stock holdings

Oil/gas industry

Oil/gas producers and refiners, oil field services and equipment companies, pipeline operators

100%

of assets

holdings

$9.95B

invested

Consumers utility sector

Top 30 coal-fired utilities

Macroclimate 30

No direct stock holdings

Fossil-fired utilities

Electric utilities powered by coal and natural gas

No direct stock holdings

All fossil fuel companies

26 holdings

1. Chevron Corp
23% of assets
$2.32B invested
2. Exxon Mobil Corp
22% of assets
$2.16B invested
3. Kinder Morgan Inc Class P
4.46% of assets
$444.4M invested
4. EOG Resources Inc
4.38% of assets
$436.32M invested
5. Schlumberger Ltd
4.38% of assets
$436.2M invested

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Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund $XLE is 100% invested in fossil fuel stocks, with $9.95 BILLION invested across 26 equity holdings

XLE

Carbon footprint

Sustainability report card

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Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund [XLE]

Basic

Expanded

Fossil fuels
Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies

Deforestation
Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Gender equality
Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms
Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers and gun retailers

Prison industrial complex
Investments in prisons and borders industry

Military weapons
Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies

Tobacco
Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Financial performance

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Current fund

XLE

Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund

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SPDR State Street Global Advisors

Category

Equity Energy

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Benchmark

ACWI

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Category

World Large Stock

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 8/31/20

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower

10-yr returns

-10.67% less in annualized returns

More invested in fossil fuels

93% more invested

Higher carbon footprint

255 tonnes CO2e/$1M USD higher

Less invested in Clean200

11% less invested

Current fund

XLE

Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund

Family

SPDR State Street Global Advisors

Category

Equity Energy

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

World Large Stock

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 8/31/20

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower

10-yr returns

-10.67% less in annualized returns

More invested in fossil fuels

93% more invested

Higher carbon footprint

255 tonnes CO2e/$1M USD higher

Less invested in Clean200

11% less invested

Current fund

XLE

Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund

Family

SPDR State Street Global Advisors

Category

Equity Energy

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

World Large Stock

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 8/31/20

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower

10-yr returns

-10.67% less in annualized returns

More invested in fossil fuels

93% more invested

Higher carbon footprint

255 tonnes CO2e/$1M USD higher

Less invested in Clean200

11% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 8/31/20

Morningstar suggested benchmark: MSCI ACWI NR USD

Annualized returns

Climate analysis

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
XLE - Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund

-32.51%

-13%

-8%

-0.6%

100%

Benchmark

17%

9.23%

11%

10%

6.88%

Fund compared to benchmark

-49.09%

-22.23%

-18.5%

-10.67%

93% higher

Find more financial data on XLE at Morningstar.com

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