Fund · State Street(R) Utilities Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF · measured from SEC filings
XLU holdings
XLU reports 35 holdings and behaves like 20 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 28 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30XLU's largest investment is NextEra Energy Inc at 12.89% of net assets. Southern Co/The and Duke Energy Corp follow; the three together are 27.43%. Ten companies are 57.59% of the fund; the other 25 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, XLU behaves like 20 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.1 times more concentrated than the median. Across 28 quarterly filings XLU has held roughly steady since 2019-09-30 (18.4 then, 20 now). Between the 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30 filings 1 positions were added and 0 dropped; 2.3% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
28Between 2019-09-30 and 2026-06-30, XLU went from behaving like 18.4 equally weighted positions to 20 — 9% more, while its top ten went from 61.45% to 57.59% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 35 | 20 | 57.59% | 12.9% |
| 2026-03-31 | 33 | 19.3 | 57.98% | 13.6% |
| 2025-12-31 | 32 | 19.4 | 58.73% | 12.7% |
| 2025-09-30 | 34 | 20.2 | 58.55% | 11.59% |
| 2025-06-30 | 33 | 20 | 58.94% | 11.36% |
| 2025-03-31 | 34 | 20.3 | 56.43% | 12.05% |
| 2024-12-31 | 33 | 19.9 | 58.07% | 12.7% |
| 2024-09-30 | 34 | 18.7 | 58.82% | 14.07% |
Earlier filings (20 more, back to 2019-09-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | 32 | 18.7 | 59.23% | 14.01% |
| 2024-03-31 | 31 | 18.8 | 59.71% | 13.47% |
| 2023-12-31 | 31 | 19.1 | 58.63% | 13.27% |
| 2023-09-30 | 31 | 19.1 | 58.8% | 13.33% |
| 2023-06-30 | 31 | 17.6 | 58.99% | 15.66% |
| 2023-03-31 | 31 | 17.6 | 59.66% | 15.55% |
| 2022-12-31 | 31 | 17 | 60.27% | 16.22% |
| 2022-09-30 | 30 | 16.2 | 62.35% | 16.62% |
| 2022-06-30 | 30 | 16.9 | 62.52% | 15.34% |
| 2022-03-31 | 30 | 16.7 | 62.51% | 15.83% |
| 2021-12-31 | 29 | 15 | 64.25% | 18.16% |
| 2021-09-30 | 29 | 15.5 | 64.18% | 17.13% |
| 2021-06-30 | 29 | 16.3 | 63.2% | 16.1% |
| 2021-03-31 | 29 | 16 | 63.42% | 16.49% |
| 2020-12-31 | 29 | 15.5 | 63.74% | 17.26% |
| 2020-09-30 | 29 | 15.9 | 63.86% | 16.38% |
| 2020-06-30 | 29 | 16.8 | 63.14% | 14.94% |
| 2020-03-31 | 29 | 16.6 | 63.42% | 15.37% |
| 2019-12-31 | 29 | 18.2 | 61.16% | 13.3% |
| 2019-09-30 | 29 | 18.4 | 61.45% | 12.83% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Compared with, in the essays
5Overlap with other funds
7Measured against every other fund on this site, from the same filings. Combined effective holdings is how the pair behaves held in equal size.
| With | Overlap | Shared | Combined effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| XLU vs VPU | 89.74% | 31 | 21.9 |
| XLU vs IFRA | 37.25% | 30 | 38.4 |
| XLU vs PAVE | 2.86% | 1 | 55.4 |
| XLU vs VOO | 2.19% | 31 | 55.9 |
| XLU vs QQQM | 1.18% | 4 | 48.6 |
| XLU vs GRID | 0.04% | 1 | 42.7 |
| XLU vs SGOV | 0% | 0 | 37 |
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 35 positions in XLU's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: XLU.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NextEra Energy Inc | 12.90% | 12.9% |
| 2 | Southern Co/The | 7.60% | 20.5% |
| 3 | Duke Energy Corp | 6.95% | 27.5% |
| 4 | Constellation Energy Corp | 5.60% | 33.1% |
| 5 | American Electric Power Co Inc | 5.25% | 38.3% |
| 6 | Sempra | 4.27% | 42.6% |
| 7 | Dominion Energy Inc | 4.23% | 46.8% |
| 8 | Entergy Corp | 3.71% | 50.5% |
| 9 | Vistra Corp | 3.54% | 54.1% |
| 10 | Xcel Energy Inc | 3.53% | 57.6% |
| 11 | Exelon Corp | 3.36% | 60.9% |
| 12 | Consolidated Edison Inc | 2.87% | 63.8% |
| 13 | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | 2.85% | 66.7% |
| 14 | WEC Energy Group Inc | 2.68% | 69.3% |
| 15 | PG&E Corp | 2.61% | 72.0% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-07 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of XLU's own filings, 84 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.04 percentage points over 84 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: XLU.json · all funds.
Who borrows XLU's shares
2026-06-30The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-06-30, $85m was out to 19 borrowers, 0.37% of net assets. The largest, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., held 31.5% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | $27m | 31.5% |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | $27m | 31.5% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $10m | 12.0% |
| JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | $6m | 6.9% |
| Scotia Capital (USA) Inc | $5m | 5.3% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 0.24% of net assets, 64.9% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter XLU has filed, with each borrower: XLU.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-3032 positions became 33: 1 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 2.3%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of XLU compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy Inc | 3.71% | 4.23% | NextEra Energy Inc | 13.60% | 12.90% |
| American Electric Power Co Inc | 4.99% | 5.25% | Constellation Energy Corp | 6.12% | 5.60% |
| Xcel Energy Inc | 3.30% | 3.53% | Duke Energy Corp | 7.16% | 6.95% |
| Vistra Corp | 3.37% | 3.54% | Sempra | 4.46% | 4.27% |
| Entergy Corp | 3.57% | 3.71% | Exelon Corp | 3.53% | 3.36% |
| Southern Co/The | 7.47% | 7.60% | Atmos Energy Corp | 2.15% | 2.03% |
New: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (0.00%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-3099.52% equity, 0.48% short-term investment as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-06-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $23.11B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of XLU (20). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUG Global X Cybersecurity ETF | 31 | 19.8 | 59.72% | 2026-05-31 |
| IXN iShares Global Tech ETF | 140 | 19.9 | 59.56% | 2026-06-30 |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 48 | 20 | 59.28% | 2026-05-31 |
| TGRW T. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETF | 81 | 20 | 58.28% | 2026-06-30 |
| OMAH VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | 60 | 20 | 55.37% | 2026-07-31 |
| XLRE State Street(R) Real Estate Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | 33 | 20.3 | 59.3% | 2026-06-30 |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 32 | 20.4 | 61.65% | 2026-06-30 |
| MISL First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF | 40 | 20.4 | 61.64% | 2026-06-30 |
| CTEF Castellan Targeted Equity ETF | 35 | 20.4 | 57.35% | 2026-05-29 |
| DDM ProShares Ultra Dow30 | 45 | 20.4 * | 51.9% | 2026-05-31 |
Measures applied in the essays
8Essays that examine XLU
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Reading 2026 Capital Flows: The Macro Arithmetic Behind the "Smart Money" Narrative
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Infrastructure in a 30-Year Core: What the Data on XLU and PAVE Actually Shows
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Common Mistakes in Infrastructure Investing and How to Avoid Them
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Rebalancing After an AI Concentration Run: Where the Trimmed Capital Actually Belongs
Daryanani-style threshold bands (±15% of target) reduce rebalance frequency and tax drag versus naive calendar rebalancing — but only if the chosen...
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The Impact of 2026 Energy Policies on Your Long-Term Portfolio
Five thematic ways to express a 2026 energy-policy view — PAVE, GRID, NLR, XLU, VXUS — have produced very different 5-year returns, but the risk-adjusted...
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Data Center REITs vs. Infrastructure ETFs: Which One for Consistent Cash Flow?
The "REITs for income, ETFs for growth" framing collapses on contact with five-year data: SRVR yields 2.6% but delivered just 0.3% annualized total return...
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PSCU vs XLU and VPU: What Five Years of Data Say About Small-Cap Utility Exposure
Over the trailing five years, PSCU (small-cap utilities & communication services) returned roughly 1.5% CAGR versus 9.2% for XLU and 9.0% for VPU — a gap of...
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VXUS vs. a US-Only Core: What International Diversification Actually Adds
Over the trailing five years VXUS underperformed VOO by roughly 540 basis points per year — and the case for holding it does not rest on that window. VXUS's...
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Grid Modernization and the GRID ETF: A Calibrated Look at Smart-Grid Equipment vs. Utilities
GRID and XLU are often grouped as "electricity plays," but they own structurally different businesses: GRID holds the equipment makers (transformers,...
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Utilities in a Rate-Cut Cycle: What the AI Power Demand Story Does — and Doesn't — Justify
The "AI data center demand plus rate cuts equals utility re-rating" thesis is plausible — and largely consensus. Five-year realized data show utility ETFs...
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The 90/10 Allocation Framework: Pairing Broad Equity, AI Infrastructure, and a Cash Sleeve
The 90/10 template — 90% diversified equity, 10% short-duration Treasury cash — is best understood as a 100% equity policy with a rebalancing buffer, not a...
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Infrastructure ETFs in 2026: What XLU, VPU, IFRA, PAVE, and GRID Actually Own
The "infrastructure" label hides three different factor bets: regulated utilities (XLU, VPU), broad cyclical infrastructure (IFRA), and concentrated...
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VPU vs XLU: A Fee, Liquidity, and Concentration Comparison for Long-Horizon Utility Exposure
VPU (0.09%) and XLU (0.08%) are functionally near-identical at the top of the basket — the holdings overlap is far more important than the 1 bp fee gap....
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VOO, XLU, IFRA: What 5-Year Data Says About Three Approaches to the AI Power Build-Out
Over five years, VOO (13.9% CAGR) beat both XLU (9.2%) and IFRA (12.8%) on raw return — the AI tailwind didn't show up in the "picks-and-shovels" trade the...
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Sizing an AI-Infrastructure Sleeve: VOO, QQQM, XLU, IFRA, and SGOV Through a Long-Horizon Lens
The "AI infrastructure" label sits across three different ETF wrappers — utilities (XLU), industrial buildout (IFRA), and the consuming software layer...
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