XLC: State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

What does XLC hold?#

This fund owns the communication companies in the S&P 500, such as phone, media, entertainment and internet firms. It held only 22 companies in October 2026. Because it holds only one sector, it is less spread out than the whole market.

It tracks the Communication Services Select Sector Index. It had 22 holdings as of October 15, 2026, according to SPDR (State Street).

What is the XLC expense ratio?#

XLC charges 0.08% a year. An expense ratio is the yearly fee a fund takes to run itself. On $10,000, a 0.08% fee comes to about $8 a year.

You never get a bill for it. The fund takes the fee out of its own value a little each day.

How has XLC done since 2018?#

From June 2018 to October 2026, XLC returned about 11.1% a year. Say you put in $10,000 at the start. It would have been worth about $23,955 at the end, with every dividend reinvested.

Prices through October 16, 2026. Figures use daily closing prices adjusted for splits, with dividends reinvested. They do not include taxes or the cost of buying and selling. Past results do not tell you what will happen next.

XLC returns by year#

What was XLC’s worst drop?#

A drawdown is how far a fund falls from its last high point. XLC’s worst fall was −46.7%, from September 1, 2021 to November 3, 2022. It got back to that high on June 4, 2024.

The chart shows how far below its last high the fund was on each day. Big drops are normal for some funds. They matter because selling during a drop locks in the loss.

Which Tactfolio strategies hold XLC?#

No classic strategy holds XLC yet. You can add it to your own rules in the builder and see how they would have done.

How does XLC compare with similar ETFs?#

Funds that can stand in for XLC:

• VOX: Vanguard Communication Services ETF, 0.09% a year
• XLK: State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF, 0.08% a year
• FTEC: Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF, 0.084% a year
• VGT: Vanguard Information Technology ETF, 0.09% a year

See all 8 XLC alternatives, compared on the same dates as XLC.

Test XLC in your own rules#

Tactfolio is a platform where you build rules-based investing strategies, backtest them on decades of real prices, share them, and run them automatically in your own Alpaca account. Open the builder, add XLC, and see how a rule such as “hold it only above its 200-day average” would have done. Strategies run on daily prices and hold US stocks and ETFs only.

The details#

Prices come from Tactfolio’s stored daily prices for XLC. Each close is adjusted for splits, and dividends are reinvested on the day the fund pays them out. CAGR is the steady yearly return that turns the starting value into the ending value. Volatility is the yearly standard deviation of daily returns.

Fund facts come from SPDR (State Street). We checked them on October 17, 2026. Read what a backtest simulates and how to read drawdown and CAGR for more on these measures.