Compare Stocks: MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DUK Duke Energy	$125.11 +0.1%	$118.87	$112.40 ▼ $134.49	$97.54B	0.36	4.03 million shs	3.16 million shs
MO Altria Group	$74.38 +0.1%	$69.58	$54.70 ▼ $77.06	$124.19B	0.42	7.54 million shs	6.39 million shs
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	$759.97	$767.69	$629.28 ▼ $781.62	$806.73B	1	60.88 million shs	33.37 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$105.51	$111.58	$105.03 ▼ $120.40	$22.47B	0.97	6.41 million shs	5.41 million shs
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	$88.26	$84.35	$75.16 ▼ $90.14	$14.83B	0.47	14.76 million shs	19.85 million shs
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	$113.10	$113.37	$105.19 ▼ $125.01	$21.69B	1.24	8.69 million shs	6.42 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DUK Duke Energy	0.00%	+3.03%	+10.35%	-2.92%	-1.81%
MO Altria Group	0.00%	-1.00%	+8.16%	+1.90%	+14.92%
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	0.00%	-0.43%	-1.48%	+2.83%	+12.21%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	-4.36%	-6.60%	-2.00%	-8.69%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	+0.73%	+7.56%	+3.40%	+11.59%
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	+0.57%	+2.30%	+2.04%	-4.82%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DUK Duke Energy	$125.11 +0.1%	$118.87	$112.40 ▼ $134.49	$97.54B	0.36	4.03 million shs	3.16 million shs
MO Altria Group	$74.38 +0.1%	$69.58	$54.70 ▼ $77.06	$124.19B	0.42	7.54 million shs	6.39 million shs
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	$759.97	$767.69	$629.28 ▼ $781.62	$806.73B	1	60.88 million shs	33.37 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$105.51	$111.58	$105.03 ▼ $120.40	$22.47B	0.97	6.41 million shs	5.41 million shs
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	$88.26	$84.35	$75.16 ▼ $90.14	$14.83B	0.47	14.76 million shs	19.85 million shs
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	$113.10	$113.37	$105.19 ▼ $125.01	$21.69B	1.24	8.69 million shs	6.42 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DUK Duke Energy	0.00%	+3.03%	+10.35%	-2.92%	-1.81%
MO Altria Group	0.00%	-1.00%	+8.16%	+1.90%	+14.92%
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	0.00%	-0.43%	-1.48%	+2.83%	+12.21%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	-4.36%	-6.60%	-2.00%	-8.69%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	+0.73%	+7.56%	+3.40%	+11.59%
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	+0.57%	+2.30%	+2.04%	-4.82%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
DUK Duke Energy	2.50	Moderate Buy	$132.19	5.66% Upside
MO Altria Group	2.25	Hold	$70.11	-5.74% Downside
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	2.84	Moderate Buy	$759.97	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.79	Moderate Buy	$105.51	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.59	Moderate Buy	$88.26	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.69	Moderate Buy	$113.10	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/22/2026	DUK Duke Energy	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$123.00
10/21/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$127.00 ➝ $128.00
10/13/2026	DUK Duke Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$137.00 ➝ $130.00
10/13/2026	DUK Duke Energy	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$139.00 ➝ $128.00
10/12/2026	MO Altria Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
10/12/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$135.00 ➝ $130.00
10/12/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$121.00
10/9/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$132.00 ➝ $124.00
9/30/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target		$146.00 ➝ $131.00
9/18/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$133.00 ➝ $127.00
9/16/2026	MO Altria Group	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold

(Data available from 10/26/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
DUK Duke Energy	$32.24B	3.03	$16.31 per share	7.67	$66.93 per share	1.87
MO Altria Group	$23.28B	5.34	$6.30 per share	11.80	($2.06) per share	-36.11
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
DUK Duke Energy	$4.97B	$6.66	18.78	17.47	2.92	15.78%	9.78%	2.67%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
MO Altria Group	$6.95B	$4.74	15.69	12.71	2.64	33.99%	-315.29%	27.02%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	N/A	N/A	25.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	19.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	20.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	27.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	DUK Duke Energy	$1.86	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.91 billion	N/A
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	MO Altria Group	$1.51	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.31 billion	N/A
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	DUK Duke Energy	$1.30	$1.43	+$0.13	$1.38	$7.66 billion	$7.59 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	MO Altria Group	$1.50	$1.48	-$0.02	$1.37	$5.35 billion	$5.36 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
DUK Duke Energy	$4.34	3.47%	+2.01%	65.17%	20 Years
MO Altria Group	$4.44	5.97%	+4.12%	93.67%	56 Years
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	$7.58	1.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.38	1.31%	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	$2.19	2.48%	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	$0.93	0.82%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/1/2026	DUK Duke Energy	quarterly	$1.0850	3.82%	11/13/2026	11/13/2026	12/16/2026
8/27/2026	MO Altria Group	quarterly	$1.11	6.37%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/9/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
DUK Duke Energy	1.47	0.66	0.43
MO Altria Group	N/A	0.52	0.38
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
DUK Duke Energy	65.31%
MO Altria Group	57.41%
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	63.54%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	69.93%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
DUK Duke Energy	0.12%
MO Altria Group	0.10%
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
DUK Duke Energy	26,441	779.70 million	778.77 million	Optionable
MO Altria Group	5,900	1.67 billion	1.67 billion	Optionable
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	N/A	1.06 billion	N/A	Not Optionable
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	212.95 million	N/A	Not Optionable
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	168.02 million	N/A	Not Optionable
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	147,000	191.76 million	N/A	Not Optionable

MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

[ETF Trivia] A desperate measure against weight concentration?

October 25 at 2:41 PM | note.comN

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NYSEARCA:XLY)

October 24 at 1:21 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Tesla Earnings Test XLY After Sector-Leading 5-Day Run

October 22, 2026 | etftrends.comE

State Street Consumer Discretionary (XLY) Adds Amazon and Tesla on Oct. 20

October 22, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLY) Shares Break Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

October 22, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

State Street Consumer Discretionary (XLY) Sells $45.7 Million of Amazon on Oct. 19

October 21, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Consumer Staples Are Having a Moment—and the Rally Could Continue

October 20, 2026 | barrons.com

What State Street Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) Sold: Amazon Leads on Oct. 16

October 20, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Should You Invest in the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY)?

October 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Oil Prices Are Back Above $100. History Says the Biggest Stock Market Loser May Now Offer the Biggest Upside.

October 17, 2026 | fool.com

Exchange-Traded Funds, Equity Futures Mixed Pre-Bell Friday Amid Investor Caution

October 16, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

State Street Investment Management Builds on Nearly 30 Years of Sector ETF Leadership with New Market Sector ETFs

October 15, 2026 | markets.ft.com

New State Street Sector ETFs Give Biggest Stocks Full Weight

October 14, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Amazon Prime Sale, Emmys Streaming Deal Put XLY in Focus

October 6, 2026 | etftrends.comE

4 ETFs to Capitalize on Major Drivers of Q4

October 6, 2026 | zacks.com

The ‘Funflation' Effect: What It May Mean for Retail Stocks

September 29, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Consumer Discretionary Is On Sale. Is Anyone Buying?

September 28, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Forget Inflation: Funflation Is Here and These ETFs Are Riding on It

September 28, 2026 | zacks.com

Exchange-Traded Funds, Equity Futures up Pre-Bell Friday as Treasury Yields Rise, Oil Prices Fall

September 27, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Staples ETF Widens Gap Over Discretionary in 2026

September 22, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Company Descriptions

Duke Energy NYSE:DUK

$125.10 +0.13 (+0.10%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$124.91 -0.20 (-0.16%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:44 PM Eastern

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I), and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, solar and wind sources, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas customers; and invests in pipeline transmission projects, renewable natural gas projects, and natural gas storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2006. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Altria Group NYSE:MO

$74.38 +0.07 (+0.09%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$74.54 +0.16 (+0.22%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. The company offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; large cigars and pipe tobacco under the Black & Mild brand; moist smokeless tobacco and snus products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands; oral nicotine pouches under the on! brand; and e-vapor products under the NJOY ACE brand. It sells its products to distributors, as well as large retail organizations, such as chain stores. The company was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust NYSEARCA:SPY

$759.97 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$761.12 +1.15 (+0.15%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (the Trust) is a unit investment trust. The Trust seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index (the Index). The Trust seeks to achieve this investment objective by holding a portfolio of the common stocks that are included in the Index (the Portfolio), with the weight of each stock in the Portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the Index. The Trust invests in a range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals; oil, gas and consumable fuels; technology hardware storage and peripherals; insurance; information technology (IT) services; healthcare providers and services; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; hotels, restaurants and leisure, communications equipment; commercial services and supplies; road and rail; real estate management and development; containers and packaging; professional services, and paper and forest products.

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLC

$105.51 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$105.90 +0.39 (+0.37%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:49 PM Eastern

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in communication services equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US telecommunication and media & entertainment components of the S&P 500 index. XLC was launched on Jun 18, 2018 and is managed by State Street.

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLP

$88.26 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$88.36 +0.09 (+0.11%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:55 PM Eastern

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Consumer Staples Select Sector Index (the Index).The Fund typically invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the Index in approximately the same proportions as the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities consisting of the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest in cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including money market funds advised by SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM). It invests in industries, such as food & staples retailing, household products, food products, tobacco, beverages and personal products. SSgA FM serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLY

$113.10 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$113.18 +0.08 (+0.07%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:42 PM Eastern

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index (the Index). The Index includes companies from the following industries, media; retail (specialty, multiline, Internet and catalog); hotels, restaurants and leisure; textiles, apparel and luxury goods; household durables; automobiles; auto components; distributors; leisure equipment and products; and diversified consumer services. The Fund's investment advisor is SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

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Latest MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Analyst Ratings

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Latest MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Earnings

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Latest MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Dividends

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MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Headlines

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MO, SPY, DUK, XLY, XLP, and XLC Company Descriptions

Duke Energy NYSE:DUK

Altria Group NYSE:MO

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Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLC

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLP

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