NYSEARCA:XLBMaterials Select Sector SPDR Fund Stock Price, Forecast & News

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund's stock was trading at $48.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, XLB shares have increased by 28.4% and is now trading at $61.76.
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Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.3338 per share on Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24.
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News articles about XLB stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the exchange traded fund a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund investors own include Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV), Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY), Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI), Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK), AT&T (T), Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) and Bank of America (BAC).

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "XLB."

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Prudential PLC (11.28%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.64%), Country Trust Bank (0.94%), RiverFront Investment Group LLC (0.57%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.42%) and Alps Advisors Inc. (0.41%).

XLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Simplex Trading LLC, CWM LLC, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc., Country Trust Bank, Biltmore Wealth Management LLC, Cambridge Trust Co., BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, and CMH Wealth Management LLC.

XLB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Bessemer Group Inc., RiverFront Investment Group LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Cumberland Advisors Inc., Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC, Chemung Canal Trust Co., and Merriman Wealth Management LLC.

Shares of XLB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of XLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.76.

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund has a market capitalization of $3.57 billion.

The official website for Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund is www.sectorspdr.com.

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund's mailing address is One Lincoln Street, BOSTON, MA 02211, United States. The exchange traded fund can be reached via phone at +1-866-7872257.