NYSEARCA:XLE - Energy Select Sector SPDR Stock Price, Price Target & More

Energy Select Sector SPDR trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "XLE."

Energy Select Sector SPDR declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.4748 per share on Wednesday, March 21st. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 16th. This is a positive change from Energy Select Sector SPDR's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View Energy Select Sector SPDR's Dividend History.

Energy Select Sector SPDR saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 24,158,984 shares, an increase of 18.4% from the April 13th total of 20,400,220 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,072,425 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days.

Media stories about XLE stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Energy Select Sector SPDR earned a media sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the exchange traded fund an impact score of 46.06 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Energy Select Sector SPDR's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Swan Global Investments LLC (2.30%), Wealthfront Inc. (1.26%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.94%), Psagot Investment House Ltd. (0.89%), Balentine LLC (0.73%) and Natixis (0.64%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Energy Select Sector SPDR.

XLE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC, Natixis, First Republic Investment Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., W. E. Donoghue & Co. LLC and Cetera Advisor Networks LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Energy Select Sector SPDR.

XLE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Slate Path Capital LP, Psagot Investment House Ltd., Wealthfront Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd., Prudential Financial Inc., Kranot Hishtalmut Le Morim Ve Gananot Havera Menahelet LTD and Oakworth Capital Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Energy Select Sector SPDR.

Shares of XLE 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of XLE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.57.

Energy Select Sector SPDR has a market capitalization of $17.33 billion.

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