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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 16th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 16th. This is a boost 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 in 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 trading volume of 15,072,425 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days.

News stories about XLE stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Energy Select Sector SPDR earned a news sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the exchange traded fund an impact score of 46.62 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Energy Select Sector SPDR's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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.