NYSEARCA:XLRE - Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 24th will be given a dividend of $0.3501 per share on Wednesday, September 26th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 21st. This is a boost from Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund's Dividend History.

Headlines about XLRE stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,974,847 shares, an increase of 73.6% from the October 15th total of 1,714,076 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,006,492 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days. View Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund's Current Options Chain.

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.75%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.21%), British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd (2.15%), Morgan Stanley (1.48%), Psagot Investment House Ltd. (0.00%) and Mizuho Bank Ltd. (0.99%).

XLRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, Real Estate Management Services LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Beaumont Financial Partners LLC, Alps Advisors Inc., Psagot Investment House Ltd. and Texas Permanent School Fund.

XLRE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Mizuho Bank Ltd., WBI Investments Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chemung Canal Trust Co., AGF Investments Inc., Credit Suisse AG and Spinnaker Trust.

Shares of XLRE 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 XLRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.42.