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

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund's stock was trading at $60.83 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, XLU shares have increased by 0.6% and is now trading at $61.19. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.5012 per share on Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.28%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund's previous quarterly dividend of $0.43. View Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund's dividend history.

Media headlines about XLU stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the exchange traded fund a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutUtilities Select Sector SPDR Fund.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), Bank of America (BAC), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).

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

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Morgan Stanley (4.52%), J.Safra Asset Management Corp (2.03%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.53%), Two Sigma Advisers LP (1.11%), Swan Global Investments LLC (0.94%) and Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. (0.95%).

XLU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Swan Global Investments LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Wechter Feldman Wealth Management Inc., Florin Court Capital LLP, BlackRock Inc., and Commonwealth Equity Services LLC.

XLU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including J.Safra Asset Management Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mackenzie Financial Corp, PointState Capital LP, Soros Fund Management LLC, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Strs Ohio, and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH.

Shares of XLU 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 XLU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.19.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund has a market capitalization of $11.63 billion.

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

Utilities 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.