XLP Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF | ARCA:XLP)

State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index. The Fund may invest in cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds. The Index includes companies that have been identified as Consumer Staples companies by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), including securities of companies from the following industries: consumer staples distribution and retail; household products; food products; beverages; tobacco; and personal care products. The Index is one of eleven Select Sector Indexes developed and maintained in accordance with the following criteria: (1) each of the component securities in the Index is a constituent of the S&P 500 Index; and (2) the Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI") based on a proprietary "modified market capitalization" methodology which means that modifications may be made to the market capitalization weights of single stock concentrations.

State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol XLP.

As of July 2, 2026, XLP stock price climbed to $84.99 with 16,408,972 million shares trading.

XLP has a beta of 0.13, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. XLP has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

XLP has a market cap of $13.94 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, XLP traded as high as $90.14 and as low as $65.18.

XLP has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +6.0%, while the SPY ETF gained +21.3%. In the last 3 month period, XLP fell short of the market, returning +4.5%, while SPY returned +13.9%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks XLP has outperformed the stock market by returning +3.4%, while SPY returned -0.3%.

XLP support price is $82.49 and resistance is $84.11 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that XLP shares will trade within this expected range on the day.