XLU Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Utilities Select Sector SPDR | ARCA:XLU)

The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund before expenses seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the Utilities Select Sector Index (ticker: IXU).

Utilities Select Sector SPDR trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol XLU.

As of December 16, 2024, XLU stock price declined to $77.57 with 4,387,241 million shares trading.

XLU has a beta of 0.20, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. XLU has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

XLU has a market cap of $17.00 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, XLU traded as high as $83.41 and as low as $54.77.

XLU has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +21.0% while the SPY ETF gained +30.6%. XLU has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -0.5% and -6.5%, respectively, while the SPY returned +8.4% and +0.8%, respectively.

XLU support price is $76.78 and resistance is $78.50 (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 XLU shares will trade within this expected range on the day.