Yahoo Finance XLK Saw Net Fund Inflows in the Trailing 5 Days
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Overview of XLK
The Technology Select Sector ETF (XLK) is the most liquid ETF in the technology sector with over 8 million shares traded per day. This ETF tracks the performance of 74 publicly listed companies in the technology sector. The market capitalization of the ETF is $11.7 billion. The top five holdings of the ETF include Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook Class A Shares (FB), Alphabet Class C (GOOG), and Alphabet Class A, which together make up over 40% of the total portfolio. Apple comprises 13% of the Power Shares QQQ ETF (QQQ) as well.
XLK has an expense ratio of 0.14%, and the average daily volume of shares traded is $618.49 million. XLK’s price-to-earnings ratio is 18.74x, whereas its price-to-book ratio and distribution yield stand at 4.07x and 1.9%, respectively.
Fund flows in XLK
In the trailing one month, net fund inflows for the Technology Select Sector ETF (XLK) have been $75.7 million while in the trailing 12 months, net fund outflows stand at $630.92 billion. Fund flows in the trailing one week and trailing three months for XLK are $183.6 million and $-743.63 million, respectively.
XLK generated investor returns of -4.2% in the trailing-12-month period and 0.42% in the trailing-one-month period. In comparison, the ETF generated a 13% return in the trailing-three-year period and 11.2% in the trailing-five-year period. XLK’s share price has fallen 5.3% year-to-date.
Moving averages
On February 24, 2016, XLK closed the trading day at $40.86. Based on this figure, here’s how the stock fares in terms of its moving averages:
2.8% below its 100-day moving average of $42.04
0.43% below its 50-day moving average of $41.04
1.8% above its 20-day moving average of $40.13
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