The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund is an open-end management investment company. The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (the “Fund”) 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 Materials Select Sector Index (the “Index”). In seeking this objective, the Fund uses a replication strategy. As of Sept 30 2015, the Fund's total assets were $2,118,161,325 and the Fund's investments portfolio was valued at $2,093,350,057. We show 537 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of XLF's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of XLF shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like XLF versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching XLF by allowing them to research XLF shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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