XLB Sector — Materials ETF (XLB)
Sector — Materials · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US
VMCI-Composite holdings score
ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.
XLB Sector — Materials ETF — analysis
For the sector — materials sleeve, XLB is the $201.4B-AUM option from the issuer family. The expense ratio runs 16 bps on top of the underlying Index Benchmark return. Live trading record: 2020-present.
For ETF buyers who want a single fundamentals number, XLB VMCI-Composite is 67/100. The score is constructed from the top-10 underlying holdings, weighted by their fund weight, and reflects above-average composite quality in the underlying portfolio.
Five-year CAGR on XLB is 11.3%, against 11.0% on the Index Benchmark. The 0.3-percentage-point spread is the cleanest single measure of tracking-and-after-cost behaviour over the period; the three-year CAGR runs 10.8% and the trailing one-year is 12.4%.
Yield read on XLB: 2.80% TTM. The 5-year distribution growth rate of 7.3% per year extends that snapshot into a longer-horizon income picture for buyers comparing ETFs in this category.
Top-10 of XLB accounts for 30% of fund weight, with AAPL the single largest position (3.57%). Sector lead: Technology at 32%, which is the cohort-comparison anchor for active-vs-passive analysis.
Three ETFs to read alongside XLB: SPY, VOO, VTI. They share the sector — materials mandate but diverge on cost, AUM, and the underlying index family, which is how most allocators end up choosing between them.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.57% | 68 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.48% | 46 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.40% | 65 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.14% | 72 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 2.93% | 58 |
| 6 | META | 2.93% | 59 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.72% | 80 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.67% | 88 |
| 9 | V | 2.46% | 60 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.29% | 79 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.12% | 85 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.12% | 72 |
| 13 | JNJ | 2.08% | 64 |
| 14 | PG | 1.83% | 83 |
| 15 | MA | 1.66% | 56 |
| 16 | HD | 1.66% | 64 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.44% | 48 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.40% | 71 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.19% | 57 |
| 20 | COST | 1.15% | 49 |
| 21 | KO | 1.06% | 48 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.98% | 86 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.72% | 66 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.51% | 59 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.51% | 78 |
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