XLC Sector — Communications ETF (XLC)
Sector — Communications · 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.
XLC Sector — Communications ETF — analysis
XLC Sector — Communications ETF (XLC) is the sector — communications ETF that holds $401.3B in assets, charging 17 bps per year against a Index Benchmark. The fund inception date is 2001-03-15, which gives the strategy roughly 25 years of live track record on the ValueMarkers screen.
VMCI-Composite read on XLC: 58/100. The metric distills 120 indicators across each of the top-10 underlying companies into a single fund-level score, comparable across the sector — communications cohort. Tilt: mid-table composite quality.
Performance read on XLC: 5y CAGR of 16.4%, above the 16.0% benchmark print. Trailing 1y 12.3%, 3y CAGR 16.1%, YTD 5.4%.
XLC distribution profile: 0.90% yield, 1.4% 5y distribution CAGR. Income buyers typically weigh the two against each other when sizing positions in the sector — communications sleeve.
XLC structure read: 29% concentration in top 10, Technology leading at 34%, and AAPL the top single-name position at 3.64%.
Comparison set on XLC: SPY, VOO, VTI. With three peers each operating in the sector — communications bucket, the active question for the buyer is which methodology and which cost line wins on a five-year, after-tax basis.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.64% | 49 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.38% | 77 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.17% | 46 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.00% | 53 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 2.88% | 89 |
| 6 | META | 2.88% | 40 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.66% | 61 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.66% | 69 |
| 9 | V | 2.58% | 41 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.50% | 60 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.24% | 66 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.03% | 53 |
| 13 | JNJ | 2.03% | 45 |
| 14 | PG | 1.95% | 64 |
| 15 | MA | 1.86% | 87 |
| 16 | HD | 1.61% | 45 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.57% | 79 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.31% | 52 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.14% | 88 |
| 20 | COST | 0.97% | 80 |
| 21 | KO | 0.97% | 79 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.93% | 67 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.85% | 47 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.72% | 40 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.47% | 59 |
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