SPDR S&P Transportation ETF

XTN

Market cap $142M

XTN is comprised of 44 transportation stocks across the entire U.S. total stock market. Its expense ratio is 0.35%, and the ETF has $150 million in assets under management. Its weighting scheme is unique. Often referred to as an equal-weight fund, XTN's Index actually calculates a maximum security weight for each component based on liquidity and size. XTN has much more assigned to the small/micro-cap segments than competitors like IYT and FTXR. With that composition, the logical result is much lower quality, which I could verify.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Industrials ETFs category of the market, the SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 01/26/2011.

Transport ETFs have been seeing solid trading over the past month on strong first-quarter earnings.

The U.S. economy added 177,000 jobs in April 2025, a slowdown from the downwardly revised 185,000 in March, but significantly surpassing market expectations of 130,000.

XTN allows investors to get adjusted equal-weight exposure to U.S. listed stocks operating in the transportation sector. 26% of XTN is represented by passenger airlines, which is a subsector particularly vulnerable during challenging economic conditions. XTN's long-term performance has been very poor versus a broader market index, especially since the pandemic.

April saw a sharp stock market drop due to Trump's aggressive new tariffs, especially on China.

These sectors added decent jobs in February when the U.S. economy added fewer-than-expected jobs.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Industrials ETFs category of the market, the SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 01/26/2011.

Looking for broad exposure to the Industrials - Transportation/Shipping segment of the equity market? You should consider the SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 01/26/2011.

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