Banco Santander SA vs Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Banco Santander SA trades at $13.74 (market cap $191.46B), while Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $83.97. The key difference: Banco Santander SA pays a 2.09% dividend while Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Banco Santander SA is trading nearer its 52-week high, Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAN | XLP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $191.46B | — |
Sector | Financials | — |
52-Week High | $14.37 | $90.00 |
52-Week Low | $8.40 | $75.61 |
Dividend Yield | 2.09% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
Read more on SAN →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies that have been identified as Consumer Staples companies by the GICS®. It is non-diversified.
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