Metals & Mining vs the S&P 500 (XME): is it outperforming?
Over the past month, XME has outperformed the S&P 500 by 13.2 points. Here is where that puts it in the sector rotation — updated daily.
Where XME sits on the rotation map
Metals & Mining highlighted against the 11 broad S&P 500 sectors. Vertical: 1-month spread vs the S&P 500. Horizontal: the longer, time-shifted window — the methodology explains the math.
XME vs SPY: head-to-head returns
XME (metals & mining) and SPY (the S&P 500) side by side over every window Zensei tracks. The spread is the difference — positive means XME won that window.
Data as of 2026-08-28 · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure
The read
Metals & Mining (XME) has just turned the corner. Over the longer, time-shifted window it trailed the S&P 500 by 17.1 points, but over the past month it has moved decisively ahead of the market — a 13.2-point edge that puts it in the Emerging quadrant. Ranked by one-month spread, it currently stands #10 of the 115 groups Zensei tracks — inside the top tier of the market.
On the shorter tape, XME's momentum is mixed: the longer intraday trend is still positive, but the recent windows have gone flat. XME's relative-strength line is holding around its moving averages — the trend is intact but no longer extending. The longer trend remains healthier than the recent tape suggests — the kind of divergence worth rechecking in a week.
The exposure comes via SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF, whose 39 tracked holdings are led by CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A, HECLA MINING CO and URANIUM ENERGY CORP. Weighted by portfolio, the fund's holdings trade at roughly 33.1× earnings and 49.3× sales. The thing to watch from here is confirmation: emerging groups that hold a positive one-month spread long enough for the longer window to turn are the classic early-rotation entries — the ones that fail fall back quickly.
What's inside XME
Top 5 of 39 tracked holdings, by portfolio weight.
Metals & Mining vs the market — common questions
Is metals & mining outperforming the S&P 500?
Right now, yes: over the past month XME has outperformed the S&P 500 by 13.2 points. This page updates daily, so the answer reflects current market data rather than a dated article.
What is XME?
XME is SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF, the fund Zensei uses to measure the metals & mining group against the S&P 500 benchmark (SPY).
Which stocks are in XME?
XME's largest tracked positions are CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A, HECLA MINING CO, URANIUM ENERGY CORP, FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC, NEWMONT CORP — 39 holdings in total. The full list, with each stock measured against the group, is part of Zensei Premium.
What quadrant is metals & mining in right now?
As of the latest daily data, metals & mining is in the Emerging quadrant — behind the market over the longer window, but ahead over the past month. The quadrant rules are documented on the Zensei methodology page.
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