State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF
$69.06−0.50 (−0.72%)
- 0.35%
- $3.6B
- +18.3%
- 2.32%
- 13.9M sh
- $69.05
- low $57.55high $78.35
The ETF.net KRE Grade
B
Score 65 out of 100
- 2 of 9
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B62 out of 100Rank 2 of 9Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D30 out of 100Rank 2 of 2Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D37 out of 100Rank 7 of 9Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A82 out of 100Rank 2 of 9Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A85 out of 100Rank 2 of 9Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A80 out of 100Rank 1 of 9
Our read on KRE
BThe regional-bank trade in one ticker. Since 2006 KRE has tracked a modified equal-weighted basket of US regional banks and thrifts, so a small-town lender can pull as much weight as a big multi-state one.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of an index representing the regional banking segment of the U.S. banking industry.
Why people hold it
- Modified equal weighting spreads roughly 160 banks and thrifts across large, mid and small caps, so no single lender dominates the basket.ssga.com
- Among the most actively traded funds in its category, so getting in and out tends to be cheap even on noisy bank-headline days.
- Running since 2006, it has traded through the 2008 crisis and the 2023 regional-bank stress, at 0.35% a year, matching its cohort's median fee.
- Stays inside the regional banks sub-industry rather than blending in the money-center giants: a cleaner expression of the regional story than a broad bank fund.ssga.com
Worth knowing
- Equal weighting gives smaller lenders the same pull as big ones, which can make the ride bumpier than a cap-weighted bank fund such as KBWB.
- One country, one sub-industry: a rate shock, credit scare or deposit run tends to hit every holding at once.
- Inside a competitive group of bank funds it lands in the lower half overall, with trading ease its clear strength. Distributions arrive quarterly.
KRE Holdings
- Stocks
- 169
- 11%
- EWBC
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States98.36%
- Puerto Rico1.64%
KRE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
KRE$11,830
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | KRE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.2% |
| 1 month | −5.3% |
| 3 months | −6.7% |
| 1 year | +18.3% |
| 3 years | +22.3% |
| 5 years | +2.7% |
| 10 years | +7.6% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | KRE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.2% | |
| 2025 | +10.2% | |
| 2024 | +18.6% | |
| 2023 | −7.6% | |
| 2022 | −15.1% | |
| 2021 | +39.3% | |
| 2020 | −7.3% |
KRE in the news
KRE Dividends
- 2.32%
- $1.61
- $0.41 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
KRE Risk
- 24.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.74
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −52.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
KRE Cost
0.35%
KRE0.35%
- The middle half of Banks funds
- Median 0.35%
1 of the 9 Banks funds charge less.
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- BGSIBThemes Global Systemically Important Banks ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +36.3%
- BPBEUPortfolio Building Block European Banks Index ETFExpense ratio 0.13%1 year return —
- CFDIQInvesco Bloomberg Financial Data Providers ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return —