State Street SPDR US Large Cap Low Volatility Index ETF
$177.68−0.48 (−0.27%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.12%
- Fund size
- $1.2B
- 1Y return
- +3.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.18%
- Holdings
- 171
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $178.40
- 52W range
The ETF.net LGLV Grade
Score 80 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 90Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 93Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 55Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 86Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 53Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 74Category rank
Our read on LGLV
AMost low-vol funds run an optimizer. LGLV just ranks the biggest 1,000 US stocks by how calm they have been and gives the quietest ones the heaviest weights, for 0.12% a year.
The fund is designed to provide exposure to U.S. large-capitalization equities selected through a low-volatility index strategy.
Why people hold it
- 0.12% a year, below the typical US low-vol fund (cohort median 0.20%) and under USMV's 0.15%.
- The rules fit in one sentence: screen the largest 1,000 US stocks, weight the calmest heaviest, subject to liquidity limits. No black box.ssga.com
- Running since 2013 and tracking its index tightly, it rates as one of the stronger builds in the US low-vol group.
Worth knowing
- Weighting by volatility alone means the sector mix can lean hard into whatever is quiet (often utilities and staples) and look nothing like the S&P 500.ssga.com
- Trades lighter than the category's household names, so spreads can be wider. Limit orders matter more here.
- Low volatility is not low risk: this is a fully invested stock fund and it can move very differently from the broad market.ssga.com
LGLV Holdings
- Stocks
- 171
- 16%
- WELL
Sectors
- Industrials18.1%
- Real Estate17.1%
- Financials10.6%
- Utilities10.6%
- Technology10.0%
- Consumer Discr.8.8%
- Health Care7.9%
- Cons. Staples5.7%
- Communication4.3%
- Energy3.6%
- Materials3.3%
Geography
- United States94.43%
- United Kingdom2.39%
- Switzerland1.53%
- Ireland0.99%
- Israel0.36%
- Netherlands0.29%
LGLV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | LGLV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +3.2% |
| 1 month | −5.0% |
| 3 months | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +3.8% |
| 3 years | +11.8% |
| 5 years | +7.6% |
| 10 years | +10.8% |
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 | LGLV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +3.2% | |
| 2025 | +8.4% | |
| 2024 | +16.2% | |
| 2023 | +9.2% | |
| 2022 | −8.2% | |
| 2021 | +28.0% | |
| 2020 | +7.5% |
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LGLV Dividends
- 2.18%
- $3.88
- $0.99 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 23, 2026 | $0.99 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.97 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.97 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.95 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | $0.84 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.83 |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | $0.78 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 24, 2024 | $0.98 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.74 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $0.83 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 20, 2024 | $0.64 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 20, 2023 | $1.03 |
LGLV Risk
- 10.8%
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.
- 0.71
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.
- −17.5%
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.
- 0.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LGLV Cost
- The middle half of US Low Volatility Index funds
- Median 0.20%
1 of the 16 US Low Volatility Index funds charge less.