

State Street SPDR Russell 1000 Yield Focus ETF
$127.33+0.80 (+0.63%)
- 0.20%
- $628M
- +19.2%
- 3.01%
- 0M sh
- $125.80
- low $108.75high $136.89
The ETF.net ONEY Grade
Score 71 out of 100
- 9 of 53
Score 71 of 100 falls in the A 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.A76 out of 100Rank 13 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A96 out of 100Rank 4 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D33 out of 100Rank 43 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C54 out of 100Rank 23 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A79 out of 100Rank 6 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B69 out of 100Rank 17 of 53
Our read on ONEY
AA yield screen with guardrails. ONEY hunts dividend payers across the Russell 1000, but the index weighs quality and value alongside yield, so payout size is not the only vote. About 300 large caps, quarterly distributions, 0.20% a year.
The fund seeks to provide returns that generally correspond to the Russell 1000 Yield Focused Factor Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- The index ranks on yield but scores quality and value too, so a fat payout alone doesn't buy a stock its way in.ssga.com
- 0.20% a year, comfortably under the typical fee in its dividend-screen peer group.
- Roughly 300 large-cap US stocks, and the fund has hugged its benchmark closely, which is the entire job of an index product.
- Running since 2015 with State Street's index shop behind it, and it pays quarterly. One of the stronger builds in its dividend-screen cohort.
Worth knowing
- Volume is light and the asset base is mid-sized, so bid/ask spreads can be wider than the category's household names.
- Cheaper shelf-mates exist: SCHD, VIG and DGRO all run their dividend screens for single-digit basis points.
- Quality and value tilts mean the portfolio can look quite different from the plain Russell 1000 in any given stretch.
ONEY Holdings
- Stocks
- 300
- 18%
- PGR
Sectors
- Financials17.5%
- Consumer Staples11.5%
- Consumer Discretionary10.9%
- Real Estate10.4%
- Utilities10.0%
- Industrials9.3%
- Energy8.7%
- Technology7.4%
- Materials5.6%
- Health Care5.4%
- Communication3.2%
Geography
- United States94.82%
- Ireland2.75%
- United Kingdom1.02%
- Bermuda0.72%
- Netherlands0.33%
- Luxembourg0.24%
- Puerto Rico0.11%
ONEY 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 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 | ONEY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.0% |
| 1 month | −3.1% |
| 3 months | −2.0% |
| 1 year | +19.2% |
| 3 years | +15.6% |
| 5 years | +9.3% |
| 10 years | +11.5% |
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 | ONEY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.0% | |
| 2025 | +7.7% | |
| 2024 | +11.6% | |
| 2023 | +11.1% | |
| 2022 | −3.6% | |
| 2021 | +37.1% | |
| 2020 | +2.3% |
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ONEY Dividends
- 3.01%
- $3.81
- $1.05 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
ONEY Risk
- 14.1%
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.
- 0.68
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.
- −18.9%
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.
- 0.70
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ONEY Cost
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
12 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
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