State Street SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF
$47.33−0.44 (−0.92%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $1.2B
- 1Y return
- +9.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.41%
- Holdings
- 224
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $47.78
- 52W range
The ETF.net RWO Grade
Score 60 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 50Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 96Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 83Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 47Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 83Category rank
Our read on RWO
BGlobal real estate without the assembly work: about 220 property companies across the US, developed markets and emerging markets, wrapped in one Dow Jones index fund that has been running since 2008.
The fund seeks to track the total return performance of the Dow Jones Global Select Real Estate Securities Index and provide global exposure to publicly traded real estate securities.
Why people hold it
- One ticker covers the whole map. US landlords, developed international operators and emerging market names sit in the same portfolio, roughly 220 holdings deep.ssga.com
- Launched in 2008 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund: a long-running, established vehicle rather than a recent product launch.
- Hugs its Dow Jones benchmark tightly, and its overall build sits in the upper half of the global real estate group we track.
- Income arrives on a quarterly schedule, the usual rhythm for a portfolio of rent-collecting property companies.
Worth knowing
- The 0.50% fee is the middle of this peer group, but index rivals run far cheaper: HAUZ at 0.10%, VNQI at 0.12%, REET at 0.14%. The first two leave out US property.
- One sector, spread worldwide: results follow the property cycle, and the non-US half brings currency swings along with it.
- Volume is moderate rather than category-leading, so the bid-ask spread matters more here than in the busiest global real estate funds.
RWO Holdings
- Stocks
- 224
- 45%
- WELL
Sectors
- Real Estate96.5%
- Consumer Discr.0.9%
- Financials0.9%
- Technology0.8%
- Health Care0.5%
- Energy0.4%
- Industrials0.1%
Geography
- United States72.83%
- Japan7.34%
- United Kingdom3.81%
- Singapore2.56%
- Australia2.25%
- France1.80%
- Hong Kong1.59%
- Switzerland1.35%
- 6.47%
Developed 90% · Emerging 10%
RWO 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 | RWO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.7% |
| 1 month | −4.6% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 1 year | +9.2% |
| 3 years | +11.1% |
| 5 years | +1.6% |
| 10 years | +3.1% |
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 | RWO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.7% | |
| 2025 | +8.8% | |
| 2024 | +1.7% | |
| 2023 | +10.9% | |
| 2022 | −25.1% | |
| 2021 | +31.0% | |
| 2020 | −10.4% |
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RWO Dividends
- 3.41%
- $1.63
- $0.43 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 23, 2026 | $0.43 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.49 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | $0.40 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.45 |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.48 |
RWO Risk
- 15.9%
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.
- 0.41
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.
- −32.8%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RWO Cost
- The middle half of Global & International Real Estate funds
- Median 0.50%
8 of the 17 Global & International Real Estate funds charge less.