---
ticker: "SDY"
name: "State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/SDY"
grade: "A"
score: 73
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Dividend Aristocrats"
category_rank: "1 of 7"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# SDY: State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Grade **A**, Score 73 of 100. Rank 1 of 7 in Dividend Aristocrats.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 65 | 2 of 7 |
| Mission | 92 | 2 of 7 |
| Risk | 56 | 3 of 7 |
| Tradability | 80 | 2 of 7 |
| Holdings | 69 | 3 of 7 |
| Durability | 80 | 1 of 7 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 158 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | ACN | Accenture PLC Class A | 3.52% |
| 2 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 2.83% |
| 3 | CVX | Chevron Corp | 2.12% |
| 4 | O | Realty Income Corp | 1.97% |
| 5 | PEP | Pepsico Inc | 1.83% |
| 6 | MDT | Medtronic PLC | 1.79% |
| 7 | TGT | Target Corp | 1.75% |
| 8 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | 1.52% |
| 9 | BDX | Becton Dickinson and Co | 1.50% |
| 10 | KVUE | Kenvue Inc | 1.50% |
| 11 | XOM | Exxonmobil Holdings Corp | 1.48% |
| 12 | NKE | Nike Inc Class B | 1.48% |
| 13 | KMB | Kimberly Clark Corp | 1.44% |
| 14 | ED | Consolidated Edison Inc | 1.37% |
| 15 | PG | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 1.35% |
| 16 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc | 1.35% |
| 17 | WEC | Wec Energy Group Inc | 1.34% |
| 18 | SO | Southern Co/The | 1.29% |
| 19 | KO | Coca Cola Co/The | 1.26% |
| 20 | ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 1.24% |
| 21 | XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | 1.22% |
| 22 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp | 1.21% |
| 23 | IBM | Intl Business Machines Corp | 1.19% |
| 24 | SYY | Sysco Corp | 1.13% |
| 25 | ADM | Archer Daniels Midland Co | 1.12% |
| 26 | NEE | Nextera Energy Inc | 1.11% |
| 27 | MCD | McDonald’s Corp | 1.11% |
| 28 | ES | Eversource Energy | 1.06% |
| 29 | APD | Air Products & Chemicals Inc | 1.05% |
| 30 | ITW | Illinois Tool Works | 1.03% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/SDY. Please cite the page URL.