State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Intelligent Structures ETF
$42.94−0.43 (−0.99%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.45%
- Fund size
- $8M
- 1Y return
- +1.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.58%
- Holdings
- 53
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $43.19
- 52W range
The ETF.net SIMS Grade
Score 56 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.AScore 76Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 16Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 43Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 81Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 57Category rank
Our read on SIMS
BMost infrastructure funds own the concrete and the toll booths. SIMS tracks an S&P Kensho index built around the smart version of that buildout, roughly 50 stocks at 0.45% a year.
The fund seeks to track the S&P Kensho Intelligent Infrastructure Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- At 0.45% a year it undercuts the typical infrastructure ETF fee, and comes in below PAVE's 0.47%.
- Roughly 50 stocks from S&P's Kensho intelligent infrastructure index, not the usual utility and pipeline roster wearing a theme label.
- Live since 2017 under State Street, so a niche theme comes with a real track record and a large issuer's operational backing.
- Portfolio construction is the strong suit here, and the fund lands in the upper half of the infrastructure ETFs we grade.
Worth knowing
- Small asset base and thin trading, so spreads can widen. Limit orders matter more here than with the category's household names.
- One theme, roughly 50 names: this has been one of the choppier rides in the infrastructure group.
- Cheap for the cohort, not the cheapest in it: IFRA (0.30%) and IGF (0.37%) both charge less.
SIMS Holdings
- Stocks
- 53
- 31%
- TTEK
Sectors
- Industrials46.5%
- Technology25.5%
- Energy7.9%
- Consumer Discr.6.5%
- Communication5.0%
- Utilities4.9%
- Materials3.7%
Geography
- United States81.01%
- Ireland6.31%
- United Kingdom5.62%
- Canada3.24%
- Taiwan1.35%
- China1.23%
- Cayman Islands1.23%
SIMS 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 | SIMS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.1% |
| 1 month | −1.2% |
| 3 months | −7.5% |
| 1 year | +1.5% |
| 3 years | +11.5% |
| 5 years | +0.5% |
| 10 years | — |
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 | SIMS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.1% | |
| 2025 | +23.7% | |
| 2024 | −0.3% | |
| 2023 | +7.4% | |
| 2022 | −27.1% | |
| 2021 | +9.0% | |
| 2020 | +29.9% |
SIMS in the news
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SIMS Dividends
- 0.58%
- $0.25
- $0.05 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 23, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.0085 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.07 |
SIMS Risk
- 22.9%
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.
- 0.27
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.
- −44.0%
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.
- 1.31
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SIMS Cost
- The middle half of Infrastructure funds
- Median 0.55%
6 of the 33 Infrastructure funds charge less.