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State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYDNYSE ArcaSPDRA

$49.60+0.54 (+1.10%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A79/ 100

Rank 4 of 53 in US Dividend Index

A79/100Rank 4 of 53inUS Dividend Index
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Expense ratio
0.07%
Fund size
$7.61B
1Y total return
+20.6%
Yield · Last 12 months
4.20%
Holdings
81
Avg volume · 30D
1M sh
52W range
low $41.87high $50.90
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net SPYD Grade

A

Score 79 out of 100

Category
US Dividend Index⁠
Rank
4 of 53
Six-pillar profile for SPYD. Scores out of 100: Cost 88, Risk 40, Mission 88, Tradability 92, Holdings 73, Durability 83. Strongest: Tradability (92). Weakest: Risk (40). No single pillar leads.

Score 79 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.
    A88 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 53

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A88 out of 100
    Rank 13 of 50

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C40 out of 100
    Rank 36 of 53

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A92 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 53

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A73 out of 100
    Rank 11 of 53

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A83 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 53

Our read on SPYD

ETF.net Research

In short

AMost dividend ETFs hunt for companies that keep raising payouts. SPYD skips the courtship and goes straight for the yield: roughly 80 high-dividend names out of the S&P 500, for 0.07% a year.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to provide returns that generally correspond to the total return of the S&P 500 High Dividend Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

  • 0.07% a year against a 0.39% median across dividend-screen peers. It undercuts DGRO's 0.08% and sits a hair above SCHD.
  • A pure yield screen, not a growth screen. Where VIG and DGRO buy payout raisers, SPYD takes the high-dividend end of the S&P 500. Different flavor of the same food group.
  • Running since 2015, now a multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the more actively traded names in its cohort, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
  • Pays quarterly and has tracked the S&P 500 High Dividend Index closely, which is the whole job for a fund like this.

Worth knowing

  • About 80 stocks is a narrow slice. Screening on yield pulls the sector mix away from the broad S&P 500, and the ride can be bumpier than the index it comes from.
  • A high yield is a ranking, not a promise. The index sorts on payout size, not on how reliably a company has grown or defended that payout.

SPYD Holdings

Holdings pillarA73 out of 100Rank 11 of 53 in US Dividend Index
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
81
Top-10 weight
16%
Largest holding
ACN2.3%

Sectors

  • Real Estate24.4%
  • Consumer Staples14.0%
  • Financials13.3%
  • Utilities10.9%
  • Materials7.5%
  • Energy5.8%
  • Consumer Discretionary5.4%
  • Industrials5.2%
  • Communication5.1%
  • Health Care4.4%
  • Technology4.0%

Geography

  • United States97.37%
  • United Kingdom1.40%
  • Ireland1.23%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 6.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1ACNAccenture PLC Class A2.27%698,402$173M348
2HASHasbro Inc1.73%1,099,052$131M273
3HPQHp Inc1.63%3,898,508$124M352
4PFEPfizer Inc1.55%3,942,586$118M385
5CVXChevron Corp1.54%507,080$117M496
6MDTMedtronic PLC1.53%1,194,971$116M327
7SWKStanley Black & Decker Inc1.49%1,096,519$114M269
8BBYBest Buy Co Inc1.48%1,123,454$113M337
9CCICrown Castle Inc1.48%1,262,722$112M253
10EOGEog Resources Inc1.45%679,590$110M398
11AMTAmerican Tower Corp1.44%589,291$109M352
12TGTTarget Corp1.42%709,520$108M385
13AMCRAmcor PLC1.40%2,264,912$107M252
14DOWDow Inc1.38%3,131,901$105M267
15SJMJm Smucker Co/The1.38%828,994$105M253

Showing 1–15 of 81 holdings

SPYD Performance

Launched Oct 21, 2015

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

SPYD$12,055
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. SPYD $12,055. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for SPYD. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSPYD
Year to date+17.2%
1 month+8.1%
3 months+0.2%
1 year+20.6%
3 yearsper year+18.7%
5 yearsper year+8.7%
10 yearsper year+8.9%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for SPYD
YearReturn barSPYD
2026 YTD+17.2%
2025+4.6%
2024+15.3%
2023+4.0%
2022−1.1%
2021+32.8%
2020−11.5%

SPYD in the news

SPYD Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
4.20%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$2.06Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.52 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 17, 2017 $0.32; Jun 16, 2017 $0.34; Sep 15, 2017 $0.36; Dec 15, 2017 $0.71; Mar 16, 2018 $0.35; Jun 15, 2018 $0.38; Sep 21, 2018 $0.45; Dec 21, 2018 $0.44; Mar 15, 2019 $0.34; Jun 21, 2019 $0.46; Sep 20, 2019 $0.45; Dec 20, 2019 $0.50; Mar 20, 2020 $0.40; Jun 19, 2020 $0.37; Sep 18, 2020 $0.26; Dec 18, 2020 $0.61; Mar 19, 2021 $0.64; Jun 18, 2021 $0.40; Sep 17, 2021 $0.39; Dec 17, 2021 $0.13; Mar 18, 2022 $0.65; Jun 17, 2022 $0.40; Sep 16, 2022 $0.42; Dec 16, 2022 $0.51; Mar 17, 2023 $0.39; Jun 16, 2023 $0.47; Sep 15, 2023 $0.44; Dec 15, 2023 $0.53; Mar 15, 2024 $0.37; Jun 21, 2024 $0.49; Sep 20, 2024 $0.46; Dec 20, 2024 $0.55; Mar 24, 2025 $0.42; Jun 23, 2025 $0.50; Sep 22, 2025 $0.49; Dec 22, 2025 $0.55; Mar 23, 2026 $0.45; Jun 22, 2026 $0.54; Sep 21, 2026 $0.52. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026$0.52
Jun 22, 2026Jun 24, 2026$0.54
Mar 23, 2026Mar 25, 2026$0.45
Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025$0.55
Sep 22, 2025Sep 24, 2025$0.49
Jun 23, 2025Jun 25, 2025$0.50
Mar 24, 2025Mar 26, 2025$0.42
Dec 20, 2024Dec 24, 2024$0.55
Sep 20, 2024Sep 24, 2024$0.46
Jun 21, 2024Jun 25, 2024$0.49
Mar 15, 2024Mar 20, 2024$0.37
Dec 15, 2023Dec 20, 2023$0.53

See all 44 payments⁠

$10,000 in SPYD 10 years ago paid $5,524 in dividends.⁠

SPYD Risk

Risk pillarC40 out of 100Rank 36 of 53 in US Dividend Index
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
14.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.96
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−22.2%
Trough Oct 2023
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.64
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

SPYD Cost

Compare SPYD and VIG

Overpaying vs VIG, cheapest in US Dividend Index

$631

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • SPYD 0.07%

    $1,480

  • VIG 0.04% Cheapest

    $849

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • SPYD 0.07%
  • VIG 0.04%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$500$1K$1.5K051015202530SPYD $1,480VIG $849

Year by year

YearSPYDVIGOverpaying
10$128$73$55
20$503$288$215
30$1,480$849$631

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