State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) ETF Analysis

Fund Overview

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF trades as SDY and is categorised as Mid-Cap Value. State Street Investment Management is the fund family on file. The inception date on file is November 8, 2005. The fund holds $21.78B in total net assets. The expense ratio is 0.35%. On a $10,000 position that is $35.00 a year.

The largest positions on file are Verizon Communications Inc (VZ), Realty Income Corp (O), and Chevron Corp (CVX). Verizon Communications Inc alone accounts for 2.97% of the portfolio. The ten largest positions together make up 19.17% of the fund.

Performance Analysis

SDY last closed at $155.89 on September 4, 2026. Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned +12.01%. The stored price history starts on February 7, 2025, and the total return since then is +20.46%. The trailing distribution yield is 2.39%. The provider also reports a 3 years average return of +11.50%.

2026 is still running; the price is +12.02% year to date.

Price & Risk Profile

Daily returns over the trailing 1 year annualize to a volatility of 10.58%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.55. The 52-week range on file runs from $135.30 to $160.29. The latest close sits 15.22% above that 52-week low. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.