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SDYSPDR

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

$158.44+0.23% today
13615952-WK

The fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500® Index constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 20 consecutive years.

Price & daily flows
158.1157.0155.9158.44DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$94M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$94M walked out over the past month, about 0.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +13.1% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — FLOW runs the same ground at 0.25%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$22.1Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$94Mnet flow, trailing month
206Kavg daily volume, 30 days
133holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed November 7, 2005 · beta 0.27
The book at a glance
VZ+0.5%O-0.9%TGT+4.5%ADP+0.6%KVUE+0.7%KMB+0.6%ABBV+1.2%CVX-0.2%MDT+1.1%SYY+1.3%KO+0.7%PEP+1.0%EIX-4.1%TXN-0.5%ADM-1.7%QCOM+0.0%BDX+2.3%ES-2.7%ACN+2.2%ABT+2.2%ED-1.8%WEC-2.3%PG+1.2%SO-2.7%XEL-3.1%CL+1.5%NKE+1.4%PPG+1.1%XOM-0.6%MCHP+0.4%APD+1.6%ITW-0.2%TROW-0.6%IBM+0.9%JNJ+1.1%AMCR+1.6%NEE-1.6%CINF+0.1%FAST+1.2%LMT-1.4%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS2.15%$49.45+0.5%
2OREALTY INCOME2.14%$62.60-0.9%
3TGTTARGET1.55%$165.44+4.5%
4ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING1.54%$280.81+0.6%
5KVUEKENVUE1.76%$19.06+0.7%
6KMBKIMBERLY CLARK1.75%$109.31+0.6%
7ABBVABBVIE1.62%$264.96+1.2%
8CVXCHEVRON1.28%$205.27-0.2%
9MDTMEDTRONIC1.30%$93.35+1.1%
10SYYSYSCO1.41%$84.10+1.3%
11KOCOCA COLA1.26%$91.10+0.7%
12PEPPEPSICO1.33%$143.48+1.0%
13EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL1.45%$71.59-4.1%
14TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS1.56%$264.36-0.5%
15ADMARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND1.30%$80.30-1.7%

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Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary25.39%
Consumer Defensive18.5%
Industrials17.1%
Utilities16.37%
Consumer Non-Durables14.89%
Finance14.31%
Financial Services10.29%
Financials10.21%
Producer Manufacturing9.64%
Healthcare8.49%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.45%
United Kingdom0.88%
Switzerland0.67%
Bermuda0.3%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.9%
1 month+1.7%
3 months+5.7%
6 months+2.6%
YTD+13.1%
1 year+10.8%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$94M
3 months−$231M
YTD−$489M
1 year−$908M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 2.1% of the book; the top ten carry 17%. Spread across 156+ names, it behaves like roughly 104 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
46calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
152Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MSFT MICROSOFT$89M$93M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$59M$51M
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE$48M$45M
WMT WALMART$31M$42M
CAT CATERPILLAR$22M$18M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against SDY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SDY on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-30bp on fee · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF0.08%$15.1B+$209M-27bp on fee · +$209M in over the monthHead-to-head
SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF0.06%$60.6B-29bp on fee · 3× the assetsHead-to-head
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund0.06%$58.1B-29bp on fee · 3× the assetsHead-to-head
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF0.08%$43.6B−$50M-27bp on fee · 2× the assetsHead-to-head
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