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SPYDSPDR

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

$50.43+0.24% today
425152-WK

Under normal market conditions, 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 80 high dividend-yielding companies within the S&P 500® Index. The S&P 500 Index focuses on the large capitalization U.S. equity market, including common stock and real estate investment trusts ("REITs").

Price & daily flows
48.746.343.850.43DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$326M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$10M of net buying over the past month, about 0.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +15.6% so far this year. At 0.070% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VEA runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$7.7Bassets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
+$10Mnet flow, trailing month
1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
76holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed October 20, 2015 · beta 0.26
The book at a glance
PSX+1.2%APA-2.3%TGT+4.5%HPQ+0.8%EOG+0.6%BEN+1.0%LYB-0.8%IRM-0.7%BBY+0.2%VZ+0.5%VTRS+1.2%HST+0.5%CVX-0.2%OKE-1.3%BMY+2.4%SJM+1.0%PFG+0.2%SWK+1.2%DOC+0.9%ADM-1.7%EIX-4.1%SPG-0.7%SW+2.5%KIM-0.6%SWKS-1.2%AMCR+1.6%KHC+0.0%CVS-0.7%FRT-0.4%DOW-1.7%ESS+0.4%USB+0.4%PSA-0.1%OMC+0.5%PRU+0.5%KVUE+0.7%INVH-0.5%D-1.3%KMB+0.6%PFE+1.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1PSXPHILLIPS 661.43%$242.87+1.2%
2APAAPA1.47%$43.39-2.3%
3TGTTARGET1.47%$165.44+4.5%
4HPQHP1.34%$29.71+0.8%
5EOGEOG RESOURCES1.43%$153.05+0.6%
6BENFRANKLIN RESOURCES1.56%$34.31+1.0%
7LYBLYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV1.21%$67.53-0.8%
8IRMIRON MOUNTAIN1.61%$122.02-0.7%
9BBYBEST BUY CO1.36%$85.89+0.2%
10VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS1.29%$49.45+0.5%
11VTRSVIATRIS1.45%$16.32+1.2%
12HSTHOST HOTELS & RESORTS1.52%$23.21+0.5%
13CVXCHEVRON1.19%$205.27-0.2%
14OKEONEOK1.37%$93.33-1.3%
15BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB1.26%$67.01+2.4%

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Sector weights
Finance46.45%
Real Estate24.49%
Utilities17.9%
Consumer Discretionary16.6%
Financials16.16%
Financial Services16.03%
Consumer Defensive10.59%
Healthcare8.33%
Health Technology7.35%
Consumer Non-Durables7.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.71%
United Kingdom1.29%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.3%
1 month+1.4%
3 months+5.7%
6 months+5.7%
YTD+15.6%
1 year+11.9%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$3M
1 month+$10M
3 months−$111M
YTD−$624M
1 year−$326M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.6% of the book; the top ten carry 15%. Spread across 80+ names, it behaves like roughly 78 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
72calls today
4puts today
0.06put/call ratio
847Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
TGT TARGET$12M$17M
CVX CHEVRON$8M$8M
PFE PFIZER$4M$5M
BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB$3M$3M
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS$3M$3M

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

The case against SPYD

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-4bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-2bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-3bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-3bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-4bp on fee · 116× the assetsHead-to-head
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