SPY is one of the largest and most heavily-traded ETFs in the world, offering exposure to one of the most well known equity benchmarks. While SPY certainly may have appeal to investors seeking to build a long-term portfolio and include large cap U.S. stocks, this fund has become extremely popular with more active traders as a way to toggle between risky and safe assets. A look at SPY’s daily turnover reveals the short average holding period and the popularity with active traders.
| Segment | Equity: U.S. - Large Cap |
| Category | Size and Style |
| Focus | Large Cap |
| Niche | Broad-based |
| Strategy | Vanilla |
| Weighting Scheme | Market Cap |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
| SPY | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Holdings | 505 | 368 | 99 |
| % of Assets in Top 10 | 35.44% | 43.62% | 69.89% |
| % of Assets in Top 15 | 41.27% | 51.77% | 73.79% |
| % of Assets in Top 50 | 59.36% | 76.61% | 86.30% |
| SPY | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>12.9B) | 98.78% | 87.41% | 36.71% |
| Mid (>2.7B) | 1.10% | 4.26% | 1.81% |
| Small (>600M) | 0.00% | 0.62% | 0.08% |
| Micro (<600M) | 0.00% | 0.09% | 0.02% |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
| SPY | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $ 1.70 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.19 |
| Dividend Date | 2025-03-21 | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $ 7.17 | $ 1.07 | $ 0.78 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 1.21% | 1.31% | 1.98% |
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View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: -3.22 B 1 Month Net Flows: -11.19 B 3 Month Net Flows: -11.18 B 6 Month Net Flows: -24.77 B 1 Year Net Flows: 15.92 B 3 Year Net Flows: 54.37 B 5 Year Net Flows: 61.99 B 10 Year Net Flows: 71.01 BView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
5 Day Net AUM Change: 9.3 BThe adjacent table shows a Realtime Rating for several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, highlights the best rated ETF in the Large Cap Growth Equities category for each metric. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
| Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 39.60% |
| Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 20.00% |
| Tax On Distributions | Qualified dividends |
| Distributes K1 | No |
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.
| SPY |
ETF Database
Category Average |
Factset Segment
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Return | 10.72% | 11.70% | 6.00% |
| 3 Month Return | -4.22% | -4.07% | -2.24% |
| YTD Return | -0.25% | 0.87% | 0.17% |
| 1 Year Return | 11.09% | 12.09% | 4.98% |
| 3 Year Return | 16.05% | 14.95% | 5.17% |
| 5 Year Return | 16.12% | 11.36% | 3.28% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of SPY's underlying holdings.
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| North, Central and South America | 99.89% |
| Other | 0.11% |
| Country | Percentage |
|---|---|
| United States | 97.14% |
| Ireland | 1.57% |
| United Kingdom | 0.55% |
| Switzerland | 0.35% |
| Other | 0.11% |
| Netherlands | 0.11% |
| Bermuda | 0.1% |
| Canada | 0.07% |
The following charts reflect the allocation of SPY's underlying holdings.
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Electronic Technology | 21.13% |
| Technology Services | 20.73% |
| Finance | 15.42% |
| Retail Trade | 7.98% |
| Health Technology | 7.75% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 3.95% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 3.34% |
| Consumer Services | 3.02% |
| Utilities | 2.56% |
| Energy Minerals | 2.4% |
| Consumer Durables | 2.38% |
| Transportation | 2.04% |
| Health Services | 1.51% |
| Process Industries | 1.5% |
| Commercial Services | 1.06% |
| Communications | 1.0% |
| Industrial Services | 0.93% |
| Distribution Services | 0.69% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 0.45% |
| CASH | 0.11% |
| Miscellaneous | 0.05% |
| Market Cap | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Large | 98.78% |
| Mid | 1.1% |
| Small | 0.0% |
| Micro | 0.0% |
| Region | Percentage |
|---|
| Asset | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Share/Common/Ordinary | 99.89% |
| CASH | 0.11% |
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Electronic Technology | 21.13% |
| Technology Services | 20.73% |
| Finance | 15.42% |
| Retail Trade | 7.98% |
| Health Technology | 7.75% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 3.95% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 3.34% |
| Consumer Services | 3.02% |
| Utilities | 2.56% |
| Energy Minerals | 2.4% |
| Consumer Durables | 2.38% |
| Transportation | 2.04% |
| Health Services | 1.51% |
| Process Industries | 1.5% |
| Commercial Services | 1.06% |
| Communications | 1.0% |
| Industrial Services | 0.93% |
| Distribution Services | 0.69% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 0.45% |
| CASH | 0.11% |
| Miscellaneous | 0.05% |
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
| 5 Day Volatility | 105.57% |
| 20 Day Volatility | 16.00% |
| 50 Day Volatility | 35.57% |
| 200 Day Volatility | 27.44% |
| Beta | 1.0 |
| Standard Deviation | 26.59% |
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