Is SDY a good investment?

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) is a international dividend ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores SDY 4.4 out of 10 — highest on Valuation (8.0), lowest on Growth (2.0). It trades at 19.1 times earnings, against its own median of 19.1. Its ten largest holdings are 21% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is SDY rated? ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) 4.4 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) 4.4 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 4.4 / 10
Growth: 2.0 / 10
Valuation: 8.0 / 10
Risk: 6.9 / 10
Quality: 4.2 / 10
Return: 3.0 / 10

What is SDY's expense ratio? 0.35% a year

As of September 11, 2026, SDY charges 0.35% a year, yields 2.86% and holds $21.5B in assets across 156 positions.

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) — cost, income and size
Measure	SDY
Expense ratio	0.35%
Dividend yield	2.86%
Assets under management	$21.5B
Holdings	156

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in SDY's data

U.S. stocks with a long record of rising dividends.

Priced higher than the typical dividend fund abroad — you pay a premium for the track record.

Trailing P/E multiple of 19.1x sits above the category median of 14.5x. The fund charges 0.3% annually.

A dividend-focused core for an income-seeking portfolio.

Why did SDY move this week? It fell 2.5% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Accenture and Kimberly-Clark drove it

SDY fell 2.5% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Accenture (−4.8%), Kimberly-Clark (−9.1%) and Kenvue (−6.2%); Qualcomm (+7.9%) pushed the other way.

Is SDY expensive right now? It trades at 19.1 times earnings, against its own median of 19.1

As of September 11, 2026, SDY is more expensive than 50% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 57 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside SDY?

What's inside SDY: Size (Large 64%, Mid 31%, Small 5%); Geography (International 10%, US 90%); Tech 8.2%; Magnificent 7 0.5%; AI 2.3%; Semiconductors 2.8%; Memory 3.1%.

What are SDY's top holdings? The ten largest are 21% of the fund

Verizon Communications, Accenture, Realty Income, Chevron, PepsiCo, Medtronic, Target, Nike, Kenvue and Automatic Data Processing are SDY's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 76% of Dividend Global ex-US ETFs.

Half of SDY's weight sits in its 35 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 93 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/sdy