Is SPYD a good investment?

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) is a US dividend ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores SPYD 4.7 out of 10 — highest on Valuation (7.4), lowest on Quality (3.0). It trades at 16.4 times earnings, against its own median of 15.9. Its ten largest holdings are 15% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is SPYD rated? ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) 4.7 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) 4.7 out of 10 overall.

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

Overall: 4.7 / 10
Growth: 4.7 / 10
Valuation: 7.4 / 10
Risk: 5.8 / 10
Quality: 3.0 / 10
Return: 3.2 / 10

What is SPYD's expense ratio? 0.07% a year

As of September 11, 2026, SPYD charges 0.07% a year, yields 4.63% and holds $7.6B in assets across 80 positions.

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) — cost, income and size
Measure	SPYD
Expense ratio	0.07%
Dividend yield	4.63%
Assets under management	$7.6B
Holdings	80

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 SPYD's data

U.S. large-cap stocks with high dividend payouts, focused on income.

Earns less on its capital than most dividend peers — the payout comes from cash flow, not profit strength.

Return on equity of 11.7% trails the 15.6% category median. ROIC of 10.5% and a cheap 11.3x EBITDA multiple reflect the same pattern.

A high-dividend anchor in a broad-market allocation, built on payouts rather than earnings strength.

Why did SPYD move this week? It fell 2.8% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Fidelity National Info Serv and General Mills drove it

SPYD fell 2.8% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Fidelity National Info Serv (−9.8%), General Mills (−8.7%) and Kimberly-Clark (−9.1%); HP (+11.1%) pushed the other way.

Is SPYD expensive right now? It trades at 16.4 times earnings, against its own median of 15.9

As of September 11, 2026, SPYD is more expensive than 54% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 62 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 SPYD?

What's inside SPYD: Size (Large 47%, Mid 52%, Small 1%); Geography (International 7%, US 93%); Tech 4.6%.

What are SPYD's top holdings? The ten largest are 15% of the fund

HP, Accenture, Target, Verizon Communications, Medtronic, Mosaic, Pfizer, AT&T, Chevron and Ares Management are SPYD's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 78% of Dividend US ETFs.

Half of SPYD's weight sits in its 38 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 79 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/spyd