Overview
The 80 highest-yielding stocks in the S&P 500, equal-weighted — maximum income from large caps, currently paying over 4%.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| MO | Altria Group | 1.6% |
| VTRS | Viatris Inc. | 1.5% |
| T | AT&T Inc. | 1.5% |
| PM | Philip Morris Intl | 1.4% |
| D | Dominion Energy | 1.4% |
| VZ | Verizon Communications | 1.4% |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 1.3% |
| IRM | Iron Mountain | 1.3% |
| CCI | Crown Castle | 1.3% |
| F | Ford Motor | 1.3% |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
SPYD is the bluntest income instrument in the S&P 500 toolkit: take the 80 biggest yields, weight them equally, collect 4%+. No quality screen means it leans hard into utilities, REITs and telecoms — sectors that lagged the growth rally and re-rate when rates fall, which the +14% year began to show. Equal weighting keeps any one dividend cut survivable.
Who It's For
Income maximisers who want large-cap yield now and accept value-sector concentration to get it. The high-octane companion to quality-screened funds like SCHD — better income, fewer safety rails.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $32.12 | -- |
| 2017 | $35.98 | +12.0% |
| 2018 | $32.02 | -11.0% |
| 2019 | $38.43 | +20.0% |
| 2020 | $33.43 | -13.0% |
| 2021 | $42.12 | +26.0% |
| 2022 | $39.60 | -6.0% |
| 2023 | $39.20 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | $43.12 | +10.0% |
| 2025 | $47.00 | +9.0% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.90% |
| 2017 | 3.80% |
| 2018 | 4.40% |
| 2019 | 4.10% |
| 2020 | 4.90% |
| 2021 | 3.70% |
| 2022 | 4.10% |
| 2023 | 4.60% |
| 2024 | 4.30% |
| 2025 | 4.20% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.2B | -- |
| 2017 | $1.5B | +650.0% |
| 2018 | $2.2B | +46.7% |
| 2019 | $3B | +36.4% |
| 2020 | $2.5B | -16.7% |
| 2021 | $5B | +100.0% |
| 2022 | $7B | +40.0% |
| 2023 | $6.5B | -7.1% |
| 2024 | $7B | +7.7% |
| 2025 | $7B | +0.0% |
Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.
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