About this ETF
SPY is the best-recognized and oldest US listed ETF and typically tops rankings for largest AUM and greatest trading volume. The fund tracks the massively popular US index, the S&P 500. Few realize that S&P's index committee chooses 500 securities to represent the US large-cap space - not necessarily the 500 largest by market cap, which can lead to some omissions of single names. Still, the index offers outstanding exposure to the US large-cap space. It's important to note, SPY is a unit investment trust, an older but entirely viable structure. As a UIT, SPY must fully replicate its index (it probably would anyway) and forgo the small risk and reward of securities lending. It also can`t reinvest portfolio dividends between distributions, the resulting cash drag will slightly hurt performance in up markets and help in downtrends. SPY is a favored vanilla trading vehicle.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Aug 27, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | +3.65% | +2.04% | +11.43% | +12.32% | +19.21% | +20.29% | +11.42% | +13.43% | +8.89% |
| Total return | +3.65% | +2.30% | +12.02% | +12.91% | +20.53% | +21.79% | +12.93% | +15.27% | +10.85% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Aug 25, 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 0.09% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $9.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Aug 25, 2026 — portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 505 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | NVDA | 7.66% | 295.66M | $62.81B |
| 2 | APPLE INC | AAPL | 6.92% | 179.29M | $56.70B |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | MSFT | 5.49% | 90.68M | $45.03B |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | AMZN | 3.89% | 119.50M | $31.91B |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC CL A | GOOGL | 3.10% | 71.58M | $25.39B |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | AVGO | 2.58% | 57.80M | $21.13B |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC CL C | GOOG | 2.47% | 57.70M | $20.26B |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A | META | 1.86% | 26.81M | $15.27B |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | MU | 1.56% | 13.77M | $12.77B |
| 10 | ELI LILLY + CO | LLY | 1.50% | 9.66M | $12.27B |
| 11 | TESLA INC | TSLA | 1.49% | 34.36M | $12.22B |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE + CO | JPM | 1.45% | 32.71M | $11.88B |
| 13 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B | BRK-B | 1.40% | 22.38M | $11.50B |
| 14 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | AMD | 1.13% | 19.90M | $9.26B |
| 15 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | XOM | 1.03% | 50.59M | $8.46B |
| 16 | JOHNSON + JOHNSON | JNJ | 0.99% | 29.38M | $8.13B |
| 17 | VISA INC CLASS A SHARES | V | 0.96% | 20.26M | $7.89B |
| 18 | MASTERCARD INC A | MA | 0.73% | 9.85M | $6.02B |
| 19 | ABBVIE INC | ABBV | 0.71% | 21.56M | $5.81B |
| 20 | WALMART INC | WMT | 0.71% | 53.51M | $5.81B |
| 21 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | CSCO | 0.66% | 48.21M | $5.41B |
| 22 | INTEL CORP | INTC | 0.65% | 60.28M | $5.36B |
| 23 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | COST | 0.65% | 5.41M | $5.36B |
| 24 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | BAC | 0.62% | 79.68M | $5.06B |
| 25 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A | PLTR | 0.61% | 28.02M | $5.02B |
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Sector Exposure
Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 0.98% | Paid (last 12 months) | $7.5250 |
| Frequency | Quarterly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source — see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Jun 18, 2026 | Last payment | $1.9035 (Jul 31, 2026) |
| Growth 1Y | +4.98% | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | +4.89% / +6.19% |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $1.9035 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $1.7970 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | Jan 30, 2026 | $1.9934 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $1.8311 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | $1.7611 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | $1.6955 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Jan 31, 2025 | $1.9655 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 | $1.7455 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | $1.7590 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 18, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | $1.5949 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 18, 2023 | Jan 31, 2024 | $1.9061 |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Sep 18, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | $1.5832 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | 12.80% / 15.34% | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | 1.40 / 1.28 |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | -8.88% / -18.75% | Sortino 1Y | 2.05 |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 1.00 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | 1.00 |
| Downside deviation 1Y | 8.74% | Risk-free rate used | 3.72% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Aug 26, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 27.26M | Average volume | 50.25M |
| AUM | $807.46B | Premium/Discount | +0.02% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV — an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Fund Flows (estimated)
| Period | Est. net flow | % of starting AUM | AUM start → end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -$11.52B | -1.40% | $820.19B → $808.67B |
| 1 Week | -$6.23B | -0.76% | $818.25B → $808.67B |
ETF Explorer estimate: change in reported AUM minus the market-move effect, from our own daily snapshots. Not official issuer creation/redemption data.
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source — review them before investing.
Latest News for SPY
Guided help: AUM is fund size. The expense ratio is the yearly cost baked into returns. NAV is the value of what the fund owns per share; the market price can sit slightly above (premium) or below (discount) it. Total return assumes distributions were reinvested. Every dataset shows its own as-of date because holdings, assets and quotes update on different schedules.
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