SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 83 recorded SDY dividend payments, running from December 16, 2005 to September 21, 2026 — 22 calendar years. Together those payments total $59.60 per share. SDY has most often paid quarterly.

SDY has increased its payment rate for 3 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the SDY payment rate compounded at +5.6% a year, and +6.1% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 22 years of recorded history, SDY's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

SDY is a fund, so its distribution is set from what the strategy earned in the period rather than by a board committing to a rate — payments move around by design. Only declines steeper than 25% are treated as material here, because smaller swings are routine rather than a change of policy.

SDY dividends by year

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than SDY's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent SDY dividend payments

Showing the 60 most recent of 83 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

SDY dividend history questions

How many dividends has SDY paid?

DivTrkr has 83 recorded SDY dividend payments between December 16, 2005 and September 21, 2026, totalling $59.60 per share across 22 calendar years.

Has SDY ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 22 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the SDY dividend growing?

The SDY payment rate compounded at +5.6% a year over the last five complete years and +6.1% a year over the last ten.

How often does SDY pay a dividend?

SDY has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

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