State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 43 recorded SPYD dividend payments, running from December 18, 2015 to September 21, 2026 — 12 calendar years. Together those payments total $18.87 per share. SPYD has most often paid quarterly.

SPYD has increased its payment rate for 2 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the SPYD payment rate compounded at +5.4% a year. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 12 years of recorded history, SPYD's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

SPYD 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.

SPYD 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 SPYD's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent SPYD dividend payments

SPYD dividend history questions

How many dividends has SPYD paid?

DivTrkr has 43 recorded SPYD dividend payments between December 18, 2015 and September 21, 2026, totalling $18.87 per share across 12 calendar years.

Has SPYD ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 12 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 SPYD dividend growing?

The SPYD payment rate compounded at +5.4% a year over the last five complete years.

How often does SPYD pay a dividend?

SPYD 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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