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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Financial Services · Asset Management

$757.39

Down-$3.49 (-0.46%)

Updated Sep 16, 2026, 11:06 AM

SID Score

6.5/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

55/100

Neutral

Market cap
724.71B
P/E ratio
Dividend yield
0.96%
52-week range
$629.28 – $779.37
Volume
46.2M
Avg. volume
79.27M

Price performance

SPY price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

SPY closed at $757.39 after 20 trading sessions, down 1.31% for the selected period.

Last close
$757.39
Period change
-1.31%
Period low
$757.39
Period high
$773.17
Daily close
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SPY OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 15, 2026$760.117$760.35$756.15$757.3946.2M
Sep 14, 2026$759.00$763.52$757.93$760.8843.99M
Sep 11, 2026$764.72$766.38$763.60$764.2945.51M
Sep 10, 2026$758.03$760.11$756.64$757.8342.74M
Sep 9, 2026$764.08$764.47$760.94$762.4032.81M
Sep 8, 2026$769.07$769.70$765.14$765.9644.75M
Sep 4, 2026$772.01$772.87$769.00$770.1934.05M
Sep 3, 2026$767.90$774.03$767.45$773.1743.53M
Sep 2, 2026$762.45$766.43$761.73$765.1629.57M
Sep 1, 2026$762.01$764.67$759.48$761.7841.13M
Aug 31, 2026$767.33$767.995$764.715$767.0538.81M
Aug 28, 2026$771.76$775.30$768.3076$769.3536.74M
Aug 27, 2026$768.50$772.355$767.16$771.1034.56M
Aug 26, 2026$764.73$767.35$763.93$766.0828.75M
Aug 25, 2026$766.16$766.78$763.0501$765.9127.42M
Aug 24, 2026$764.78$765.22$762.08$763.4732.43M
Aug 21, 2026$766.05$767.85$764.17$765.7239.19M
Aug 20, 2026$765.96$768.15$762.04$762.6045.52M
Aug 19, 2026$770.36$772.47$768.10$769.0640.31M
Aug 18, 2026$768.70$769.50$766.92$767.4543.92M

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Company profile

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is an Exchange traded fund. The fund seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500® Index. The S&P 500® Index is composed of five hundred selected stocks. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was founded on January 22, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Stock Performance

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is currently trading at $757.39, reflecting a modest decline of 2.19% over the past month but demonstrating resilience over longer time horizons, per SID market data. Over the trailing three-month period, SPY has gained 2.58%, while the one-year return stands at 10.66%, consistent with broad equity market recovery trends. The fund's 50-day moving average sits at $758.94, placing the current price marginally below this short-term technical threshold by approximately 0.20%. However, SPY trades well above its 200-day moving average of $714.73, representing a 5.97% premium over that longer-term trend indicator. The 14-day relative strength index registers at 47.6, according to Massive/Polygon data, positioning the ETF in neutral territory between overbought and oversold conditions. Average daily trading volume remains robust at approximately 79.27 million shares, underscoring SPY's status as the most liquid equity ETF globally.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Valuation Analysis

As a passively managed exchange-traded fund tracking the S&P 500 Index, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust carries a market capitalization of approximately $724.71 billion, per SID market data. The fund currently offers a dividend yield of 1.06%, which reflects the aggregate distributions from its underlying basket of 500 large-cap U.S. equities. SPY is classified within the Financial Services sector given its structure as an investment trust. The ETF maintains a beta of exactly 1.00, as expected for a fund designed to replicate the benchmark S&P 500 Index with minimal tracking error. Traditional valuation metrics such as price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios apply at the underlying index level rather than to the fund itself. According to SEC filings, SPY's structure as a unit investment trust requires it to fully replicate the index and distribute dividends quarterly, distinguishing it from competing S&P 500 ETFs organized as open-end funds.

Smart Money Activity for SPY

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust registers a composite smart money score of 55 out of 100, signaling a neutral positioning among sophisticated market participants, per SID market data. Breaking down the component scores, institutional activity ranks highest at 21.0 out of 25, indicating strong and consistent engagement from large asset managers and pension funds that utilize SPY for benchmark exposure and liquidity management. Congressional trading activity scores 12.8 out of 25, reflecting moderate transaction volume among lawmakers, according to publicly disclosed congressional trade filings. Insider activity registers at 12.5 out of 25, though this metric carries limited applicability for an ETF structure where traditional corporate insider buying or selling does not occur in the conventional sense. Dark pool activity scores notably lower at 9.0 out of 25, per SEC Form 4 and 13F institutional filings, suggesting that a smaller proportion of recent SPY volume has been routed through alternative trading systems relative to its overall liquidity profile. The neutral composite signal aligns with SPY's role as a broad market instrument rather than a directional conviction trade.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Earnings Outlook

As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense, and no recent fund-level earnings data is available per company earnings reports. Instead, SPY's performance is derived from the aggregate earnings of its approximately 500 constituent companies within the S&P 500 Index. The fund currently yields 1.06% in dividends, reflecting the pass-through of distributions from underlying holdings. Investors tracking SPY's fundamental trajectory monitor the index-level earnings per share, which aggregates quarterly results across all sectors from technology to healthcare. The ETF's one-year return of 10.66%, per SID market data, incorporates both price appreciation and the cumulative impact of constituent earnings growth over that period. Fund-level financial reporting is limited to semi-annual and annual reports filed with the SEC, which detail portfolio holdings, expense ratios, and net asset value changes rather than traditional income statements.

Wall Street Analyst Ratings for SPY

Wall Street analysts do not issue traditional buy, hold, or sell ratings on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, as SPY functions as a passive index-tracking vehicle rather than an individual equity with company-specific catalysts. Consequently, no consensus price target or rating distribution data is available through SID consensus data or standard analyst coverage databases. Instead, market strategists at major investment banks publish S&P 500 Index-level year-end price targets that indirectly inform SPY's expected trajectory. The ETF currently trades at $757.39 with a beta of 1.00, per SID market data, meaning its returns are designed to mirror the broad U.S. large-cap equity market precisely. SPY's 14-day RSI of 47.6 suggests the fund is neither technically overbought nor oversold at current levels. Investors seeking directional analyst guidance on SPY typically reference aggregate bottom-up index earnings estimates and top-down macroeconomic forecasts from strategists rather than individual security-level coverage reports filed with regulatory bodies.