AMEX · SPY
Financial Services · Asset Management
$774.83
Up+$4.31 (+0.56%)
Updated Oct 6, 2026, 8:18 PM
SID Score
6.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
55/100
Neutral
Price performance · SPY
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 5, 2026
SPY closed at $774.83 after 20 trading sessions, up 1.16% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | $769.69 | $776.605 | $769.63 | $774.83 | 44.84M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $770.58 | $772.65 | $767.145 | $769.64 | 46.34M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $764.36 | $765.65 | $758.7901 | $763.99 | 47.71M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $766.45 | $769.41 | $762.18 | $762.63 | 62.11M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $766.83 | $766.98 | $762.35 | $764.20 | 36.91M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $768.35 | $769.54 | $763.715 | $765.61 | 42.69M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $768.78 | $772.28 | $766.29 | $771.35 | 36.67M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $764.065 | $768.95 | $763.245 | $767.18 | 43.98M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $772.79 | $773.05 | $766.50 | $767.81 | 54.93M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $774.03 | $775.14 | $772.57 | $773.38 | 34.8M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $766.251 | $774.89 | $766.03 | $773.50 | 50.48M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $761.31 | $762.00 | $757.971 | $761.69 | 65.4M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $763.15 | $763.57 | $759.96 | $762.60 | 49.65M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $759.50 | $761.67 | $749.60 | $754.05 | 59.22M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $760.117 | $760.35 | $756.15 | $757.39 | 46.19M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $759.00 | $763.52 | $757.93 | $760.88 | 43.99M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $764.72 | $766.38 | $763.60 | $764.29 | 45.51M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $758.03 | $760.11 | $756.64 | $757.83 | 42.74M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $764.08 | $764.47 | $760.94 | $762.40 | 32.81M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $769.07 | $769.70 | $765.14 | $765.96 | 44.75M |
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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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Generated Oct 6, 2026, 5:08 PM
The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) gained 0.64% today, supported by a confluence of positive factors including a major nuclear energy deal announcement, record-high analyst buy ratings, and lower oil prices that benefit consumer spending. While modest in absolute terms, the gain reflects broad-based optimism across multiple sectors and renewed confidence in the market's upward trajectory.
Bottom line: SPY's modest 0.64% gain reflects a balanced market environment where energy sector enthusiasm and record-high analyst optimism are offset by lingering valuation concerns from market skeptics and weakness in real estate. Investors should watch for whether the record buy-rating level signals sustainable upside or represents peak sentiment before a potential pullback, while monitoring AI-driven mega-cap concentration risk.
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Yahoo · Oct 6, 2026
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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) trades at $774.83, reflecting broad U.S. equity market strength across multiple timeframes. Per SID market data, the fund has returned 13.08% over the trailing twelve months, with a 2.44% gain over the past three months and a 0.59% increase over the most recent one-month period. SPY currently trades above both its 50-day moving average of $763.70 and its 200-day moving average of $719.89, positioning the fund approximately 1.5% above the shorter-term trend line and 7.6% above the longer-term trend line according to Massive/Polygon data. The 14-day relative strength index registers at 58.1, indicating neutral-to-slightly-bullish momentum without reaching overbought territory. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 79.3 million shares, underscoring SPY's position as one of the most liquid securities in global markets. The fund's beta remains at 1.0 by definition as the benchmark.
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund tracking the S&P 500 Index, SPY's valuation reflects the aggregate characteristics of 500 large-cap U.S. companies. Per SID market data, the fund carries a total market capitalization of approximately $724.7 billion in fund assets and currently offers a dividend yield of 1.06%, distributing income from the underlying portfolio's constituent dividends. Classified within the Financial Services sector as an investment vehicle, SPY provides diversified exposure across all eleven GICS sectors of the U.S. equity market. Traditional single-stock valuation metrics such as price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios apply at the index level rather than the fund level. According to SEC filings, the trust structure passes through dividends on a quarterly basis. The fund's current price of $774.83 represents the net asset value of approximately one-tenth of the S&P 500 Index level, adjusted for cumulative distributions since inception in 1993.
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust registers a composite smart money score of 55 out of 100, generating a neutral signal per SID market data. Institutional activity scores highest among the sub-components at 21.0 out of 25, reflecting the fund's widespread adoption by asset managers, pension funds, and hedge funds as a core portfolio holding and hedging instrument. Congressional trading activity scores 12.8 out of 25, indicating moderate usage by members of Congress as disclosed in periodic transaction reports per SEC filings. The insider activity metric registers at 12.5 out of 25; however, this metric carries limited applicability given SPY's ETF structure, which lacks traditional corporate insiders. Dark pool activity scores 9.0 out of 25, suggesting relatively lower levels of off-exchange block trading relative to the fund's total volume. The neutral composite reading aligns with SPY's function as a broad market benchmark rather than a conviction-driven institutional position, as large investors frequently use the fund for tactical allocation and liquidity management purposes according to 13F institutional filings.
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense. No recent earnings data is available for the fund itself according to company earnings reports. Instead, SPY's performance is driven by the aggregate earnings of its approximately 500 constituent companies within the S&P 500 Index. The fund distributes income through quarterly dividends, currently yielding 1.06% per SID market data, which reflects the blended dividend payments from underlying holdings. Investors monitoring SPY's fundamental trajectory typically track the S&P 500's aggregate earnings-per-share figures and forward earnings estimates compiled by analyst estimates. The fund's 13.08% trailing twelve-month return suggests the underlying index constituents have collectively delivered earnings growth sufficient to support equity price appreciation. Fund-level financial reporting is limited to semi-annual and annual reports filed with the SEC detailing portfolio holdings, expenses, and net asset value calculations.
Wall Street analysts do not issue traditional buy, hold, or sell ratings on SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, as coverage of passively managed index funds differs fundamentally from individual equity research. No consensus price target or rating data is available for SPY per SID consensus data. Instead, market strategists at major investment banks publish year-end S&P 500 Index targets, which serve as directional proxies for SPY's expected performance. The fund's current price of $774.83 and its 13.08% trailing twelve-month return provide context for evaluating strategist forecasts according to Wall Street analyst reports. SPY's average daily volume of approximately 79.3 million shares and its role as the most widely traded equity ETF globally ensure continuous price discovery driven by institutional and retail flows rather than analyst recommendations. Fund evaluation typically centers on tracking error, expense ratio, and liquidity metrics rather than fundamental price targets, distinguishing ETF assessment from traditional equity analysis frameworks used for individual securities.
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