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AMEX · SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Financial Services · Asset Management
$765.72
Up+$3.12 (+0.41%)
Updated Aug 24, 2026, 4:20 AM
SID Score
6.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
55/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 724.71B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 0.95%
- 52-week range
- $629.28 – $779.37
- Volume
- 39.19M
- Avg. volume
- 79.27M
Price performance
SPY price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
SPY closed at $765.72 after 20 trading sessions, up 3.60% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $765.72
- Period change
- +3.60%
- Period low
- $729.46
- Period high
- $777.88
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | $766.05 | $767.85 | $764.17 | $765.72 | 39.19M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $765.96 | $768.15 | $762.04 | $762.60 | 45.52M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $770.36 | $772.47 | $768.10 | $769.06 | 40.31M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $768.70 | $769.50 | $766.92 | $767.45 | 43.92M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $776.18 | $776.775 | $772.51 | $772.67 | 34.36M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $778.54 | $778.80 | $775.4301 | $776.34 | 31.37M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $774.87 | $779.37 | $774.111 | $777.88 | 35.63M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $774.71 | $774.90 | $771.28 | $772.49 | 33.18M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $774.53 | $774.61 | $769.20 | $770.56 | 36.74M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $772.60 | $775.05 | $771.62 | $773.03 | 39.25M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $771.02 | $773.915 | $769.61 | $773.26 | 43.59M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $770.21 | $771.82 | $767.46 | $768.56 | 38.42M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $775.85 | $776.85 | $769.51 | $769.79 | 44.69M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $760.63 | $773.41 | $760.52 | $771.33 | 69.15M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $749.44 | $758.58 | $748.80 | $757.67 | 59.93M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $744.68 | $748.895 | $737.68 | $747.03 | 62.45M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $736.05 | $742.45 | $734.59 | $741.69 | 66.81M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $739.97 | $742.68 | $729.10 | $729.46 | 70.7M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $739.19 | $742.7901 | $735.98 | $740.86 | 47.32M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $744.91 | $745.53 | $735.87 | $739.09 | 41.46M |
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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
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is currently trading at $765.72, reflecting solid momentum across multiple timeframes. Per SID market data, the fund has gained 3.73% over the past month, 3.10% over three months, and 12.56% over the trailing twelve months, underscoring broad equity market strength. SPY is trading above both key moving averages, with the current price sitting 1.86% above its 50-day moving average of $751.75 and 7.98% above its 200-day moving average of $709.10, according to Massive/Polygon data. The 14-day relative strength index stands at 57.6, indicating moderate bullish momentum without entering overbought territory. Average daily volume remains robust at approximately 79.27 million shares, confirming sustained liquidity. With a beta of 1.00, SPY continues to serve as the benchmark proxy for U.S. large-cap equity performance, tracking the S&P 500 index with minimal tracking error.
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Valuation Analysis
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund tracking the S&P 500 index, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) does not carry traditional single-stock valuation metrics such as price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios at the fund level. Per SID market data, the ETF currently offers a dividend yield of 1.06%, reflecting the aggregate distributions from its underlying 500 constituent holdings. The fund's total market capitalization stands at approximately $724.71 billion, making it the largest ETF globally by assets. Classified within the Financial Services sector due to its structure as a unit investment trust, SPY provides broad exposure to U.S. large-cap equities across all eleven GICS sectors. According to SEC filings, the fund's expense ratio remains among the lowest in the industry. Investors evaluating SPY's valuation should reference the weighted-average fundamentals of its underlying S&P 500 components rather than fund-level metrics alone.
Smart Money Activity for SPY
Smart money indicators for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) currently present a neutral composite signal, with the overall smart money score registering at 55 out of 100, per SID market data. The institutional activity component scores a strong 21.0 out of 25, reflecting continued heavy allocation by pension funds, endowments, and asset managers that utilize SPY as a core equity holding or hedging vehicle. Congressional trading activity registers at 12.8 out of 25, suggesting moderate legislative interest in the broad market ETF. According to SEC Form 4 filings, the insider component scores 12.5 out of 25, though insider transactions carry limited interpretive value for an ETF structure since there are no corporate insiders in the traditional sense. Dark pool activity scores 9.0 out of 25 based on 13F institutional filings, indicating below-average off-exchange block trading relative to historical norms. The divergence between strong institutional flows and subdued dark pool activity suggests standard portfolio rebalancing rather than aggressive directional positioning.
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Earnings Outlook
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense, and no recent fund-level earnings data is available per company earnings reports. However, SPY's performance is directly driven by the aggregate earnings of its approximately 500 underlying constituents. The fund's trailing twelve-month return of 12.56% reflects the cumulative impact of corporate earnings growth across the S&P 500 index, according to SID market data. The current dividend yield of 1.06% represents the pass-through of dividends declared by constituent companies. Investors monitoring SPY's trajectory should track the S&P 500's blended earnings growth rate, which is reported quarterly during earnings season based on analyst estimates. Forward earnings expectations for the index's underlying companies remain a key driver of SPY's price direction, with sector-level results in technology, healthcare, and financials carrying outsized influence on aggregate fund returns.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) does not typically receive individual buy, hold, or sell ratings from Wall Street analysts, as coverage focuses on its approximately 500 underlying constituent stocks rather than the ETF wrapper itself. However, aggregate S&P 500 index targets published by major investment banks serve as implicit directional guidance for SPY. Per SID consensus data, SPY's current price of $765.72 and trailing twelve-month gain of 12.56% reflect the market's real-time pricing of forward earnings expectations across the index. The fund's position above both its 50-day moving average of $751.75 and 200-day moving average of $709.10 aligns with broadly constructive equity market conditions, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Strategists at major firms typically issue year-end S&P 500 price targets that translate directly to SPY fair value estimates. Investors seeking analyst-level insight into SPY's prospects should monitor sector allocation shifts and earnings revision trends across the index's largest weighted components.
