SPY over five years, June 2021 to June 2026: price return vs return with dividends
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-07-26, from How Monthly Stock Returns Are Measured.
june 2021 close
428.07
june 2026 close
746.32
dividends paid per share
34.07
dividend payments
20
five year price return pct
74.35
five year return with divs pct
82.3
dividend points added
7.96
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- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
june_2021_close |
number | every row is 428.07 | US dollars |
june_2026_close |
number | every row is 746.32 | US dollars |
dividends_paid_per_share |
number | every row is 34.07 | |
dividend_payments |
number | every row is 20 | |
five_year_price_return_pct |
number | every row is 74.35 | percent |
five_year_return_with_divs_pct |
number | every row is 82.3 | percent |
dividend_points_added |
number | every row is 7.96 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH daily AS (
SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS day,
argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), window_start,
toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York') >= toDateTime(concat(toString(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))), ' 09:30:00'), 'America/New_York')
AND toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York') < toDateTime(concat(toString(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))), ' 16:00:00'), 'America/New_York')) AS cl
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND ((window_start >= '2021-06-28 04:00:00' AND window_start < '2021-07-01 08:00:00')
OR (window_start >= '2026-06-26 04:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 08:00:00'))
GROUP BY day
),
px AS (
SELECT argMaxIf(cl, day, day <= '2021-06-30') AS start_close,
argMaxIf(cl, day, day <= '2026-06-30') AS end_close
FROM daily
),
dv AS (
SELECT round(sum(cash_amount), 2) AS divs_per_share,
count() AS payments
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND ex_dividend_date >= '2021-07-01'
AND ex_dividend_date <= '2026-06-30'
)
SELECT round(start_close, 2) AS june_2021_close,
round(end_close, 2) AS june_2026_close,
divs_per_share AS dividends_paid_per_share,
payments AS dividend_payments,
round(100 * (end_close - start_close) / start_close, 2) AS five_year_price_return_pct,
round(100 * ((end_close + divs_per_share) - start_close) / start_close, 2) AS five_year_return_with_divs_pct,
round(100 * divs_per_share / start_close, 2) AS dividend_points_added
FROM px CROSS JOIN dv
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