Trailing twelve month distribution yields: broad index, equal weight, dividend screens, sector funds
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 2026-08-22, from S&P 500 Dividend Yield: How It's Measured.
| ticker | segment | price | ttm_distributions_usd | payments | trailing_yield_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | broad index tracker | 766.95 | 7.525 | 4 | 0.98 |
| RSP | equal weight S&P 500 | 221.91 | 3.205 | 4 | 1.44 |
| VYM | dividend screen | 165.11 | 3.63 | 4 | 2.2 |
| SCHD | dividend screen | 35.2 | 1.048 | 4 | 2.98 |
| SPYD | dividend screen | 50.39 | 2.031 | 4 | 4.03 |
| XLU | sector fund | 42.82 | 1.479 | 4 | 3.45 |
| XLP | sector fund | 86.05 | 2.197 | 4 | 2.55 |
| XLRE | sector fund | 45.07 | 1.405 | 4 | 3.12 |
| XLK | sector fund | 183.58 | 0.972 | 4 | 0.53 |
- Rows × columns
- 9 × 6
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 9 distinct values (RSP, SCHD, SPY…) | |
segment |
text | 4 distinct values | |
price |
number | 35.2 to 766.95 | US dollars |
ttm_distributions_usd |
number | 0.972 to 7.525 | US dollars |
payments |
number | every row is 4 | |
trailing_yield_pct |
number | 0.53 to 4.03 | percent |
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 px AS (
SELECT ticker,
argMax(close, window_start) AS price
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'RSP', 'VYM', 'SCHD', 'SPYD', 'XLU', 'XLP', 'XLRE', 'XLK')
AND window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 7 DAY
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY ticker
),
dv AS (
SELECT ticker,
sum(cash_amount) AS ttm_distributions,
count() AS payments
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'RSP', 'VYM', 'SCHD', 'SPYD', 'XLU', 'XLP', 'XLRE', 'XLK')
AND ex_dividend_date > today() - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
AND ex_dividend_date <= today()
AND cash_amount > 0
GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT px.ticker AS ticker,
multiIf(px.ticker = 'SPY', 'broad index tracker',
px.ticker = 'RSP', 'equal weight S&P 500',
px.ticker IN ('VYM', 'SCHD', 'SPYD'), 'dividend screen',
'sector fund') AS segment,
round(px.price, 2) AS price,
round(dv.ttm_distributions, 3) AS ttm_distributions_usd,
dv.payments AS payments,
round(dv.ttm_distributions / px.price * 100, 2) AS trailing_yield_pct
FROM px
INNER JOIN dv ON px.ticker = dv.ticker
ORDER BY multiIf(px.ticker = 'SPY', 1,
px.ticker = 'RSP', 2,
px.ticker = 'VYM', 3,
px.ticker = 'SCHD', 4,
px.ticker = 'SPYD', 5,
px.ticker = 'XLU', 6,
px.ticker = 'XLP', 7,
px.ticker = 'XLRE', 8,
9)
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