Trailing yield by sector fund: twelve months of distributions over the late-July 2026 price
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 What Is a Good Dividend Yield in 2026?.
| sector | fund_ticker | annual_distributions_usd | trailing_yield_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utilities | XLU | 1.479 | 3.31 |
| Energy | XLE | 1.892 | 3.21 |
| Real estate | XLRE | 1.405 | 3.1 |
| Consumer staples | XLP | 2.197 | 2.57 |
| Materials | XLB | 1.063 | 2.06 |
| Health care | XLV | 2.533 | 1.55 |
| Financials | XLF | 0.807 | 1.42 |
| Communications | XLC | 1.431 | 1.34 |
| Industrials | XLI | 2.059 | 1.15 |
| Consumer discretionary | XLY | 1.115 | 0.99 |
| Technology | XLK | 0.972 | 0.55 |
- Rows × columns
- 11 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
sector |
text | 11 distinct values | |
fund_ticker |
text | 11 distinct values (XLB, XLC, XLE…) | |
annual_distributions_usd |
number | 0.807 to 2.533 | US dollars |
trailing_yield_pct |
number | 0.55 to 3.31 | 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 ('XLU','XLRE','XLP','XLE','XLF','XLV','XLB','XLI','XLC','XLY','XLK')
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2026-07-20 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-07-31 00:00:00')
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
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('XLU','XLRE','XLP','XLE','XLF','XLV','XLB','XLI','XLC','XLY','XLK')
AND cash_amount > 0
AND ex_dividend_date > toDate('2025-07-30')
AND ex_dividend_date <= toDate('2026-07-30')
GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT transform(px.ticker,
['XLU','XLRE','XLP','XLE','XLF','XLV','XLB','XLI','XLC','XLY','XLK'],
['Utilities','Real estate','Consumer staples','Energy','Financials',
'Health care','Materials','Industrials','Communications',
'Consumer discretionary','Technology'],
'Other') AS sector,
px.ticker AS fund_ticker,
round(dv.ttm_distributions, 3) AS annual_distributions_usd,
round(dv.ttm_distributions / px.price * 100, 2) AS trailing_yield_pct
FROM px
INNER JOIN dv ON px.ticker = dv.ticker
ORDER BY trailing_yield_pct DESC
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