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XLY ETF Dividend History, Yield & Distributions

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Financial ServicesAsset ManagementScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

XLYState Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF

Financial Services / Asset Management

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Strong Relative Position

NeutralEdge 8/10
$115.53+$0.03 (+0.03%)

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  • Momentum
    74
  • Value
    39
  • Quality
    67
  • Risk resilience
    75
  • Sentiment
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algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

XLY ETF dividend answer

State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) has a trailing 12-month distribution yield of 0.81% and paid $0.9338 per share over the trailing 12 months. The fund currently pays quarterly distributions based on covered events. Its latest distribution was $0.2441 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 21, 2026 and payment date of Sep 23, 2026. The next projected ex-dividend date is Dec 21, 2026. XLY distribution history is shown as fund payout history, so corporate payout ratio and free cash flow coverage are excluded.

XLY Distribution Snapshot

Yield, recent distribution history, cadence, and AIQ context stay together without treating ETF payouts like corporate earnings coverage.

Distribution history
47
distributions captured
Frequency
quarterly
inferred from events
Trailing yield
0.81%
distribution income rate
Data completeness
81%
event fields populated

Next XLY Distribution Date

When XLY next goes ex-distribution, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Projected next XLY distribution

Projected $0.2441

Next ex-date status: projected. Next distribution amount status: projected. Projected values are inferred from recent cadence and are never presented as issuer announcements.

Next ex-date
Dec 21, 2026
projected
Next amount
$0.2441
projected
Last checked
Oct 20, 2026
Dividend data QA applied

Dividend growth is temporarily withheld because recent rows show an extreme change that needs data review. Raw vendor values stay visible in the history table; TTM, growth, yield, and calculator context use the guarded analysis value.

Latest XLY Distribution Dates

Sep 21, 2026

Review the latest distribution, yield, available trailing-year income, and distribution cadence before treating income as durable.

Distribution yield
0.81%
Trailing distribution yield
0.81%
TTM distributions / latest available price
TTM distributions
$0.9338
1.08% vs prior complete year
Latest distribution
$0.2441
Latest adjusted distribution
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available events
Latest ex-dividend date
Sep 21, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Latest payment date
Sep 23, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Next ex-date
Projected: Dec 21, 2026
Never inferred as announced
Next distribution amount
Projected: $0.2441
Amount status independent from date

AIQ Distribution bridge

Quality67/100

Fund distributions should be read with holdings quality, liquidity, and asset-class exposure.

Value39/100

Distribution yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience75/100

Lower drawdown and volatility can improve the dependability of an income allocation.

XLY Dividend & Distribution History

Recent per-share distributions show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Distribution pattern

Active payer

Recent distribution payments are summarized as cadence signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Distribution yield
0.81%
Trailing income rate
Distribution trend
Trailing income steady
1.08% vs prior complete year
Cadence
quarterly
Inferred from recent events
Event depth
47
Covered distribution rows
Recent distribution cadence
8 records
Dec 24
$0.2166
Mar 25
$0.271
Jun 25
$0.2235
Sep 25
$0.2127
Dec 25
$0.2409
Mar 26
$0.2156
Jun 26
$0.2332
Sep 26
$0.2441

XLY Annual Distribution History

2015 - 2026
12 plotted years

XLY Distribution Growth

+1.08% 1Y
Trailing CAGR windows
Latest XLY dividend dates
Ex-date
Sep 21, 2026
Record
Sep 21, 2026
Paid
Sep 23, 2026

Latest row amount $0.2441, event yield 83.20%.

Event field coverage
Declaration27/111
Record111/111
Payment111/111
Frequency111/111
History depth
111 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Sep 21, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 20, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
111/111 pay
111/111 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed distribution history.

Dividend growth

XLY payout growth, 2020–2025
5-year payout CAGR
7.48%
Peer rank
#75 of 138
Peer percentile
46th
2020 annual payout
$0.661
2025 annual payout
$0.948
Calendar-year declines
1

XLY's split-adjusted annual distributions grew at 7.48% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #75 of 138 equity ETFs in AlgovestIQ's research.

Measured from 2019 instead, the same history compounds at 2.84% a year.

Split-adjusted annual distributions, 2020–2025. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

The 2020 payout was 17.5% below 2019, so the growth rate measures a recovery from a weak starting year.

XLY Distribution Yield

How XLY's trailing distribution yield is calculated, and how it differs from 30-Day SEC Yield and total return.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month distribution yield

Trailing distribution yield equals distributions paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available market price. It is different from 30-Day SEC Yield, forward distribution yield, and total return.

Trailing distribution yield
0.81%
30-Day SEC Yield
—
Shown only when issuer data is available

Distribution variability

Why XLY distributions can change

XLY distributions reflect income from underlying holdings and may vary by quarter, market environment, fund composition, and fund policy.

Recent XLY distribution payments

111 covered distributions
Showing latest 5 of 111 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Sep 21, 2026$0.2441
$0.2441
83.20%Quarterly$0.9338—Sep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026
Jun 22, 2026$0.2332
$0.2332
78.51%Quarterly$0.9024—Jun 22, 2026Jun 24, 2026
Mar 23, 2026$0.2156
$0.2156
81.07%Quarterly$0.8927—Mar 23, 2026Mar 25, 2026
Dec 22, 2025$0.2409
$0.2409
77.50%Quarterly$0.9481—Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025
Sep 22, 2025$0.4255
$0.2127
76.92%Quarterly$0.9238—Sep 22, 2025Sep 24, 2025
Show older history+106 rows
Jun 23, 2025$0.447
$0.2235
85.20%Quarterly$0.9134—Jun 23, 2025Jun 25, 2025
Mar 24, 2025$0.542
$0.271
86.71%Quarterly$0.8858—Mar 24, 2025Mar 26, 2025
Dec 23, 2024$0.4331
$0.2166
70.55%Quarterly$0.8083—Dec 23, 2024Dec 26, 2024
Sep 23, 2024$0.4047
$0.2023
75.71%Quarterly$0.752—Sep 23, 2024Sep 25, 2024
Jun 24, 2024$0.3918
$0.1959
77.40%Quarterly$0.7021—Jun 24, 2024Jun 26, 2024
Mar 18, 2024$0.3873
$0.1935
75.23%Quarterly$0.6734—Mar 19, 2024Mar 21, 2024
Dec 18, 2023$0.3205
$0.1602
77.22%Quarterly$0.695—Dec 19, 2023Dec 21, 2023
Sep 18, 2023$0.3053
$0.1525
84.62%Quarterly$0.7177—Sep 19, 2023Sep 21, 2023
Jun 20, 2023$0.3344
$0.1672
87.29%Quarterly$0.7302—Jun 21, 2023Jun 23, 2023
Mar 20, 2023$0.4302
$0.2151
1.02%Quarterly$0.7201—Mar 21, 2023Mar 23, 2023
Dec 19, 2022$0.366
$0.1829
98.11%Quarterly$0.6446—Dec 20, 2022Dec 22, 2022
Sep 19, 2022$0.33
$0.165
76.04%Quarterly$0.6078—Sep 20, 2022Sep 22, 2022
Jun 21, 2022$0.314
$0.1571
83.08%Quarterly$0.5802—Jun 22, 2022Jun 24, 2022
Mar 21, 2022$0.279
$0.1395
61.15%Quarterly$0.5506—Mar 22, 2022Mar 24, 2022
Dec 20, 2021$0.292
$0.1461
56.61%Quarterly$0.5431—Dec 21, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Sep 20, 2021$0.275
$0.1375
60.68%Quarterly$0.545—Sep 21, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Jun 21, 2021$0.255
$0.1275
64.70%Quarterly$0.5604—Jun 22, 2021Jun 24, 2021
Mar 22, 2021$0.264
$0.132
69.45%Quarterly$0.5809—Mar 23, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Dec 21, 2020$0.296
$0.1481
83.70%Quarterly$0.6607—Dec 22, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Sep 21, 2020$0.306
$0.1528
1.01%Quarterly$0.7176—Sep 22, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Jun 22, 2020$0.296
$0.148
1.19%Quarterly$0.767—Jun 23, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Mar 23, 2020$0.424
$0.2118
1.89%Quarterly$0.8259—Mar 24, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Dec 20, 2019$0.41
$0.2049
1.29%Quarterly$0.8015—Dec 23, 2019Dec 26, 2019
Sep 20, 2019$0.404
$0.2022
1.30%Quarterly$0.7845—Sep 23, 2019Sep 25, 2019
Jun 21, 2019$0.414
$0.2069
1.27%Quarterly$0.7578Jun 20, 2019Jun 24, 2019Jun 26, 2019
Mar 15, 2019$0.375
$0.1875
1.26%Quarterly$0.6979Mar 14, 2019Mar 18, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Dec 21, 2018$0.376
$0.1879
1.42%Quarterly$0.6654Dec 20, 2018Dec 24, 2018Dec 27, 2018
Sep 21, 2018$0.351
$0.1755
1.10%Quarterly$0.6435Sep 20, 2018Sep 24, 2018Sep 26, 2018
Jun 15, 2018$0.294
$0.147
1.12%Quarterly$0.627Jun 14, 2018Jun 18, 2018Jun 20, 2018
Mar 16, 2018$0.31
$0.155
1.17%Quarterly$0.6175Mar 15, 2018Mar 19, 2018Mar 21, 2018
Dec 15, 2017$0.332
$0.166
1.21%Quarterly$0.593Dec 14, 2017Dec 18, 2017Dec 26, 2017
Sep 15, 2017$0.318
$0.159
1.50%Quarterly$0.673Sep 14, 2017Sep 18, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Jun 16, 2017$0.275
$0.1375
1.47%Quarterly$0.664Jun 15, 2017Jun 20, 2017Jun 26, 2017
Mar 17, 2017$0.261
$0.1305
1.52%Quarterly$0.665Mar 16, 2017Mar 21, 2017Mar 27, 2017
Dec 16, 2016$0.492
$0.246
1.68%Quarterly$0.695Dec 15, 2016Dec 20, 2016Dec 27, 2016
Sep 16, 2016$0.30
$0.15
1.56%Quarterly$0.6115Sep 15, 2016Sep 20, 2016Sep 26, 2016
Jun 17, 2016$0.277
$0.1385
1.56%Quarterly$0.606Jun 16, 2016Jun 21, 2016Jun 27, 2016
Mar 18, 2016$0.321
$0.1605
1.51%Quarterly$0.591Mar 17, 2016Mar 22, 2016Mar 29, 2016
Dec 18, 2015$0.325
$0.1625
1.44%Quarterly$0.558Dec 17, 2015Dec 22, 2015Dec 29, 2015
Sep 18, 2015$0.289
$0.1445
1.44%Quarterly$0.542Sep 17, 2015Sep 22, 2015Sep 28, 2015
Jun 19, 2015$0.247
$0.1235
1.32%Quarterly$0.512Jun 18, 2015Jun 23, 2015Jun 29, 2015
Mar 20, 2015$0.255
$0.1275
1.29%Quarterly$0.4945Mar 19, 2015Mar 24, 2015Mar 30, 2015
Dec 19, 2014$0.293
$0.1465
1.33%Quarterly$0.471Dec 18, 2014Dec 23, 2014Dec 30, 2014
Sep 19, 2014$0.229
$0.1145
1.33%Quarterly$0.4555Sep 18, 2014Sep 23, 2014Sep 29, 2014
Jun 20, 2014$0.212
$0.106
1.30%Quarterly$0.431Jun 19, 2014Jun 24, 2014Jun 30, 2014
Mar 21, 2014$0.208
$0.104
1.26%Quarterly$0.413Mar 20, 2014Mar 25, 2014Mar 31, 2014
Dec 20, 2013$0.262
$0.131
1.18%Quarterly$0.388Dec 19, 2013Dec 24, 2013Dec 31, 2013
Sep 20, 2013$0.18
$0.09
1.35%Quarterly$0.41Sep 19, 2013Sep 24, 2013Sep 30, 2013
Jun 21, 2013$0.176
$0.088
1.46%Quarterly$0.403Jun 20, 2013Jun 25, 2013Jul 1, 2013
Mar 15, 2013$0.158
$0.079
1.49%Quarterly$0.391Mar 14, 2013Mar 19, 2013Mar 25, 2013
Dec 21, 2012$0.306
$0.153
1.61%Quarterly$0.3805Dec 20, 2012Dec 26, 2012Jan 3, 2013
Sep 21, 2012$0.166
$0.083
1.42%Quarterly$0.3375—Sep 25, 2012Oct 3, 2012
Jun 15, 2012$0.152
$0.076
1.47%Quarterly$0.3185—Jun 19, 2012Jun 27, 2012
Mar 16, 2012$0.137
$0.0685
1.39%Quarterly$0.309—Mar 20, 2012Mar 28, 2012
Dec 16, 2011$0.22
$0.11
1.60%Quarterly$0.3035—Dec 20, 2011Dec 28, 2011
Sep 16, 2011$0.128
$0.064
1.61%Quarterly$0.3035—Sep 20, 2011Sep 28, 2011
Jun 17, 2011$0.133
$0.0665
1.54%Quarterly$0.292—Jun 21, 2011Jun 29, 2011
Mar 18, 2011$0.126
$0.063
1.48%Quarterly$0.278—Mar 22, 2011Mar 30, 2011
Dec 17, 2010$0.22
$0.11
1.32%Quarterly$0.246—Dec 21, 2010Dec 29, 2010
Sep 17, 2010$0.105
$0.0525
1.32%Quarterly$0.2165—Sep 21, 2010Sep 29, 2010
Jun 18, 2010$0.105
$0.0525
1.29%Quarterly$0.209—Jun 22, 2010Jun 30, 2010
Mar 19, 2010$0.062
$0.031
1.27%Quarterly$0.2055—Mar 23, 2010Mar 31, 2010
Dec 18, 2009$0.161
$0.0805
1.52%Quarterly$0.2255—Dec 22, 2009Dec 30, 2009
Sep 18, 2009$0.09
$0.045
1.63%Quarterly$0.226—Sep 22, 2009Sep 30, 2009
Jun 19, 2009$0.098
$0.049
2.02%Quarterly$0.2335—Jun 23, 2009Jul 1, 2009
Mar 20, 2009$0.102
$0.051
2.59%Quarterly$0.2405—Mar 24, 2009Apr 1, 2009
Dec 19, 2008$0.162
$0.081
1.97%Quarterly$0.2095—Dec 23, 2008Dec 31, 2008
Sep 19, 2008$0.105
$0.0525
1.63%Quarterly$0.1285—Sep 23, 2008Oct 1, 2008
Jun 20, 2008$0.112
$0.056
1.53%Quarterly$0.1125—Jun 24, 2008Jul 2, 2008
Mar 20, 2008$0.04
$0.02
1.34%Quarterly$0.0915—Mar 25, 2008Apr 2, 2008
Dec 21, 2007$0.235
$0.1175
1.35%Quarterly$0.1055—Dec 26, 2007Jan 3, 2008
Sep 21, 2007$0.073
$0.0365
94.07%Quarterly$0.1745—Sep 25, 2007Oct 3, 2007
Jun 15, 2007$0.07
$0.035
85.84%Quarterly$0.171—Jun 19, 2007Jun 27, 2007
Mar 16, 2007$0.068
$0.034
91.91%Quarterly$0.1715—Mar 20, 2007Mar 28, 2007
Dec 15, 2006$0.138
$0.069
73.32%Quarterly$0.141—Dec 19, 2006Dec 27, 2006
Sep 15, 2006$0.066
$0.033
91.41%Quarterly$0.1575—Sep 19, 2006Sep 27, 2006
Jun 16, 2006$0.071
$0.0355
92.88%Quarterly$0.154—Jun 20, 2006Jul 31, 2006
Mar 17, 2006$0.0070
$0.0035
84.07%Quarterly$0.143—Mar 21, 2006Apr 28, 2006
Dec 16, 2005$0.171
$0.0855
97.90%Quarterly$0.1635—Dec 20, 2005Jan 31, 2006
Sep 16, 2005$0.059
$0.0295
79.66%Quarterly$0.132—Sep 20, 2005Oct 31, 2005
Jun 17, 2005$0.049
$0.0245
74.48%Quarterly$0.1255—Jun 21, 2005Jul 29, 2005
Mar 18, 2005$0.048
$0.024
73.01%Quarterly$0.122—Mar 22, 2005Apr 29, 2005
Dec 17, 2004$0.108
$0.054
68.91%Quarterly$0.119—Dec 21, 2004Jan 31, 2005
Sep 17, 2004$0.046
$0.023
68.11%Quarterly$0.107—Sep 21, 2004Oct 29, 2004
Jun 18, 2004$0.042
$0.021
64.58%Quarterly$0.103—Jun 22, 2004Jul 30, 2004
Mar 19, 2004$0.042
$0.021
64.87%Quarterly$0.101—Mar 23, 2004Apr 30, 2004
Dec 19, 2003$0.084
$0.042
62.86%Quarterly$0.097—Dec 23, 2003Jan 30, 2004
Sep 19, 2003$0.038
$0.019
56.40%Quarterly$0.0815—Sep 23, 2003Oct 31, 2003
Jun 20, 2003$0.038
$0.019
56.61%Quarterly$0.0775—Jun 24, 2003Jul 31, 2003
Mar 21, 2003$0.034
$0.017
69.19%Quarterly$0.084—Mar 25, 2003Apr 30, 2003
Dec 20, 2002$0.053
$0.0265
73.25%Quarterly$0.086—Dec 24, 2002Jan 31, 2003
Sep 20, 2002$0.03
$0.015
66.97%Quarterly$0.0815—Sep 24, 2002Oct 31, 2002
Jun 21, 2002$0.051
$0.0255
70.96%Quarterly$0.098—Jun 25, 2002Jul 31, 2002
Mar 15, 2002$0.038
$0.019
66.75%Quarterly$0.102—Mar 19, 2002Apr 30, 2002
Dec 21, 2001$0.044
$0.022
77.00%Quarterly$0.1095—Dec 26, 2001Jan 31, 2002
Sep 21, 2001$0.063
$0.0315
1.12%Quarterly$0.118—Sep 25, 2001Oct 31, 2001
Jun 15, 2001$0.059
$0.0295
88.58%Quarterly$0.1195—Jun 19, 2001Jul 31, 2001
Mar 16, 2001$0.053
$0.0265
90.20%Quarterly$0.115—Mar 20, 2001Apr 30, 2001
Dec 15, 2000$0.061
$0.0305
97.81%Quarterly$0.116—Dec 19, 2000Jan 31, 2001
Sep 15, 2000$0.066
$0.033
79.29%Quarterly$0.1045—Sep 19, 2000Oct 31, 2000
Jun 16, 2000$0.05
$0.025
69.66%Quarterly$0.09—Jun 20, 2000Jul 31, 2000
Mar 17, 2000$0.055
$0.0275
59.41%Quarterly——Mar 21, 2000Apr 28, 2000
Dec 17, 1999$0.038
$0.019
48.01%Quarterly——Dec 21, 1999Jan 31, 2000
Sep 17, 1999$0.037
$0.0185
40.72%Quarterly——Sep 21, 1999Oct 29, 1999
Jun 18, 1999$0.038
$0.019
24.61%Quarterly——Jun 22, 1999Jul 30, 1999
Mar 19, 1999$0.032
$0.016
11.01%Quarterly——Mar 23, 1999Apr 30, 1999
Distribution context
How to read XLY's distribution profile

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Distribution yield

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Payment history matters

Stable or rising distributions can support an income allocation, while irregular payments should be read as fund-policy and market-cycle evidence.

Corporate coverage is excluded

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Focused follow-on paths for yield, reinvestment, holdings, risk, and the closest income comparison.

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XLY Dividends FAQ

Does XLY pay dividends?

Yes — though ETF payouts are technically fund distributions rather than corporate dividends. State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF has covered distribution history, most recently $0.24 per share on a quarterly cadence.

What is XLY's dividend yield?

XLY's trailing 12-month distribution yield is 0.81%, from $0.93 per share paid over the trailing 12 months. That is distributions paid divided by the latest available market price — it is not a 30-Day SEC Yield, a forward yield, or a total return.

How often does XLY pay dividends?

XLY currently pays distributions on a quarterly cadence based on covered payment history. Cadence inferred from payment spacing is labeled as inferred, because a fund can change its schedule.

When is XLY's next dividend?

XLY's next distribution is projected from its recent cadence, around Dec 21, 2026. A projection is an estimate from past payments, not an issuer announcement, and the fund can change both the date and the amount.

What was XLY's latest dividend?

XLY's latest covered distribution was $0.24 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 21, 2026 and a payment date of Sep 23, 2026.

Why do XLY's distributions vary?

XLY distributes the income its underlying holdings generate, so the amount moves with dividend timing across the portfolio, index changes, and seasonality. Variation between periods is normal for a broad-market fund and does not by itself signal a change in fund policy.