SPYT Dividend Yield
Defiance S&P 500 Target Income · Large Blend · Defiance ETFs LLC · ETF · monthly payer
$15.87
Add to PortfolioAs of Nov 6, 2026, SPYT (Defiance S&P 500 Target Income) yields 18.49%, paying $2.93 a share a year in monthly distributions at its $15.87 price. It costs 0.92% a year and manages $168.7M. Over the last year it returned 10.5% a year with distributions reinvested, against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
Dividend yield
18.49%
Paid a Year
$2.93
Expense Ratio
0.92%
Assets
$168.7M
1-Yr Return
10.5%/yr
Frequency
Monthly
Key facts about SPYT
Data as of · Source: SmarterDividends data
- As of Nov 6, 2026, SPYT yields 18.49% and pays about $2.93 a share a year, monthly.
- SPYT paid $2.9340 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 6, 2026, in 10 payments.
- SPYT's expense ratio is 0.92% a year, or $92.00 on $10,000.
- SPYT is an ETF from Defiance ETFs LLC with $168.7M in assets, started Mar 4, 2024.
Cite this page
SmarterDividends, "SPYT Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 6, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/SPYT
What $10,000 in SPYT became
Change the dates →From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, month-end values
Payouts reinvested
$13,848
Payouts taken as cash
$12,965
$4,779 of it cash
S&P 500 (SPY)
$14,874
Since Mar 2024, SPYT's share price has fallen 18%, while its total return with distributions reinvested was 38%. Part of what it paid out came out of the share price, which is what investors call NAV erosion: the income was real, but so was the shrinking price.
SPYT total return
A year, through Oct 2026. Total return counts every payout, reinvested; price return doesn't.
| Period | Total return | Price return | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +10.5% | −9.8% | +12.0% |
| Since Mar 2024 | +13.4% | −7.5% | +16.6% |
SPYT distributions
Every payment →| Ex-date | Paid | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | — | $0.2910 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | — | $0.2860 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | — | $0.29 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | — | $0.30 |
| May 1, 2026 | — | $0.29 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | — | $0.2640 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | — | $0.2910 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | — | $0.2960 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | — | $0.3120 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | — | $0.3140 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | — | $0.3210 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | — | $0.3220 |
What SPYT holds
Top ten holdings and sector weights as the fund reports them.
SPYT questions
What is SPYT's dividend yield?
As of Nov 6, 2026, SPYT yields 18.49%. Over the last 12 months it paid $2.9340 a share in 10 payments, against a $15.87 share price.
How often does SPYT pay dividends?
SPYT pays monthly, 12 times a year.
How much does 100 shares of SPYT pay?
At about $2.9340 a share a year, 100 shares of SPYT pay about $293.40 a year, $24.45 each month, before tax.
What is SPYT's expense ratio?
SPYT's expense ratio is 0.92% a year: $92.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.
What is SPYT's total return?
In the year to Oct 2026, SPYT returned 10.5% a year with distributions reinvested, of which -9.8% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.
Does SPYT have NAV erosion?
Since Mar 2024, SPYT's share price has fallen 18%, while its total return with distributions reinvested was 38%. Part of what it paid out came out of the share price, which is what investors call NAV erosion: the income was real, but so was the shrinking price.
Fund facts
- Type
- ETF
- Issuer
- Defiance ETFs LLC
- Category
- Large Blend
- Started
- Mar 4, 2024
- Expense ratio
- 0.92%
- Assets
- $168.7M
- Dividend yield
- 18.49%
- Paid in the last year
- $2.9340 (10 payments)
- Last payment
- $0.2910 · ex Sep 1, 2026
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Fund facts from the fund's own reports via Yahoo Finance; payments and returns from SmarterDividends records. For information only, not investment advice.