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Data last updated: Sep 14, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 14, 2026): State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF (SPEM) pays a $1.30 annual dividend, yielding 2.47% at $52.51/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-22. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.47%
Annual Dividend: $1.30 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-22
Dividend Frequency: semi-annually
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 20
The State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF dividend comes from a fund designed to track the S&P Emerging BMI Index, giving investors broad exposure to stock markets in developing economies while spreading risk across multiple countries. SPEM currently yields 2.47%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.2993 per share paid semi-annually. The next ex-dividend date is June 22, 2026. With a beta of 0.86, the fund carries somewhat lower price volatility than the broader market, which appeals to dividend investors seeking emerging market exposure without the full swing of individual country risk.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of underlying portfolio income, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF dividend safety is therefore tied directly to the dividend income generated by the developing-economy equities the fund holds, which can fluctuate with corporate earnings, currency movements, and economic conditions across those markets. The history table shows multiple year-over-year declines exceeding 5%, which reflects that income from emerging market equities is not steady and can compress meaningfully in weaker years.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of -1.9% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $1.7250 at the start of the window to $1.2983 by 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 46.1% in 2019, but that spike followed a sharp prior-year trough, illustrating how volatile the annual payout can be rather than signaling a durable upward trend.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.3% | $1.11 (2022) | $1.30 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +9.9% | $0.81 (2020) | $1.30 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +0.4% | $1.25 (2015) | $1.30 (2025) |
SPEM fits dividend investors who want emerging market equity exposure and can accept an income stream that moves up and down with the underlying portfolio rather than growing predictably. The current yield of 2.47% falls in the moderate (2-4%) range and sits above the fund's own 5-year average of 2.2%, which means income at this moment is running slightly ahead of recent norms. The trade-off is real: the long-term CAGR is -1.9%, so the per-share payout has shrunk over 15 years, not grown. What an investor gets is diversified developing-economy exposure with a current yield above its recent average. What they accept is an income stream with no growth trend and a history of meaningful year-to-year swings.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | $0.5277 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.7716 |
| 2025-06-23 | $0.5267 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.6163 |
| 2024-06-24 | $0.4514 |
| 2023-12-18 | $0.5469 |
| 2023-06-20 | $0.4460 |
| 2022-12-20 | $0.6540 |
| 2022-06-21 | $0.4590 |
| 2021-12-20 | $0.9490 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.5277 |
| 2025 | $1.2983 |
| 2024 | $1.0677 |
| 2023 | $0.9929 |
| 2022 | $1.1130 |
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