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Data last updated: Jul 18, 2026
Snapshot (as of Jul 18, 2026): State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) pays a $1.89 annual dividend ($0.38 quarterly), yielding 3.28% at $57.68/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-22. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.28%
Annual Dividend: $1.89 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-22
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 28
The State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF dividend comes from a fund built to track the energy companies inside the S&P 500, covering oil, natural gas, consumable fuels, and energy equipment and services. XLE currently pays a 3.43% yield, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.8918 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 22, 2026, with the last quarterly payment of $0.3849 per share. With a beta of -0.02, XLE stock moves almost independently of the broader market, which appeals to income-focused investors seeking energy sector exposure without tight correlation to equity swings.
State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF dividend safety is therefore tied directly to the income produced by its S&P 500 energy constituents, spanning oil, natural gas, and energy services companies, rather than to a single corporate balance sheet. The most significant pressure point is energy commodity volatility: the annual dividend history shows year-over-year declines in multiple years, reflecting how directly XLE's distributions track the earnings cycles of its underlying energy holdings.
State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 5.8% per year from 2009 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.0340 to $2.5563 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 98.7% in 2019, but the history also contains multiple year-over-year declines exceeding 5%, which means growth has been anything but linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -7.4% | $3.22 (2022) | $2.56 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +3.7% | $2.13 (2020) | $2.56 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +2.3% | $2.04 (2015) | $2.56 (2025) |
XLE fits income-focused investors who want direct exposure to S&P 500 energy companies and can tolerate payment volatility tied to commodity cycles. The current yield of 3.43% sits in the moderate (2-4%) range, and it runs well below the 5-year average yield of 5.07%, meaning today's buyers are getting a historically thinner income stream from XLE stock. The 5.8% CAGR since 2009 shows real long-term growth, but the path has included sharp single-year drops. The trade-off is clear: targeted energy sector income with meaningful upside in strong commodity years, offset by distributions that can shrink when energy earnings contract.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | $0.3849 |
| 2026-03-23 | $0.3852 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.3730 |
| 2025-09-22 | $0.7487 |
| 2025-06-23 | $0.7183 |
| 2025-03-24 | $0.7163 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.7000 |
| 2024-09-23 | $0.7275 |
| 2024-06-24 | $0.7148 |
| 2024-03-18 | $0.7339 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.7701 |
| 2025 | $2.5563 |
| 2024 | $2.8762 |
| 2023 | $2.9769 |
| 2022 | $3.2210 |
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