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Data last updated: Sep 02, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 02, 2026): State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) pays a $2.20 annual dividend ($0.57 quarterly), yielding 2.58% at $85.25/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-22. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.58%
Annual Dividend: $2.20 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-22
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 28
The State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks U.S. consumer staples companies in the S&P 500, covering food, beverages, household products, and personal care goods. XLP currently pays $2.1973 per share annually, distributed quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date on June 22, 2026. The current yield stands at 2.58%. With a beta of 0.53, XLP stock moves at roughly half the volatility of the broader market, which appeals to income investors who prioritize steadiness over maximum yield.
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through fund, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF dividend safety is anchored in the nature of its holdings: companies selling essential goods like food, beverages, and household products generate demand that does not disappear in economic downturns, which supports the income the fund passes through to shareholders. The primary pressure on the dividend is the underlying earnings of those holdings, since any broad decline in profitability across the consumer staples sector flows directly into what XLP can distribute.
Over the past 14 years, State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.5% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.8850 to $2.1380 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest single-year jump was 20.6% in 2012, while 2023 delivered one of the more modest increases, with the annual total rising from $1.8420 to $1.8920, a gain of roughly 2.7%. For income investors, 6.5% annual growth means the dividend has more than doubled over the period, meaningfully outpacing inflation in most years.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.1% | $1.84 (2022) | $2.14 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +4.8% | $1.69 (2020) | $2.14 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.3% | $1.28 (2015) | $2.14 (2025) |
XLP fits dividend investors who want exposure to essential-goods companies without picking individual stocks. The yield is moderate (2–4%), currently at 2.58%, which sits above the fund's own 5-year average of 2.31%, meaning today's entry point offers a slightly better income rate than the recent norm. Growth has been real: 6.5% annually over 14 years is not trivial for a sector-focused ETF. The trade-off is that yield will never be high here. Consumer staples companies reinvest in their businesses and carry their own dividend obligations, which caps how much income flows through to XLP shareholders. What an investor gets is measured, growing income from a low-volatility fund.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | $0.5742 |
| 2026-03-23 | $0.4550 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.6270 |
| 2025-09-22 | $0.5410 |
| 2025-06-23 | $0.5520 |
| 2025-03-24 | $0.4180 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.6020 |
| 2024-09-23 | $0.4390 |
| 2024-06-24 | $0.5820 |
| 2024-03-18 | $0.5520 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.0292 |
| 2025 | $2.1380 |
| 2024 | $2.1750 |
| 2023 | $1.8920 |
| 2022 | $1.8420 |
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