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XLV Dividend

State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

AMEXFinancial ServicesETFData as of
Dividend yield
1.51%
Annual dividend
$2.53
Payout ratio
—
Frequency
Quarterly
Share price
$168.01
Market cap
$43.2B

Is XLV a good dividend stock?

What the data shows. These are observations, not recommendations — see the disclaimer at the foot of the page.

  • Yield is below the market median1.51% against a median of 2.78%. A lower yield is common among companies that reinvest more of their earnings or whose shares have risen.
  • Payout ratio does not applyThis is a fund. It distributes income received from its holdings rather than paying out of its own earnings, so a payout ratio is not a meaningful measure.
  • Dividend has been cut 3 timesAcross 26 complete years, the annual total fell in 2001, 2009, 2020. The most recent reduction was in 2020.
  • Raised for 5 consecutive yearsDerived from split-adjusted payment history and approximate; treat it as a relative signal rather than a certified record.

XLV dividend history

Annual dividend per share, 1999 to 2025.

199920052010201520202025
Peak $2.51 in 2025Year the total fellTypical payment × payments that year, split-adjusted, excluding special and one-off distributions. Robust to duplicate records in the source data. The current year is omitted while incomplete.

Recent dividend payments

The last 40 dividend payments for XLV, most recent first.
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountType
$0.6563Quarterly
$0.5947Quarterly
$0.6568Quarterly
$0.6249Quarterly
$0.6304Quarterly
$0.5645Quarterly
$0.6217Quarterly
$0.5772Quarterly
$0.5725Quarterly
$0.5229Quarterly
$0.5977Quarterly
$0.5395Quarterly
$0.5424Quarterly
$0.4891Quarterly
$0.5560Quarterly
$0.5060Quarterly
$0.5040Quarterly
$0.4260Quarterly
$0.5280Quarterly
$0.4670Quarterly
$0.4810Quarterly
$0.3980Quarterly
$0.4640Quarterly
$0.4180Quarterly
$0.4250Quarterly
$0.3820Quarterly
$0.6655Monthly
$0.4219Quarterly
$0.3800Quarterly
$0.3980Quarterly
$0.3410Quarterly
$0.3800Quarterly
$0.3670Quarterly
$0.3160Quarterly
$0.3000Quarterly
$0.3310Quarterly
$0.3050Quarterly
$0.3080Quarterly
$0.2740Quarterly
$0.3054Quarterly

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Frequently asked questions

Does XLV pay a dividend?
Yes. State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF pays a quarterly dividend, currently yielding 1.51% based on trailing twelve-month payments of $2.53 per share.
How much does XLV pay in dividends?
$2.53 per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure because they do not recur.
When is the next XLV ex-dividend date?
No upcoming ex-dividend date is currently on record for XLV. Dates appear here once the company declares them.