Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 115 companies, with the top ten at only 17.77%.
  • The United States represents 22.28% of the portfolio, against 55.16% for the category.
  • The management fee is 0.35% and reported turnover is 43.93%.
  • The July 2026 distribution of $1.891 is higher than each of the four earlier half-yearly amounts.

State Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (ASX:WDIV) uses a passive strategy to hold a portfolio of securities designed to reflect the characteristics of the S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats Index. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 4 November 2013 and last traded at $21.34 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $412.33 million.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:WDIV

Fund

State Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF

Category

Equity World Large Value

Benchmark

S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats NR AUD

Fund size

$412.33 million

Management fee

0.35%

Total holdings

115

ASX admission date

4 November 2013

Holdings and strategy

The securities held can include index constituents, equivalent securities such as American and Global Depositary Receipts, and, in limited circumstances, exchange-traded futures and options. The ten largest positions represent 17.77% of the fund.

Lenovo Group leads at 3.39%, followed by GS Holdings (1.86%), Legal & General (1.85%), Teleperformance (1.60%) and APA Group (1.58%). Highwoods Properties (1.55%), Altria (1.51%), Verizon (1.48%), Russel Metals (1.46%) and Northwest Bancshares (1.43%) complete the list.

Country, sector and size mix

The United States accounts for 22.28% of the fund. Canada holds 11.94%, against 2.78% for the category, the United Kingdom 10.52%, China 8.74%, Switzerland 8.11% and Japan 7.91%.

Financial Services holds 22.25%, Industrials 13.99%, Utilities 13.52%, against 2.65%, and Real Estate 12.13%, against 2.22%. Technology holds 5.82%, well below the 20.38% category weighting. Companies below $500 million in market capitalisation represent 12.90%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.35% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.20 and a standard deviation of 6.67. The final distribution of $1.891 per unit had an ex-date of 29 June 2026, a record date of 30 June and payment on 13 July, equal to an annual yield of 10.48%.

That is higher than the $0.337 paid in January 2026, $1.257 in July 2025, $0.309 in January 2025 and $0.570 in July 2024.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity World Large Value category, which covers funds investing primarily in large companies listed around the globe, defined as stocks in the top 70% of an equity market by capitalisation, with value stocks generally characterised by low valuations and low growth rates.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 19,403,617 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 32,732 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 16,100 to 33,600 units, with 25,384 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $21.25 to $21.43, and the day range at $21.28 to $21.43. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged Month End Units on Issue on 6 October, 4 September and 6 August, the Annual Report to shareholders on 27 August, and a director appointment and resignation notice on 23 July.

Final Takeaway

WDIV spreads exposure across 115 dividend-paying companies, with higher weights in utilities, property and Canada than its category. The 0.35% fee and 43.93% turnover are above those of broad index funds. These facts describe the fund and do not forecast outcomes.