Key Highlights

  • The fund has been listed since 27 August 2001 and holds 207 companies.
  • The management fee is 0.05% and the fund size is $6.53 billion.
  • The interim distribution of $0.945 per unit is higher than the $0.833 paid in October 2025.
  • The fund holds 2.07% in cash and may use exchange-traded futures in limited circumstances.

State Street SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF (ASX:STW) uses a passive investment strategy to hold a portfolio of securities designed to reflect the characteristics of the S&P/ASX 200 Index. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 27 August 2001 and last traded at $78.49 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $6.53 billion.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:STW

Fund

State Street SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF

Category

Equity Australia Large Blend

Benchmark

S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD

Fund size

$6.53 billion

Management fee

0.05%

Total holdings

207

ASX admission date

27 August 2001

Portfolio construction

The securities held can include index constituents and, in limited circumstances, exchange-traded futures and options over those constituents. Small cash balances are maintained for operational purposes, and cash is 2.07% of the fund against stocks at 97.92%.

Reported turnover is 7.00%, and companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation represent 95.76%.

Top holdings and sectors

The ten largest positions account for 47.29% of the fund. BHP Group leads at 11.23%, followed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia (9.18%), National Australia Bank (4.42%), Westpac (4.35%) and ANZ Group (4.19%). CSL (3.20%), Wesfarmers (3.15%), Macquarie Group (3.07%), Rio Tinto (2.25%) and Woodside Energy (2.19%) complete the list.

Financial Services holds 33.25% and Basic Materials 26.10%. Healthcare is 6.92%, Consumer Cyclical 6.80%, Industrials 5.98% and Real Estate 5.42%. Australia accounts for 96.14% of the fund.

Fees and distributions

The management fee is 0.05% a year. The interim distribution of $0.945 per unit had an ex-date of 29 September 2026, a record date of 30 September and payment on 12 October, equal to an annual yield of 3.85%.

That compares with $0.796 in July, $0.580 in April, $0.701 in January and $0.833 in October 2025, so the latest payment is the highest of the five quarterly amounts reported.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity Australia Large Blend category, which covers funds investing primarily in large Australian companies, defined as stocks in the top 70% of the Australian equity market by capitalisation, with the blend style applied where neither growth nor value characteristics dominate.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 83,162,898 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 130,272 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 43,000 to 141,900 units, with 141,913 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $78.46 to $78.52, and the day range at $78.07 to $78.65. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged a Daily Fund Update on each recent trading day, including 12 October, 9 October, 8 October, 7 October and 6 October.

Closing Perspective

STW has more than two decades of ASX history and tracks the same index as other ASX 200 funds, with a 0.05% fee and 207 holdings. Its distribution of $0.945 rose against the prior-year October amount. These facts describe the fund and carry no forecast.