SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF drawdown: 6.9% below the all-time high (price)
SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF is 6.9% below its all-time high, set Aug 24, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −6.9%
- 93.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $50.68
- Aug 24, 2026
- Time below the high
- 53 days
- since Aug 24, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −47.3%
- Mar 23, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 2.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 27, 2024
- 1.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 23, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2015: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −47.3% | 2 mo | Mar 15, 2021 | 14 mo |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Oct 27, 2023 | −27.4% | 1.5 yrs | Sep 16, 2024 | 2.4 yrs |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −18.0% | 4 mo | Feb 10, 2026 | 14 mo |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −15.9% | 11 mo | Apr 12, 2019 | 14 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2015: how far SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF from its all-time high?
- SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF is currently 6.9% below its all-time high, set Aug 24, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2015) took SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF 47.3% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 23, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SPYD; no free deep history exists for SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.