# State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (SPTL): ETF Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/sptl for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: SPDR · Asset class: Fixed Income - Strategy: Passive Index · Inception: 2007-05-23 The SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (SPTL) aims to replicate the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg Long U.S. Treasury Index, prior to accounting for fees and operating expenses. This fund is a member of the economical State Street SPDR Portfolio ETF lineup, a collection of foundational investment vehicles crafted to deliver broad and diversified access to key asset categories. It provides investors with targeted and broad exposure to U.S. Treasury securities that possess a remaining maturity of ten years or more. Given its extended duration, this ETF is typically more respo... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $24.81 | | Expense Ratio | 0.03% | | Assets Under Management | $11.69B | | NAV | $24.92 | | Holdings Count | 110 | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 4.41% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $1.10 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $23.46 – $27.70 | | Beta | 2.25 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.0909 /share - Ex-date: 2026-10-01 - Pay date: 2026-10-06 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does SPTL invest in? The SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (SPTL) aims to replicate the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg Long U.S. Treasury Index, prior to accounting for fees and operating expenses. This fund is a member of the economical State Street SPDR Portfolio ETF lineup, a collection of foundational investment vehicles crafted to deliver broad and diversified access to key asset categories. It provides investors with targeted and broad exposure to U.S. Treasury securities that possess a remaining maturity of ten years or more. Given its extended duration, this ETF is typically more responsive to shifts in interest rates compared to investments with shorter maturities. Its portfolio is structured using market capitalization weighting and undergoes rebalancing on the last business day of each month. ### What is the expense ratio of SPTL? State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (SPTL) charges an expense ratio of 0.03%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### What is SPTL's dividend yield? SPTL's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.41%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### What is the duration of SPTL? Effective duration measures SPTL's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. SPTL's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of SPTL? SPTL's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of SPTL? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from SPTL if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. SPTL's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### Does SPTL pay a dividend? Yes, State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (SPTL) distributes dividends to shareholders. The trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.41%. Full dividend history is on this page. ### How often does SPTL pay dividends? State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### When is SPTL's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for SPTL was 2026-10-01. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will SPTL's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 0.03% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does SPTL charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from SPTL's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does SPTL cost more than a fund like VOO? SPTL is a passive index fund (current expense ratio 0.03%). Differences from broad-market ETFs like VOO usually come from index licensing fees, asset class (bond funds typically run cheaper than equity), or fund scale (smaller funds spread fixed operating costs across less AUM). ### Are there cheaper alternatives to SPTL? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists ETFs following the same investment strategy as SPTL (0.03%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/sptl - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/sptl/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/sptl/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/sptl/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/sptl/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.