SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (ASX:STW) is a trademark of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and has been licensed for use by State Street Global Advisors, Australia Securities Limited (SSGA, ASL). SSGA, ASL is the subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors which is a financial service providing company based in Boston, US. STW is an exchange-traded fund. The Investment Objective of STW is to closely match the performance of the S&P/ASX 200 Index before fees and other costs. The investment strategy of STW is based on lower costs, low portfolio turnover, and accurate tracking.
The fund was established on 24 August 2001, and since then, the fund has been able to generate a return close to the index. Since inception, the fund has generated a return of 7.29% with respect to the index return of 7.64% as of 31 December 2018. It has a management cost of 0.19%. In the December 2018 quarter, it generated a negative return of 8.28% as compared to the index negative return of 8.24%.
As on 25 January 2019, the fund reported 62,933,302 units on offer at the close of the trading day with no change in the units as compared to the previous day. It reported Net Asset Value (NAV) per Unit of A$54.99 with NAV per Creation Unit of A$1,374,830.19 as compared to the value of Index Basket Shares for 25-Jan-2019 of A$1,374,827.79. On the previous day, the same was reported as A$54.62, A$1,365,558.18, and A$1,365,534.72 respectively.
The Cash Component per Creation Unit was reported as A$2.40 with NAV of SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund of A$3,460,904,129.45 on 25 January 2019 as compared to A$23.46 and A$3,437,563,419.13 respectively on the previous day. It reported Funds Under Management (FUM) of A$3,460.90 million with a Return on Equity (ROE) of 16.36% and a dividend yield of 4.55% as on 25 January 2019 as compared to benchmark index of ROE of 16.35% and a dividend yield of 4.55%.
As on 31 December 2018, STW reported Net Asset Value (NAV) per Unit of A$52.58, NAV per Creation Unit of A$1,314,596.75, the value of Index Basket Shares of A$1,314,638.32, Cash Component per Creation Unit of -A$41.57, and NAV of SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund of A$3,269,072,006.96. The opening units on offer were reported as 62,168,722 units and closing units on offer were reported as 61,868,722 units with the redemption of 300,000 units.
Its 3-5 years EPS growth is expected to be 5.61% whereas the index 3-5 years EPS growth is expected to be 5.62% as on 25 January 2019. It reported same benchmark index Price/Earnings, Fiscal Year 1 Price/Earnings, and Price/Cash Flow multiples of 16.0x, 15.4x and, 10.22x respectively.
Looking at SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fundâs performance and the return it has posted over the last few months, the stock has generated a positive return of 4.05% over the past three months. It last traded at A$55.00 (as on 25 January 2019) with an up movement of 0.604% in the price during the dayâs performance. The company has 62.93 million shares outstanding with a market cap of circa A$3.44 billion.
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