Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Australian equity funds would cost $187 (0.37% a year), so ZYAU is $51 cheaper.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 49 securities · top 10 = 68.3%
Country
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.4 | 6.8 | −2.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | −1.3 | 3.4 | −2.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 10.5YTD | ||
| 2025 | 3.3 | −3.3 | −0.7 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 6.0 | −1.6 | 2.5 | −2.0 | 2.1 | 16.6 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | −0.8 | 2.6 | −2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | −0.5 | 3.7 | −2.0 | 2.7 | −2.0 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | −3.2 | −0.6 | 1.7 | −5.5 | 2.2 | 5.4 | −1.7 | −0.3 | −2.0 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 8.6 |
| 2022 | −6.3 | −0.2 | 3.9 | −1.3 | −4.7 | −8.7 | 3.9 | −0.5 | −6.7 | 2.4 | 5.2 | −0.7 | −13.9 |
| 2021 | −2.1 | −1.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | −4.2 | −1.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 15.2 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | −9.4 | −25.1 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.9 | −3.3 | −3.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | −12.2 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | −2.1 | 1.6 | −1.7 | 2.3 | −1.7 | 16.0 |
| 2018 | 0.2 | −0.7 | −3.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | −0.3 | −1.0 | −6.1 | −1.8 | 0.8 | −5.4 |
| 2017 | −1.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | −1.2 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 | −0.7 | 3.4 | −0.2 | 0.7 | 12.6 |
| 2016 | −5.0 | −2.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 1.8 | −3.4 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 17.2 |
| 2015 | 5.8 | −6.2 | −4.2 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
ZYAU questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF?
Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF holds 49 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 68.3% of the fund, more concentrated than the 51.2% typical of Australian equity funds. That makes it fairly concentrated.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Australia (100.0%), based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does ZYAU double up with most?
ZYAU shares the most holdings with Betashares S&P Australian Shares High Yield ETF (HYLD) (75% overlap), iShares Global High Yield Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHHY) (75% overlap) and iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ESG Screened ETF (IHD) (68% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 75%, owning both ZYAU and HYLD would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further. Of these, IHD has the lowest fee, at 0.23% a year against 0.24% for ZYAU.
How is Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF managed – active or passive?
Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks. Its index uses a dividend approach, so it is sometimes called "smart beta".
Among Australian equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.85% a year and index funds 0.34%.
What will I pay in fees for ZYAU?
ZYAU charges a management fee of 0.24% a year, about $24 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 78% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian equity funds, the median is 0.35%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF (SYI) at 0.20% and iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ESG Screened ETF (IHD) at 0.23%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund - Active ETF (DIVI) at 0.85% and Martin Currie Real Income Fund - Active ETF (R3AL) at 0.85% cost more.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.16% for ZYAU.
Does Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 4.6% of its price, across 4 payments.
What is under the hood of ZYAU?
As at 2 Sept 2026, ZYAU's ten largest holdings are ANZ Group Holdin (10.4%), Natl Aust Bank (9.7%), Westpac Banking (9.4%), Woodside Energy (8.4%), Rio Tinto Ltd (8.1%), Telstra Group Lt (6.3%), Transurban Group (5.6%), Santos Ltd (3.8%), QBE Insurance (3.4%) and Fortescue Ltd (3.3%). Together they make up 68.3% of the fund.
Rather than simply weighting companies by market size, its index favours companies that pay higher dividends.
How well has Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF performed?
Based on its category, Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 10.2% over 1 year (median 0.6%; ranked 8 of 65), 14.8% a year over 3 years (median 11.6% a year; ranked 9 of 54) and 6.4% a year over 5 years (median 6.9% a year; ranked 26 of 48). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian equity funds. Since listing in 2015 it has returned 5.7% a year.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for ZYAU; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.24% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.