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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
Fidelity International High Dividend ETF
$28.30+0.36 (+1.29%)
- 0.18%
- $386M
- +20.5%
- 4.41%
- 0.1M sh
- $27.87
- low $22.26high $29.73
The ETF.net FIDI Grade
A
Score 74 out of 100
- 7 of 35
Score 74 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A82 out of 100Rank 7 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A97 out of 100Rank 9 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A74 out of 100Rank 5 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C49 out of 100Rank 19 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C45 out of 100Rank 21 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C48 out of 100Rank 24 of 35
Our read on FIDI
AA rules-based hunt for dividend payers outside the US: roughly 120 developed-market names, quarterly cash, and a 0.18% fee that undercuts most of the international-dividend shelf.
The fund seeks investment returns that generally track, before fees and expenses, the Fidelity International High Dividend Index. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in index securities or related depositary receipts.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.18% a year against a 0.50% median for international dividend screens, so more of the income stays in the account.
- Built to shadow the Fidelity International High Dividend Index, with at least 80% of assets in index names or their depositary receipts. Tracking has been close.institutional.fidelity.com
- Pays quarterly from about 120 developed-market payers: a screened shortlist, not a sweep of every stock that happens to yield.
- Running since 2018 and one of the stronger implementations in its international-dividend peer group.
Worth knowing
- Cheap, not cheapest. VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%) charge less for their own take on overseas dividends.
- Moderately traded rather than a household-name giant, so spreads and limit orders deserve attention at the desk.
- Developed markets only. Emerging-market dividend payers sit outside the mandate, and the payout arrives in foreign currencies before conversion.institutional.fidelity.com
FIDI Holdings
- Stocks
- 118
- 28%
- EQNR.OL
Geography
- Japan20.25%
- France16.21%
- Canada14.14%
- Australia10.16%
- United Kingdom8.78%
- Switzerland4.98%
- Norway4.74%
- Germany4.68%
- 16.05%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
FIDI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
FIDI$12,049
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | FIDI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.7% |
| 1 month | −3.8% |
| 3 months | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +20.5% |
| 3 years | +20.5% |
| 5 years | +11.5% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | FIDI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.7% | |
| 2025 | +39.4% | |
| 2024 | 0.0% | |
| 2023 | +16.3% | |
| 2022 | −4.7% | |
| 2021 | +16.9% | |
| 2020 | −11.7% |
FIDI in the news
FIDI Dividends
- 4.41%
- $1.23
- $0.29 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FIDI Risk
- 11.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.24
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −26.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.73
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FIDI Cost
0.18%
FIDI0.18%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
6 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Dividend Index
- AHDEFXtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +15.7%
- ALVHIFranklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return +27.0%
- AVIGIVanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +9.5%
- AXIDVFranklin International Dividend Booster Index ETFExpense ratio 0.19%1 year return +25.5%
- AIDViShares International Select Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +22.6%