Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
$33.38−0.36 (−1.08%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Fund size
- $110.5B
- 1Y return
- +28.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.11%
- Holdings
- 102
- Volume · 30D
- 21.8M sh
- NAV per share
- $33.70
- 52W range
The ETF.net SCHD Grade
Score 82 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 95Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 83Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 75Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 94Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 33Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 83Category rank
Our read on SCHD
AThe dividend fund that checks the balance sheet before it checks the yield. SCHD only considers companies with 10 straight years of payouts, then ranks the survivors on cash flow, return on equity and dividend growth. Quality gate first, income second, at six basis points.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100TM Index.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.06% a year, near the floor for US equity ETFs and a fraction of what the typical dividend-screen fund costs.schwabassetmanagement.com
- The rulebook is strict: 10 consecutive years of dividends to qualify, then a composite rank on cash-flow-to-total-debt, return on equity, yield and five-year dividend growth.spglobal.com
- Index rules cap any single stock at 4.5% and any sector at 25%, so one hot name cannot quietly become the whole income stream.spglobal.com
- Running since 2011 and now among the largest, most heavily traded dividend ETFs, with tracking that stays very close to its index.
Worth knowing
- Roughly 100 names, every one a long-time dividend payer. The fast-growing non-payers that drive much of the US market are not eligible, by design.spglobal.com
- The yield and quality screens tilt it toward mature, cash-generating sectors, so it looks nothing like a total-market fund. Distributions land quarterly, not monthly.spglobal.com
- Not the absolute cheapest shelf item: VIG runs 0.04% and DIVB 0.05%, though both screen for dividends differently.
SCHD Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 42%
- MRK
Sectors
- Health Care21.5%
- Cons. Staples19.5%
- Energy15.4%
- Technology12.9%
- Financials9.8%
- Industrials7.5%
- Consumer Discr.6.9%
- Communication6.5%
- Utilities0.1%
Geography
- United States96.76%
- Ireland2.98%
- Sweden0.20%
- Puerto Rico0.06%
SCHD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SCHD$12,834
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | SCHD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +25.0% |
| 1 month | −3.9% |
| 3 months | +6.6% |
| 1 year | +28.3% |
| 3 years | +16.3% |
| 5 years | +10.1% |
| 10 years | +12.8% |
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 | SCHD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +25.0% | |
| 2025 | +4.3% | |
| 2024 | +11.7% | |
| 2023 | +4.6% | |
| 2022 | −3.2% | |
| 2021 | +29.9% | |
| 2020 | +15.1% |
SCHD in the news
SCHD Dividends
- 3.11%
- $1.05
- $0.25 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | $0.28 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Dec 16, 2024 | $0.26 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Mar 25, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Dec 11, 2023 | $0.25 |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 25, 2023 | $0.22 |
SCHD Risk
- 13.5%
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.
- 0.85
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.
- −16.8%
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.
- 0.58
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SCHD Cost
0.06%
SCHD0.06%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
3 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.