Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF
$24.130.00 (0.00%)
- 0.03%
- $897M
- +1.4%
- 4.61%
- 0.3M sh
- $24.11
- low $23.99high $25.05
The ETF.net SCHJ Grade
A
Score 82 out of 100
- 3 of 24
Score 82 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.A93 out of 100Rank 1 of 24Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 15Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C48 out of 100Rank 10 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A74 out of 100Rank 6 of 24Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A83 out of 100Rank 4 of 24Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C54 out of 100Rank 13 of 24
Our read on SCHJ
AShort-dated corporate credit at index-fund pricing. SCHJ tracks the Bloomberg US 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index for 0.03% a year, sits at the bottom of its category's fee table, and pays monthly.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of an index measuring the short-term U.S. corporate bond market.
Why people hold it
- 0.03% a year, against a 0.19% median for investment-grade corporate ETFs. No peer in the cohort charges less.
- Thousands of individual bonds in the basket, so no single issuer's trouble moves the fund much.
- The 1-5 year maturity ceiling means less price swing per move in rates than intermediate corporate funds like VCIT or IGIB, which sit further out the curve.
- Interest is passed through monthly rather than quarterly, and the fund ranks in the top quartile of its investment-grade corporate peer group overall.
Worth knowing
- This is company debt, not Treasuries. Downgrades and defaults are part of the deal, and short maturities shrink that risk without erasing it.
- A mid-size fund with moderate trading volume, so spreads can run wider than at the category's giants. Limit orders matter more here.
- Launched in 2019, so its record is shorter than rivals that traded through earlier credit cycles.
SCHJ Holdings
- Bonds
- 3,343
- 2%
- Space Exploration Technologies Cor 5.35% 07/15/2031 (BBG02381W7W4)
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States85.19%
- United Kingdom4.01%
- Canada3.68%
- Japan2.67%
- Ireland0.72%
- Netherlands0.71%
- Spain0.70%
- Australia0.53%
- 1.79%
SCHJ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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SCHJ$10,142
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 | SCHJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.3% |
| 1 month | −0.1% |
| 3 months | −0.5% |
| 1 year | +1.4% |
| 3 years | +5.3% |
| 5 years | +2.2% |
| 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 | SCHJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.3% | |
| 2025 | +6.8% | |
| 2024 | +4.6% | |
| 2023 | +6.3% | |
| 2022 | −5.7% | |
| 2021 | −0.7% | |
| 2020 | +5.3% |
SCHJ in the news
SCHJ Dividends
- 4.61%
- $1.11
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SCHJ Risk
- 2.6%
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.
- 0.20
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.
- −8.9%
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.
- 0.41
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SCHJ Cost
0.03%
SCHJ0.03%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds
- Median 0.15%
No Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) fund charges less.
Other funds in Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year)
- AIGSBiShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +1.4%
- AVCSHVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +1.4%
- ASPSBState Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +2.3%
- BLDRCiShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +1.5%
- BSUSBiShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return +1.2%