Best ETFs
Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF
$32.02+0.27 (+0.85%)
- 0.08%
- $2.6B
- +18.7%
- 3.70%
- 0.6M sh
- $31.59
- low $27.76high $34.04
The ETF.net SCHY Grade
A
Score 77 out of 100
- 3 of 35
Score 77 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.A97 out of 100Rank 1 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A92 out of 100Rank 15 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B57 out of 100Rank 12 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A71 out of 100Rank 6 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D30 out of 100Rank 28 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B59 out of 100Rank 18 of 35
Our read on SCHY
ASchwab's dividend playbook with a passport: an index of non-US high payers filtered for sustained dividends, financial strength and low volatility, run for 0.08% a year while the typical fund in its group charges 0.50%.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, an index of high-dividend-yielding stocks issued by companies outside the United States. Its index methodology emphasizes sustained dividend payments, relative financial strength, and lower volatility.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.08% a year against a 0.50% median for international dividend screens, one of the cheapest ways to rent this strategy.
- The index does more than chase yield: it screens for sustained payers, relative financial strength and lower volatility. Cash goes out quarterly.
- A plain passive tracker of the Dow Jones International Dividend 100 Index that has hugged its benchmark closely, with a multibillion-dollar base and shares that trade actively.
- Stands among the stronger implementations in its international dividend peer group on cost, tracking and tradability.
Worth knowing
- Roughly 130 stocks, a narrower net than a broad international fund. Dividend screens naturally bunch up in a handful of sectors and countries.
- Launched in 2021, so it carries a shorter live record than the veterans of international dividend investing.
- Two neighbors shave the fee a touch further: VYMI and VIGI charge 0.07%, though each screens for different things.
SCHY Holdings
- Stocks
- 132
- 40%
- ENI.MI
Sectors
- Consumer Staples15.4%
- Financials15.1%
- Communication14.6%
- Industrials13.8%
- Energy8.7%
- Health Care8.2%
- Consumer Discretionary7.6%
- Utilities7.4%
- Materials5.0%
- Technology3.4%
- Real Estate0.8%
Geography
- United Kingdom13.77%
- Australia9.98%
- Switzerland9.31%
- United States8.47%
- Italy8.08%
- France6.30%
- Germany5.30%
- Singapore4.74%
- 34.05%
Developed 83% · Emerging 17%
SCHY 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.
SCHY$11,868
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 | SCHY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.4% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | −0.1% |
| 1 year | +18.7% |
| 3 years | +16.8% |
| 5 years | +9.2% |
| 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 | SCHY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.4% | |
| 2025 | +34.0% | |
| 2024 | −1.8% | |
| 2023 | +14.3% | |
| 2022 | −9.4% | |
| 2021 | +4.1% |
SCHY in the news
SCHY Dividends
- 3.70%
- $1.17
- $0.32 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SCHY Risk
- 12.4%
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.
- 0.91
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.
- −24.0%
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.
- 0.76
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SCHY Cost
0.08%
SCHY0.08%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
2 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Dividend Index
- ADIVIFranklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +19.5%
- AIGROiShares International Dividend Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +16.0%
- 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%
- AFIDIFidelity International High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +20.5%