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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
Global X - SuperDividend ETF
$23.88−0.05 (−0.21%)
- 0.58%
- $1.2B
- +14.3%
- 9.31%
- 0.4M sh
- $23.98
- low $22.97high $26.44
The ETF.net SDIV Grade
C
Score 50 out of 100
- 26 of 35
Score 50 of 100 falls in the C 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.F16 out of 100Rank 26 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A73 out of 100Rank 24 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D36 out of 100Rank 27 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A89 out of 100Rank 1 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B58 out of 100Rank 16 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B67 out of 100Rank 8 of 35
Our read on SDIV
CGlobal X's original yield-chaser: a 2011-vintage fund that scours the world for the highest-yielding stocks, holds them in one basket, and pays out monthly. Blunt instrument, clear purpose.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index.
Why people hold it
- One mandate, no hedging: it tracks the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index, a pure yield screen across global equity markets rather than a quality or dividend-growth tilt.
- Pays monthly, not quarterly, which suits investors who want income arriving on a regular schedule.
- Running since 2011, it is one of the longest-tenured high-yield funds around, now a multi-billion-dollar portfolio spread over roughly 110 names.
- Trades with steady daily volume, so getting in and out is generally straightforward for retail-sized orders.
Worth knowing
- At 0.58% it costs more than the cohort median and well above plain international dividend index funds like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%).
- A screen built purely on yield tends to land on smaller, more stressed companies, so the ride is bumpier than dividend-growth strategies in the same aisle.
- Global by design: returns pick up foreign-market and currency moves alongside the dividend stream.
SDIV Holdings
- Stocks
- 108
- 16%
- NAT
Sectors
- Real Estate31.8%
- Financials18.3%
- Industrials13.8%
- Energy13.4%
- Consumer Discretionary5.3%
- Communication4.4%
- Consumer Staples4.0%
- Technology3.7%
- Materials2.6%
- Health Care1.5%
- Utilities1.2%
Geography
- United States33.76%
- Brazil19.28%
- Norway5.95%
- United Kingdom5.51%
- Bermuda4.60%
- Indonesia4.13%
- China3.37%
- Kuwait3.24%
- 20.16%
Developed 31% · Emerging 69%
SDIV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SDIV$11,429
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 | SDIV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.4% |
| 1 month | −2.5% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 1 year | +14.3% |
| 3 years | +15.4% |
| 5 years | +0.6% |
| 10 years | −0.2% |
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 | SDIV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.4% | |
| 2025 | +29.1% | |
| 2024 | +1.8% | |
| 2023 | +5.5% | |
| 2022 | −26.4% | |
| 2021 | +3.8% | |
| 2020 | −20.9% |
SDIV in the news
SDIV Dividends
- 9.31%
- $2.23
- $0.18 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SDIV Risk
- 12.8%
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.
- 0.68
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.
- −38.4%
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.
- 0.65
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SDIV Cost
0.58%
SDIV0.58%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
25 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Dividend Index
- CDNLWisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Quality Growth FundExpense ratio 0.42%1 year return +14.6%
- CEFASGlobal X - MSCI SuperDividend EAFE ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return +23.1%
- CIDOGALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +24.7%
- CIQDYNorthern Trust International Quality Dividend Dynamic ETFExpense ratio 0.51%1 year return +28.9%
- CGCOWPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +21.7%