Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF
$73.40−1.48 (−1.98%)
History starts Aug 4, 2022.
- Expense ratio
- 0.30%
- Fund size
- $258M
- 1Y return
- −3.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.51%
- Holdings
- 44
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $73.73
- 52W range
The ETF.net STCE Grade
Score 80 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 100Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 42Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 87Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 79Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 67Category rank
Our read on STCE
ACrypto exposure without owning a coin. STCE holds about 40 global companies tied to digital assets and blockchain, chosen by Schwab's own index, at a price that undercuts most thematic funds.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, an index providing global exposure to companies that may benefit from developing or using cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, or from business activities tied to blockchain and distributed-ledger technology.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.30% a year, roughly half the typical fund in its global thematic group. Schwab billed it as the lowest-cost crypto-related ETF when it launched in 2022.pressroom.aboutschwab.com
- Stocks, not coins: the index targets companies worldwide that may benefit from cryptocurrencies, digital assets and distributed-ledger technology.schwabassetmanagement.com
- Cheap, straightforward and liquid enough for a niche theme, which puts it in the top quartile of its global thematic peer group.
Worth knowing
- Crypto-linked equities move violently, and with roughly 40 non-diversified names, a stumble at one holding is felt across the fund.aaii.com
- It owns crypto-adjacent businesses, not bitcoin, so its path can diverge from the coins themselves in either direction.aaii.com
- Modest asset base by ETF standards and distributions land only once or twice a year, so this is a theme sleeve rather than an income holding.
STCE Holdings
- Stocks
- 44
- 49%
- BTDR
Sectors
- Financials58.0%
- Technology33.3%
- Communication8.0%
- Utilities0.7%
- Energy0.0%
Geography
- United States75.83%
- Singapore7.10%
- Japan5.83%
- Australia4.77%
- Cayman Islands2.62%
- Norway1.24%
- United Kingdom1.24%
- Hong Kong0.77%
- 0.59%
Developed 89% · Emerging 11%
STCE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
STCE$9,623
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 | STCE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +24.9% |
| 1 month | +13.6% |
| 3 months | −5.2% |
| 1 year | −3.8% |
| 3 years | +58.3% |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | STCE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +24.9% | |
| 2025 | +36.1% | |
| 2024 | +41.8% | |
| 2023 | +108.7% | |
| 2022 | −38.9% |
STCE in the news
STCE Dividends
- 1.51%
- $1.13
- $1.13 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | Dec 16, 2025 | $1.13 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.04 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.04 |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Dec 11, 2023 | $0.07 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Jun 26, 2023 | $0.02 |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Dec 12, 2022 | $0.22 |
STCE Risk
- 60.2%
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.
- 0.83
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.
- −54.1%
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.
- 3.42
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
STCE Cost
0.30%
STCE0.30%
- The middle half of Crypto Industry Stocks funds
- Median 0.65%
No Crypto Industry Stocks fund charges less.