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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.

$38.30+0.26 (+0.69%)
Score 73 out of 100
Score 73 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.
AMost international dividend funds rank stocks one by one. XIDV's index optimizes the whole basket at once, hunting boosted yield from developed-market names outside the US while keeping volatility in check, for 0.19% a year.
The fund invests in the International Dividend Multiplier Underlying Index and uses foreign investments as part of its strategy.
| Period | XIDV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.6% |
| 1 month | +1.0% |
| 3 months | −0.8% |
| 1 year | +25.6% |
| 3 years | |
| 5 years | |
| 10 years |
| Year | Return bar | XIDV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.6% | |
| 2025 | +43.2% |
$10,000 in XIDV 1 year ago paid $695 in dividends.
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.
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.
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.
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.
Overpaying vs VYMI, tied cheapest in International Dividend Index
$2,472
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
XIDV 0.19%
$3,952
VYMI 0.07% Tied cheapest
$1,480
| Year | XIDV | VYMI | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $347 | $128 | $219 |
| 20 | $1,351 | $503 | $848 |
| 30 | $3,952 | $1,480 | $2,472 |
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%