DTH vs SCHY

DTHCWisdomTree International High Dividend Fund

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

In short

DTH One of the original international high-dividend ETFs, live since 2006. It rents out a wide bench of developed-market payers outside the US and Canada, and pays shareholders quarterly.

SCHY Schwab'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%.

Stated mandate

DTH The fund seeks to track the investment results of high-dividend-yielding companies in developed markets outside the United States and Canada.

SCHY 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

• DTH A 2006 original. It has run this same overseas high-yield mandate through multiple market cycles, not a recent launch chasing the income theme.
• Roughly 600 holdings across developed markets outside the US and Canada, so no single payer or country carries the income load.
• Zero US and Canada exposure by design, making it a clean bolt-on beside a domestic dividend sleeve rather than a duplicate.
• It hugs its stated index (WTDHYE) about as tightly as index funds get, and distributions land quarterly.

• SCHY 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

• DTH At 0.58%, the fee sits above the cohort median of 0.50%, and the cheap giants undercut it hard: VYMI at 0.07%, SCHW peer SCHY at 0.08%.
• A yield-first screen buys whatever pays most, which can tilt the mix toward a handful of value sectors and countries.
• Mid-sized and moderately traded rather than a flagship, so spreads can be wider than the category's largest names.

• SCHY 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.

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