DVYA vs SCHY

DVYACiShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

In short

DVYA Most international dividend funds sprinkle across the whole developed world. This one stays in developed Asia/Pacific and holds about 50 of the region's higher-yielding names, tracking a Dow Jones index since 2012.

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

DVYA The Fund seeks to track an index of relatively high-dividend-paying equities in developed Asia/Pacific markets.

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

• DVYA A pure developed Asia/Pacific dividend sleeve: roughly 50 higher-yielding names from the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 50 Index, not a global fund where the region is a footnote.
• The 0.49% expense ratio sits just under the typical fee in its international dividend-screen peer group.
• The index screens for relatively high current payers rather than dividend growers, and the fund distributes quarterly.
• Running since 2012 under the iShares roof, so the strategy has a long live record through several market cycles.

• 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

• DVYA Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than at the broad international dividend heavyweights.
• That 0.49% is several times what broad international dividend funds charge (VYMI 0.07%, SCHY 0.08%, DIVI 0.09%). The regional focus is what you pay up for.
• About 50 holdings inside one region: single-stock and single-country swings land harder, and unhedged foreign currency moves add to the ride.

• 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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