EUDG vs SCHY

EUDGDWisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

In short

EUDG Europe only, screened for dividend payers that also look like growers, then weighted by the cash dividends they actually pay rather than by market value. A single-continent bet in a cohort stuffed with broad developed-market factor funds.

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

EUDG EUDG seeks to follow dividend-paying companies with growth characteristics across the European equity market. Its underlying index selects constituents using combined growth and quality factors and weights them by annual cash dividends.

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

• EUDG The label is the product: European dividend payers screened on growth and quality, then weighted by the cash dividends they pay instead of by market value.wisdomtree.com
• What it holds matches what it advertises about as closely as this cohort gets, with no side bets hiding under the name.
• Roughly 220 stocks and a quarterly distribution, so the dividend theme shows up in the cash flow, not just the ticker name.
• Live since 2014, so there is a decade-plus of real trading history to inspect rather than a backtest.

• 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

• EUDG At 0.58% a year it sits above the typical expense ratio in its factor group, and broader alternatives like QLVD (0.15%) and EFAV (0.20%) charge less.
• Thinly traded and modest in size, so bid-ask spreads can add cost beyond the headline fee, especially on larger or fast orders.
• Europe and nothing else: no Japan, no US, no emerging markets, and results ride euro, pound and franc moves against the dollar.wisdomtree.com

• 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.

Full EUDG profile⁠

Full SCHY profile⁠