EUDV vs SCHY

EUDVCProShares MSCI Europe Dividend Growers ETF

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

In short

EUDV Most international dividend funds spray across the globe. EUDV stays in Europe and buys only companies that have raised their dividend ten years running, about 50 names in all.

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

EUDV EUDV invests in quality European companies with at least 10 consecutive years of dividend growth.

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

• EUDV Strict entry rule: the MSCI Europe Dividend Masters Index takes European companies with at least 10 straight years of dividend growth, so the screen rewards a payout track record over a fat headline yield.proshares.com
• Pure Europe, no Japan or Canada padding. It applies the familiar dividend-growth discipline to one continent instead of blending it into a global average.proshares.com
• Trading since 2015, and it sticks to the job description: a concentrated basket of roughly 50 stocks that tracks its stated European dividend-growth index closely.
• Distributions land quarterly, in line with how most European companies pace their payouts.

• 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

• EUDV 0.55% a year sits above the typical international dividend fund. Broad rivals like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%) cast a wider net for a fraction of that.
• A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can widen, so limit orders and trading while European markets are open matter more here than with the giants.
• One continent, roughly 50 stocks, no US exposure, and returns come in euros, pounds and francs before they reach your dollar account.

• 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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