GENW vs SCHY

GENWCGenter Capital International Dividend ETF

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

In short

GENW The boutique entry in international dividend land. Genter's fund goes after current income plus long-term growth from overseas stocks, priced under the middle of its category but above the index heavyweights sharing its shelf.

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

GENW The Fund seeks current income and long-term capital appreciation.

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

• GENW At 0.38% a year, it charges less than the middle of the international dividend field, so a smaller slice of the overseas income goes to the manager.
• The mandate is stated plainly: current income and long-term capital appreciation from international equities, inside a standard 1940 Act fund structure (1099, no K-1).
• Distributions run on a quarterly cadence, so income lands on a predictable calendar rather than a lumpy one.

• 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

• GENW It trades thinly on a small asset base, which tends to mean wider bid-ask spreads than the household-name funds in the same aisle.
• It opened at the end of 2024, so there is only a short live record behind the strategy.
• The fee still sits above the index giants: VYMI, SCHY and VIGI each charge under a tenth of a percent for international dividend exposure.

• 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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