GYLD vs SCHK: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF

GYLDFNYSE

Schwab 1000 Index ETF

SCHKANYSE Arca

Overlap

0.0%by weight

Expense ratio

SCHK −0.72pt a year

GYLD0.75%SCHK0.03%

Avg volume · 30D

SCHK 107.3×the volume

GYLD12.9KSCHK1.38M

5Y return · a year

SCHK +5.1pt

GYLD+5.7%SCHK+10.8%

GYLD vs SCHK Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+31.8%GYLD+66.8%SCHK

Expense ratio: GYLD 0.75%; SCHK 0.03%, better
Fund size: GYLD $38M; SCHK $5.53B
1Y total return: GYLD +7.6%; SCHK +13.3%, better
Yield (12M): GYLD 7.79%, better; SCHK 1.06%
Holdings: GYLD 146; SCHK 998
Avg volume (30D): GYLD 12.9K sh; SCHK 1.38M sh, better
NAV per share: GYLD $13.24; SCHK $35.34
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for GYLD, SCHK, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	GYLD	SCHK
Cost30% weight	F4	A98Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A100
Risk15% weight	B55	B65Higher
Tradability15% weight	F19	A90Higher
Holdings10% weight	Not scored	B58
Durability5% weight	C49	B68Higher

Rank among Other Major Indexes funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. GYLD and SCHK are both graded against the same 41 Other Major Indexes funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Other Major Indexes⁠

Category · 41 funds

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SCHK ranks 2nd and GYLD 40th of 41 funds in the Other Major Indexes Category.

Rank 1ASPYVState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETFScore 89
Rank 2ASCHKSchwab 1000 Index ETFScore 86
Rank 3APBUSInvesco MSCI USA ETFScore 83
Rank 39FKEMQKraneShares Public-Private Emerging Markets Internet and Technology ETFScore 25
Rank 40FGYLDArrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETFScore 22
Rank 41FNSINational Security Emerging Markets Index ETFScore 17

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

GYLDFArrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF

SCHKASchwab 1000 Index ETF

In short

GYLD One ticker, five income buckets. GYLD tracks a Dow Jones index that hunts high yielders across dividend stocks, sovereign debt, corporate bonds, real estate and alternatives, and pays monthly. A 2012 vintage.

SCHK Schwab's house-built alternative to the S&P 500: the 1,000 largest US companies in one passive wrapper, reaching past the mega-caps into mid-cap turf, priced at three basis points.

Stated mandate

GYLD The Fund passively seeks to match, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones Global Composite Yield Index. It normally invests at least 80% of total assets in index components or depositary receipts.

SCHK The fund seeks to track the total return of the Schwab 1000 Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

GYLD Yield from five places, not one: global dividend stocks, sovereign debt, corporate bonds, real estate, and alternatives like MLPs, preferreds and royalty trusts.spglobal.com spglobal.com 2
Cash lands monthly, and the approach is rules-based: at least 80% of assets in the index's own components, no manager hunches.
Developed and emerging markets both in scope, so the yield search is not limited to US paper.spglobal.com
Running since 2012, through a full rate cycle up and back down.

SCHK 0.03% a year, the lowest fee among the top-scoring funds in its index-wrapper group and a small fraction of what the typical fund there charges.
About 1,000 stocks covering roughly 90% or more of US stock market value: the S&P 500 names plus a layer of mid caps most large-blend funds skip.schwabassetmanagement.com
Tracks its stated index tightly and stands among the strongest implementations in its peer group of plain index wrappers.
A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively and pays distributions quarterly.

Worth knowing

GYLD 0.75% a year, roughly ten times what plain vanilla index peers like VT (0.06%) charge, and above the typical index wrapper in its group.
Small and thinly traded: spreads can be wide and a big order can move the price. Not the frictionless tape of a mega-fund.
Distributions can include return of capital, so a monthly check is not always pure income. Reaching for yield also adds credit and currency risk.

SCHK Weighted by market value, so the biggest US companies drive the bulk of results. Those extra 500 names carry less weight than the headcount suggests.schwabassetmanagement.com
All-US, all-equity by mandate: no bonds, no foreign stocks, and it rides the full swings of the US market.
The benchmark is Schwab's own proprietary index, so there is no rival fund on the identical yardstick for a side-by-side comparison.

Full GYLD profile⁠

Full SCHK profile⁠

GYLD vs SCHK Holdings

How GYLD and SCHK differ

Overlap by weight

0.0%

Shared holdings make up 0.6% of GYLD and 0.0% of SCHK.

Level by level

Holdings1 in both0.0%
Sector11 Sectors33.3%
Countryby domicile71.9%

Sector

Sector weights in GYLD and SCHK, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	GYLD	SCHK
Technology	SCHK +35.5 points	0.0%	35.5%
Real Estate	GYLD +31.9 points	34.1%	2.2%
Energy	GYLD +25.8 points	29.5%	3.7%
Health Care	SCHK +10.9 points	0.0%	10.8%
Consumer Discretionary	SCHK +6.5 points	3.1%	9.6%
Materials	GYLD +5.8 points	7.7%	1.9%
Communication	SCHK +5.7 points	2.7%	8.4%
Consumer Staples	SCHK +4.9 points	0.0%	4.9%
Industrials	SCHK +3.4 points	5.1%	8.5%
Utilities	GYLD +2.8 points	4.9%	2.1%
Financials	GYLD +0.2 points	12.8%	12.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in GYLD and SCHK, widest gap first
Country	Gap	GYLD	SCHK
United States	SCHK +27.6 points	71.8%	99.4%
Indonesia	GYLD +9.4 points	9.4%	0.0%
South Africa	GYLD +6.2 points	6.2%	0.0%
United Kingdom	GYLD +4.4 points	4.5%	0.1%
France	GYLD +2.4 points	2.4%	0.0%
Canada	GYLD +1.4 points	1.4%	0.0%
Poland	GYLD +1.2 points	1.2%	0.0%
Luxembourg	GYLD +1.2 points	1.2%	0.0%
Other countries (9)	GYLD +1.5 points	2.0%	0.5%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

GYLD13.9%
SCHK34.7%

Securities held

GYLD143
SCHK997

Asset class

GYLD: Multi-Asset
SCHK: Stocks

Holdings

Only in GYLD142
In both1
Only in SCHK996

Only in GYLD

142 securities, 99.4% of GYLD by weight

Bbh Sweep Vehicle4.88%
Truworths International Ltd.1.08%
Robert Half Inc.1.04%
Western Union Company (The)1.02%
AMC Global Media Inc. 10.5% Due 07/15/20321.02%
Astra International Tbk P.T.0.99%
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V.0.99%
Standard Life plc0.98%
TELUS Corporation0.97%
Exxaro Resources Ltd.0.94%
Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk P.T.0.92%
Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk P.T.0.91%
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.0.90%
Teleperformance S.E.0.88%
Komercni banka as0.87%
United Tractors Tbk P.T.0.86%
Banco del Bajio S.A.0.86%
Alamtri Resources Indonesia Tbk P.T.0.85%
Edged Compute LLC 7.5% Due 04/30/20310.82%
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc.0.82%
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A.0.82%
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk P.T.0.82%
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk P.T.0.81%
Ternium S.A.0.81%
RLJ Lodging Trust0.80%
Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A/S0.79%
Fibra Uno Administracion S.A. de CV0.79%
Brandywine Realty Trust0.77%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.0.76%
Universal Health Realty Income Trust0.74%
Innovative Industrial Properties Inc.0.74%
EPR Properties0.74%
Land Securities Group plc0.73%
Chartwell Retirement Residences0.73%
Growthpoint Properties Ltd.0.73%
Charter Hall Long Wale REIT0.72%
Primary Health Properties plc0.72%
VZ Secured Financing BV 7.5% Due 01/15/20330.72%
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.0.71%
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust0.71%
Kimbell Royalty Partners L.P.0.71%
Community Healthcare Trust Inc.0.71%
SE Cosmos LLC 8.875% Due 05/01/20310.71%
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) 8.875% Due 07/15/20320.71%
SES AMERICOM Inc. 5.3% Due 03/25/20440.71%
Highwoods Properties Inc.0.70%
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.0.70%
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust0.70%
Surya Citra Media Tbk P.T.0.70%
Suburban Propane Partners L.P.0.70%

Only in SCHK

996 securities, 99.97% of SCHK by weight

Apple7.25%
NVIDIA6.56%
Microsoft5.72%
Amazon Com Inc3.70%
Alphabet Class A2.42%
Broadcom Inc2.03%
Alphabet Class C1.96%
Meta Platforms Class A1.96%
Eli Lilly1.57%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B1.55%
Tesla Inc1.47%
JPMorgan Chase1.29%
Micron Technology1.13%
Advanced Micro Devices1.07%
Visa Class A1.05%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp0.99%
Johnson & Johnson0.97%
Walmart0.81%
Mastercard Class A0.77%
AbbVie0.75%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.68%
Chevron0.61%
Procter & Gamble0.56%
Coca-Cola0.54%
Cisco Systems Inc0.54%
Palantir Technologies Class A0.54%
Merck & Co Inc0.53%
UnitedHealth Group0.51%
Home Depot0.50%
Ge Aerospace0.49%
Bank of America0.47%
Philip Morris International0.45%
Intel Corporation Corp0.41%
Applied Material Inc0.38%
Netflix0.38%
Thermo Fisher Scientific0.37%
Caterpillar Inc0.37%
Palo Alto Networks0.37%
Rtx0.37%
Wells Fargo0.37%
Texas Instrument0.37%
Goldman Sachs Group0.37%
Lam Research0.36%
Amgen Inc0.36%
Linde PLC0.35%
International Business Machines Co0.34%
Oracle0.33%
Crowdstrike Holdings Class A0.32%
Morgan Stanley0.31%
Ge Vernova0.30%

Weight gaps

All 1 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in GYLD and SCHK, widest gap first
Holding	More in GYLDMore in SCHK	Gap	GYLD	SCHK
Antero Midstream CorporationAM		GYLD +0.60 points	0.61%	<0.01%

All GYLD holdings⁠All 1,000 SCHK holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

GYLD vs SCHK Cost

Overpaying GYLD vs SCHK

$13,844

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

GYLD 0.75%
$14,482
SCHK 0.03%
$638

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

GYLD 0.75%
SCHK 0.03%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	GYLD	SCHK	Overpaying
10	$1,336	$55	$1,281
20	$5,078	$216	$4,862
30	$14,482	$638	$13,844

Expense ratio

0.75%GYLD
0.03%SCHK, cheaper

SCHK0.03%GYLD0.75%

0.03%0.75%

Middle half of Other Major Indexes funds
Median 0.29%

SCHK cheapest of 41 funds

GYLD 38th cheapest of 41 funds

GYLD vs SCHK Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): GYLD 7.79%, better; SCHK 1.06%
Payout (12M): GYLD $1.04; SCHK $0.38
Last payment: GYLD $0.05; SCHK $0.10
Ex-dividend: GYLD Oct 16, 2026; SCHK Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: GYLD Oct 21, 2026; SCHK Sep 28, 2026
Frequency: GYLD Monthly; SCHK Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

GYLDMonthly · 46 paymentsAll GYLD payments⁠

SCHKQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll SCHK payments⁠

GYLD vs SCHK Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

GYLD
SCHK

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: GYLD 10.4%, betterSCHK 12.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: GYLD 0.91SCHK 1.39, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: GYLD −19.4%, betterSCHK −25.4%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: GYLD 0.85SCHK 1.02; Market = 1

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