SCHY vs SDIV

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

SDIVCGlobal X SuperDividend ETF

In short

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%.

SDIV Global X's original yield-chaser: a 2011-vintage fund that scours the world for the highest-yielding stocks, holds them in one basket, and pays out monthly. Blunt instrument, clear purpose.

Stated mandate

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.

SDIV The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index.

Why people hold it

• 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.

• SDIV One mandate, no hedging: it tracks the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index, a pure yield screen across global equity markets rather than a quality or dividend-growth tilt.
• Pays monthly, not quarterly, which suits investors who want income arriving on a regular schedule.
• Running since 2011, it is one of the longest-tenured high-yield funds around, now a multi-billion-dollar portfolio spread over roughly 110 names.
• Trades with steady daily volume, so getting in and out is generally straightforward for retail-sized orders.

Worth knowing

• 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.

• SDIV At 0.58% it costs more than the cohort median and well above plain international dividend index funds like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%).
• A screen built purely on yield tends to land on smaller, more stressed companies, so the ride is bumpier than dividend-growth strategies in the same aisle.
• Global by design: returns pick up foreign-market and currency moves alongside the dividend stream.

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