SCHY vs XIDV

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

XIDVAFranklin International Dividend Booster Index 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%.

XIDV Most international dividend funds rank stocks one by one. XIDV's index optimizes the whole basket at once, hunting boosted yield from developed-market names outside the US while keeping volatility in check, for 0.19% a year.

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.

XIDV The fund invests in the International Dividend Multiplier Underlying Index and uses foreign investments as part of its strategy.

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.

• XIDV Runs 0.19% a year, well under the roughly 0.50% median for international dividend screens.
• The index aims for excess ("boosted") dividend yield versus the large/mid cap international market, balanced against volatility, instead of a plain high-yield ranking.sec.gov
• Roughly 110 developed-market stocks outside the US, with income paid quarterly.
• Holds what the label promises, sticking to its stated international dividend index, and sits in the upper half of its peer group overall.

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.

• XIDV A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider than the household-name international dividend ETFs, which shows up most on bigger orders.
• Launched in 2025, so the optimizer has a short live record to judge it by.
• Cheaper shelf-mates exist in the same aisle: VYMI at 0.07%, SCHY at 0.08%, IGRO at 0.15%.

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