This ETF offers exposure to dividend-paying U.S. equities, making SCHD a potentially useful tool for either enhancing current returns derived from the equity portion of a portfolio or for scaling back risk exposure within a portfolio. While there are dozens of funds offering exposure to dividend-paying stocks, SCHD offers a somewhat unique approach to this strategy. The underlying index methodology requires a long track record of distributions, meaning that this product is unlikely to include small, speculative firms that are offering an attractive distribution yield because their stock price has been depressed. The methodology also considers multiple metrics, including dividend growth and dividend yield, resulting in a portfolio that should offer a substantial upgrade in payout compared to the broader market.
| Segment | Equity: U.S. - High Dividend Yield |
| Category | High Dividend Yield |
| Focus | High Dividend Yield |
| Niche | Broad-based |
| Strategy | Fundamental |
| Weighting Scheme | Market Cap |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
| SCHD | ETF Database Category Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Holdings | 101 | 206 |
| % of Assets in Top 10 | 43.05% | 46.17% |
| % of Assets in Top 15 | 58.88% | 52.69% |
| % of Assets in Top 50 | 96.50% | 75.17% |
| SCHD | ETF Database Category Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Large (>12.9B) | 95.71% | 57.01% |
| Mid (>2.7B) | 3.42% | 3.86% |
| Small (>600M) | 0.78% | 0.24% |
| Micro (<600M) | 0.04% | 0.04% |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
| SCHD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $ 0.26 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.30 |
| Dividend Date | 2026-03-25 | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $ 1.05 | $ 1.18 | $ 1.48 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 3.26% | 2.16% | 2.88% |
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View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: 828.44 M 1 Month Net Flows: 2.74 B 3 Month Net Flows: 7.07 B 6 Month Net Flows: 10.92 B 1 Year Net Flows: 10.23 B 3 Year Net Flows: 28.26 B 5 Year Net Flows: 52.29 B 10 Year Net Flows: 66.33 BView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
5 Day Net AUM Change: 1.52 BThe adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for SCHD on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Large Cap Blend Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
| Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 39.60% |
| Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 20.00% |
| Tax On Distributions | Qualified dividends |
| Distributes K1 | No |
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.
| SCHD |
ETF Database
Category Average |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Return | 1.60% | 3.84% |
| 3 Month Return | 2.74% | 6.57% |
| YTD Return | 19.00% | 10.62% |
| 1 Year Return | 28.07% | 24.42% |
| 3 Year Return | 15.60% | 14.84% |
| 5 Year Return | 8.41% | 6.31% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of SCHD's underlying holdings.
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| North, Central and South America | 99.99% |
| Other | 0.01% |
| Country | Percentage |
|---|---|
| United States | 96.81% |
| Ireland | 2.9% |
| Sweden | 0.22% |
| Puerto Rico | 0.05% |
| Other | 0.01% |
The following charts reflect the allocation of SCHD's underlying holdings.
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Consumer Non-Durables | 16.05% |
| Electronic Technology | 15.67% |
| Health Technology | 13.24% |
| Energy Minerals | 11.2% |
| Finance | 9.06% |
| Technology Services | 6.39% |
| Retail Trade | 5.46% |
| Health Services | 5.1% |
| Communications | 3.66% |
| Industrial Services | 3.39% |
| Consumer Services | 3.12% |
| Consumer Durables | 2.22% |
| Transportation | 1.99% |
| Distribution Services | 1.4% |
| Process Industries | 0.97% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 0.54% |
| Commercial Services | 0.45% |
| Miscellaneous | 0.04% |
| Utilities | 0.04% |
| CASH | 0.01% |
| Market Cap | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Large | 95.71% |
| Mid | 3.42% |
| Small | 0.78% |
| Micro | 0.04% |
| Region | Percentage |
|---|
| Asset | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Share/Common/Ordinary | 99.94% |
| Open-ended Fund | 0.04% |
| CASH | 0.01% |
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Consumer Non-Durables | 16.05% |
| Electronic Technology | 15.67% |
| Health Technology | 13.24% |
| Energy Minerals | 11.2% |
| Finance | 9.06% |
| Technology Services | 6.39% |
| Retail Trade | 5.46% |
| Health Services | 5.1% |
| Communications | 3.66% |
| Industrial Services | 3.39% |
| Consumer Services | 3.12% |
| Consumer Durables | 2.22% |
| Transportation | 1.99% |
| Distribution Services | 1.4% |
| Process Industries | 0.97% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 0.54% |
| Commercial Services | 0.45% |
| Miscellaneous | 0.04% |
| Utilities | 0.04% |
| CASH | 0.01% |
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
| 5 Day Volatility | 16.44% |
| 20 Day Volatility | 9.17% |
| 50 Day Volatility | 10.04% |
| 200 Day Volatility | 11.00% |
| Beta | 0.67 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.24% |
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