Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)
Top ETFs · US Dividend · data since 2011-10-20 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.49%
7d
+1.15%
30d
+4.95%
YTD
+23.36%
1y
+26.51%
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.7 | 6.5 | -2.6 | 4.5 | 1.3 | -1.6 | 5.0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 2.5 | -1.1 | -7.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | -1.3 | -2.0 | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.7 | -4.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 4.6 | -6.6 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | -3.3 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -4.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | -1.5 | -4.2 | -3.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 2022 | -2.7 | -1.9 | 3.0 | -4.1 | 3.9 | -8.0 | 3.9 | -2.7 | -7.4 | 11.2 | 6.8 | -3.4 |
| 2021 | -0.9 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 3.2 | -1.0 | 0.7 | 2.1 | -3.7 | 4.4 | -2.0 | 7.3 |
| 2020 | -1.8 | -9.3 | -11.9 | 12.6 | 3.7 | -0.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | -2.5 | 0.4 | 13.2 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 3.2 | -7.6 | 7.3 | 1.7 | -1.3 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | -5.6 | -2.4 | -1.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | -5.9 | 3.4 | -8.1 |
| 2017 | -0.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | -0.1 | 1.7 | -0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | -2.3 | 0.7 | 6.4 | -0.2 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
| 2015 | -3.1 | 5.2 | -2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | -3.3 | 0.7 | -5.3 | -0.7 | 8.8 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| 2014 | -4.5 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | -1.7 | 3.4 | -0.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.9 |
| 2013 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | -0.8 | 4.6 | -3.5 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 2012 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | -0.1 | -3.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | -0.9 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| 2011 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Avg | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.0% | +1.3% | +0.8% | +0.7% | +0.6% | +0.6% | +2.6% | +0.5% | -0.5% | +1.6% | +3.6% | +0.5% |
| Win rate | 53%/15 | 73%/15 | 60%/15 | 53%/15 | 80%/15 | 53%/15 | 86%/14 | 50%/14 | 50%/14 | 67%/15 | 93%/15 | 60%/15 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-33.4%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±3.9%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
65%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+13.17%
2020-11
Worst month
-11.88%
2020-03
Longest streaks
7▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2011. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2011) would be about $595 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +13.17%; its worst, March 2020 at -11.88%.
- It has closed November in the green 14 out of 15 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.