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SCHD vs. VOO

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

SCHD
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Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Oct 20, 2011 to Dec 17, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

SCHD

3.3%

2.5%

VOO

0.9%

2.1%

Diff.

+2.4%

+0.4%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

SCHD

-33.4%

15.5%

VOO

-34.0%

16.9%

Diff.

+0.6%

-1.4%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

SCHD

0.83

0.37

VOO

0.91

0.44

Diff.

-0.08

-0.07

SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF

What is SCHD?

The ETF seeks investment results that track, as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index. Provides exposure to high dividend yielding stocks issued by U.S. companies that have a record of consistently paying dividends and have strong relative fundamental strength based on select financial ratios.

Snapshot
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SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Oct 20, 2011
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.06%
0.03%
SCHD has a higher expense ratio than VOO by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SCHD than VOO.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SCHD targets investing in US Equities, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Schwab
Vanguard
SCHD is managed by Schwab, while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$191,902,599
$1,621,694,598
Both SCHD and VOO are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$47,737,029,197
$325,714,712,538
SCHD has more assets under management than VOO by $277,977,683,341. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
S&P 500 Index
SCHD is based off of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither SCHD nor VOO use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
SCHD and VOO both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
Yes
No
SCHD may offer dividends, while VOO does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SCHD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither SCHD nor VOO require a K1.

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Disclaimers

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