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Schwab · DIVIDEND · 0.06% ER

SCHD calculator

Historical growth of Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF using Dow Jones US Dividend 100 return series. Dividends reinvested at year-end; expense ratio drag negligible at 0.06%.

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Historical benchmark

$10,000 invested in SCHD at inception (2011) with dividends reinvested through end of 2024 would be worth approximately $59,951 nominal ($41,673 in 2011 dollars). Annualized nominal: 13.65%; real: 10.73%.

Your what-if
$
2011
19282024
You would have
$60K
by end of 2024 — from $10K invested at start of 2011
In 2011 dollars (real, after inflation)$42K
Annualized nominal return13.65%
Annualized real return10.73%
Years held14
Cumulative inflation×1.44

Uses annual S&P 500 total return (with dividends reinvested) and CPI-U inflation, 1928–2024. Source: Damodaran (NYU Stern) + Shiller CAPE + BLS. Excludes fees, taxes, and bid/ask. Real return = nominal ÷ cumulative CPI.

SCHD at a glance

Full nameSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF
ProviderSchwab
Expense ratio0.06%
Inception2011
Assets under management$60B
Dividend yield3.50%
Return series usedDow Jones US Dividend 100

How this calculator works

For each start year, we apply the year-by-year total return of the Dow Jones US Dividend 100 to the entered starting amount, compounding annually with dividends reinvested at year-end. This mirrors what an actual buy-and-hold SCHD holder would have experienced, before fees and taxes. Expense ratio is intentionally excluded from the historical result to keep the underlying series comparable across ETFs; for a full lifetime fee estimate at 0.06%, use the projection tab in our fund fee analyzer.

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