SCHD dividend history and yield: every quarterly payout since 2011
SCHD has paid every quarter since December 2011, and its yearly payout per share grew from 0.27 in 2012 to 1.05 in 2025, split adjusted. The record by year, the latest payouts, its dividend yield over time, and what reinvesting did.
Short answers
What is SCHD's dividend yield?
About 2.9%: SCHD paid 1.055 a share over the twelve months to November 13, 2026, against a close of 36.12. Summed over each calendar year its payouts have come to between 2.7% and 3.9% of the share price since 2012, highest in 2020 and 2025.
How much has SCHD's dividend grown?
From 0.382 a share in 2015 to 1.047 in 2025, split adjusted, about 10.6% a year over ten years and about 9.1% a year over the last five. 2025 was about 5.2% above 2024. Individual quarters do fall: 23 of its 59 payouts were lower than the one before.
When does SCHD pay dividends?
Four times a year, with ex-dates in late March, late June, late September and early to mid December. The latest, ex-date September 23, 2026, was 0.267 a share.
SCHD payouts by year
Per share, split adjusted (SCHD split 3 for 1 in October 2024), with the year's payouts summed as a share of the price on each ex-date: 2012: 0.270 (2.9%). 2013: 0.301 (2.7%). 2014: 0.349 (2.7%). 2015: 0.382 (3.0%). 2016: 0.419 (3.0%). 2017: 0.449 (2.9%). 2018: 0.480 (2.9%). 2019: 0.575 (3.2%). 2020: 0.676 (3.9%). 2021: 0.750 (3.0%). 2022: 0.854 (3.5%). 2023: 0.886 (3.7%). 2024: 0.995 (3.7%). 2025: 1.047 (3.9%). 2026 through September: 0.777 (2.4%, three of four payouts).
The yearly total rose every year since 2012. Within a year it is less steady: the March payout is often the smallest (0.204 in March 2024 after 0.247 the December before).
The latest payouts
Ex-date, per share, and that amount as a share of the day's close: December 6, 2023: 0.247 (1.03%). March 20, 2024: 0.204 (0.77%). June 26, 2024: 0.275 (1.06%). September 25, 2024: 0.252 (0.91%). December 11, 2024: 0.265 (0.94%). March 26, 2025: 0.249 (0.90%). June 25, 2025: 0.260 (0.99%). September 24, 2025: 0.260 (0.96%). December 10, 2025: 0.278 (1.01%). March 25, 2026: 0.257 (0.84%). June 24, 2026: 0.253 (0.80%). September 23, 2026: 0.267 (0.80%).
SCHD dividend calculator
Income calculator: pick a fund and an amount (or a number of shares) to see a year of payouts at the latest rate, the last twelve months of payouts, and how much it would take to reach a monthly income goal. It runs in your browser with JavaScript on. The figures, through the 2026-11-13 close, with total return measured with every payout reinvested, from each fund's first close:
| Fund | Payouts a year | Trailing 12 month yield | Total return a year | Index | Index a year | Share price since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQI | 12 | 14.9% | 16.2% | QQQ | 18.9% | 2.6% |
| JEPQ | 12 | 12.4% | 14.2% | QQQ | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| GPIQ | 12 | 10.9% | 22.9% | QQQ | 25.6% | 36.7% |
| QDTE | 52 | 45.9% | 17.0% | QQQ | 17.7% | -42.9% |
| QYLD | 12 | 12.1% | 8.9% | QQQ | 19.1% | -23.4% |
| SPYI | 12 | 12.0% | 14.2% | SPY | 18.0% | 6.8% |
| JEPI | 12 | 7.9% | 11.4% | SPY | 17.2% | 16.1% |
| GPIX | 12 | 8.4% | 21.5% | SPY | 23.5% | 40.0% |
| XYLD | 12 | 10.3% | 8.4% | SPY | 14.8% | -4.8% |
| DIVO | 12 | 6.4% | 12.5% | SPY | 14.7% | 89.7% |
| SCHD | 4 | 2.9% | 13.8% | SPY | 14.8% | 184.3% |
| IWMI | 12 | 14.8% | 14.7% | IWM | 15.8% | -2.3% |
| MSTY | 52 | 156.7% | 9.5% | MSTR | 17.9% | -89.6% |
| NVDY | 52 | 65.1% | 41.9% | NVDA | 64.3% | -55.5% |
| TSLY | 52 | 74.7% | 9.2% | TSLA | 21.0% | -89.4% |
| CONY | 52 | 138.2% | 1.2% | COIN | 15.8% | -93.2% |
| ULTY | 53 | 101.9% | -1.2% | QQQ | 18.2% | -89.4% |
| BTCI | 12 | 34.5% | -0.3% | IBIT | 1.1% | -44.1% |
What reinvesting SCHD did
DRIP calculator: pick a fund, the month you bought, an amount and an optional monthly addition, and it shows what the money is worth with every payout reinvested, with payouts kept as cash, and in the index the fund is compared with, on real month-end prices and payouts. It runs in your browser with JavaScript on.
10,000 invested at the end of January 2016 (or the fund's first month), valued at the 2026-11-13 close:
| Fund | Bought | With DRIP | Payouts kept as cash | Index | Index with DRIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHD | 2016-01 | 41,119 | 35,055 | SPY | 46,305 |
| QQQI | 2024-01 | 15,395 | 14,584 | QQQ | 16,542 |
| JEPQ | 2022-05 | 18,923 | 16,759 | QQQ | 22,666 |
| JEPI | 2020-05 | 19,612 | 17,391 | SPY | 27,103 |
| SPYI | 2022-08 | 17,580 | 15,799 | SPY | 20,188 |
| GPIQ | 2023-10 | 18,430 | 17,430 | QQQ | 19,708 |
| GPIX | 2023-10 | 17,730 | 16,940 | SPY | 18,704 |
| QYLD | 2016-01 | 26,910 | 19,290 | QQQ | 70,439 |
| XYLD | 2016-01 | 25,637 | 20,273 | SPY | 46,305 |
| DIVO | 2016-12 | 32,345 | 26,495 | SPY | 39,286 |
| QDTE | 2024-03 | 15,281 | 13,407 | QQQ | 15,514 |
| MSTY | 2024-02 | 10,789 | 19,822 | MSTR | 10,913 |
| ULTY | 2024-02 | 9,669 | 9,873 | QQQ | 15,712 |
| NVDY | 2023-05 | 29,768 | 22,122 | NVDA | 43,180 |
| TSLY | 2022-11 | 13,245 | 10,149 | TSLA | 20,042 |
| CONY | 2023-08 | 10,315 | 17,769 | COIN | 16,036 |
| VYM | 2016-01 | 35,182 | 30,442 | SPY | 46,305 |
| O | 2016-01 | 18,069 | 16,503 | SPY | 46,305 |
10,000 bought at the end of January 2016 was worth about 41,100 at the November 13, 2026 close with every payout reinvested, or 35,100 with the payouts taken as cash. The same money in SPY with dividends reinvested reached about 46,300. SCHD returned about 13.8% a year against SPY's 14.8% from January 2016, and its price rose 184% while SPY's rose 275%.
Why the yield fell in 2026
SCHD's yield dropped from about 3.9% of the price in 2025 toward 2.9% because the price rose faster than the payout: SCHD has returned about 35% so far in 2026 while its payouts per share are up about 2% on the same quarters of 2025. A lower yield on a higher price is not a cut. A JEPI dividend history shows the other kind of income fund, whose payout swings with volatility.
How we measured
Daily closing prices and distributions from Yahoo Finance through the November 13, 2026 close, split adjusted. The DRIP figures buy at a month-end close and value at the last close; reinvesting buys more shares on each ex-date, and cash kept earns nothing. Each fund is compared with what it tracks on exactly the same days. No taxes or trading costs are included, and past returns do not predict future ones. This is a measurement, not advice for anyone's account.
Measured from daily closes and distributions, every payout reinvested, each fund against its index on the same days. Past returns do not predict future ones. This is education, not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.