Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 59 recorded SCHD dividend payments, running from December 19, 2011 to June 24, 2026 — 16 calendar years. Together those payments total $8.98 per share. SCHD has most often paid quarterly.

SCHD has increased its payment rate for 2 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the SCHD payment rate compounded at +9.6% a year, and +10.6% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 16 years of recorded history, SCHD's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

SCHD is a fund, so its distribution is set from what the strategy earned in the period rather than by a board committing to a rate — payments move around by design. Only declines steeper than 25% are treated as material here, because smaller swings are routine rather than a change of policy.

SCHD dividends by year

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than SCHD's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent SCHD dividend payments

SCHD dividend history questions

How many dividends has SCHD paid?

DivTrkr has 59 recorded SCHD dividend payments between December 19, 2011 and June 24, 2026, totalling $8.98 per share across 16 calendar years.

Has SCHD ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 16 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the SCHD dividend growing?

The SCHD payment rate compounded at +9.6% a year over the last five complete years and +10.6% a year over the last ten.

How often does SCHD pay a dividend?

SCHD has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

See the current SCHD dividend yield and next ex-dividend date, or track SCHD free with DivTrkr to see what this history pays on your own share count.