SCHF Dividend Calculator
Schwab International Equity ETF yields 3.05%, close to the 2.97% median across US dividend payers. As a fund, SCHF passes through the income of everything it holds, so that rate is an aggregate of many underlying payments rather than one company's decision.
SCHF paid $0.84 per share over the last twelve months on a semi-annual schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF
3.05%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in SCHF pays you
$305.21
per year
- Paid twice a year
- $152.61
- Monthly average
- $25.43
- Shares bought
- 362.06
- Payments a year
- 2
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$3,052.14
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
SCHF dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 3.05%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $30.52 | $15.26 | $2.54 |
| $5,000 | $152.61 | $76.30 | $12.72 |
| $10,000 | $305.21 | $152.61 | $25.43 |
| $25,000 | $763.03 | $381.52 | $63.59 |
| $50,000 | $1,526.07 | $763.03 | $127.17 |
| $100,000 | $3,052.14 | $1,526.07 | $254.34 |
SCHF with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in SCHF, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $13,538
- After 20 years
- $18,327
- After 30 years
- $24,812
$13,052 taking the income as cash
$16,104 taking the income as cash
$19,156 taking the income as cash
What makes up SCHF's 3.05% yield
SCHF is an exchange-traded fund, so the 3.05% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of SCHF's own earnings, which is why no payout ratio appears anywhere on this page — the concept does not apply to a fund. The practical consequence for the projections below is that the distribution moves when the underlying portfolio's income moves, and a fund that rebalances into higher- or lower-yielding positions changes its own payment without any single company having cut one.
A yield close to the market median is the least informative figure on this page — it is what most payers look like. What separates SCHF from the rest of that group is the schedule it pays on, the record behind the payment and what funds it, covered below.
When SCHF pays, and what that changes
SCHF pays semi-annual, which is unusual among US-listed payers and has two consequences the annual figure hides. The "monthly average" column is an average and nothing more — no cash arrives in most months — and the gap between payments means a holder buying between them waits longer for the first one.
Infrequent payments also compound marginally more slowly when reinvested, since each distribution spends longer as cash before it is put back to work. The reinvestment figures above use SCHF's real schedule rather than assuming quarterly payments.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. SCHF's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
What stands behind SCHF's distribution
There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind SCHF's distribution is the aggregate income of everything it holds, so the question that matters is whether those holdings' own payments are durable — a diversified fund will not cut its distribution because one holding did, but it will if many do at once.
The figures hold the dividend flat. SCHF has raised its payment in each of the last 3 years, which is a shorter record than the multi-decade streaks found among the longest-standing payers, and not yet long enough to have been tested across a full cycle.
SCHF dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in SCHF pay in dividends?
- At SCHF's current yield of 3.05%, $10,000 pays about $305.21 a year — roughly $152.61 per payment, paid semi-annual, or $25.43 a month averaged out.
- What would SCHF be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in SCHF would grow to about $13,538 after 10 years, against $13,052 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does SCHF pay dividends?
- SCHF pays semi-annual — 2 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is SCHF's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check SCHF's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Is SCHF's distribution the same as a company dividend?
- Not quite. SCHF is a fund: it collects dividends from the companies it holds and passes them through after costs, so the distribution moves with the portfolio's income rather than with a single company's decision. It also means no payout ratio applies — there are no earnings of its own to pay out of — and that a rebalance into different holdings can change the distribution on its own.
More on SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $27.62 per share, paying semi-annual. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.