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Data last updated: Oct 21, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 21, 2026): Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF (SCHR) pays a $0.00 annual dividend, yielding 4.07% at $23.86/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 4.07%
Annual Dividend: $0.00 per share
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Years of Dividend History: 17
The Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF dividend comes from a fund built to track the total return of the intermediate-term U.S. Treasury bond market, before fees and expenses. SCHR currently pays a 4.03% yield, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.9652 per share paid monthly. The next ex-dividend date is September 1, 2026, and the last dividend amount was $0.0772 per share. With a beta of 0.78, SCHR stock carries below-average price volatility, which suits income-focused investors who prioritize steady monthly payments over capital appreciation.
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of interest income from U.S. Treasury bonds, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF dividend safety is directly tied to the interest income generated by the underlying Treasury holdings, which fluctuates with prevailing interest rates rather than corporate earnings. The primary pressure on the payout is a falling rate environment: when Treasury yields decline, the income passed through to SCHR shareholders falls with them, as the history table shows clearly in 2020 and 2021.
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.3% per year from 2012 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.2894 in 2012 to $0.9650 in 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from growth calculations). The largest annual increase in the window was 57.8% in 2023, reflecting the sharp rise in Treasury yields that year. The history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which shows that SCHR dividend growth is rate-driven and not linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +24.7% | $0.50 (2022) | $0.96 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +15.5% | $0.47 (2020) | $0.96 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +8.7% | $0.42 (2015) | $0.96 (2025) |
SCHR fits income-focused investors who want monthly Treasury interest payments and can accept that the payout level moves with interest rates, not corporate decisions. The current yield is high (above 4%), well above the fund's own 5-year average of 2.88%, which reflects the higher rate environment of recent years rather than a structural change in the fund's mandate. Four consecutive years of dividend increases reinforce the current income picture, but the history table shows the payout can fall when rates drop. What an investor gets here is direct exposure to intermediate-term Treasury income at an above-average yield. The trade-off is that income is rate-sensitive, not locked in.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | $0.0820 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.0772 |
| 2026-08-03 | $0.0889 |
| 2026-07-01 | $0.0789 |
| 2026-06-01 | $0.0821 |
| 2026-05-01 | $0.0795 |
| 2026-04-01 | $0.0802 |
| 2026-03-02 | $0.0746 |
| 2026-02-02 | $0.0876 |
| 2025-12-19 | $0.0795 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.7310 |
| 2025 | $0.9650 |
| 2024 | $0.9156 |
| 2023 | $0.7845 |
| 2022 | $0.4973 |
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