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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) pays a $0.30 annual dividend ($0.08 quarterly), yielding 1.00% at $30.36/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-24. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.00%
Annual Dividend: $0.30 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-24
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 18
The Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF dividend comes from a fund designed to track the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index as closely as possible, before fees and expenses. SCHX currently yields 1.0%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.3033 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 24, 2026. A beta of 1.014 means SCHX moves nearly in lockstep with the broader market, making it a fit for investors who want broad large-cap exposure rather than a dedicated income stream.
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF dividend safety is therefore tied to the income produced by the large-cap stocks the fund holds, not to a corporate earnings figure. The most significant pressure on the dividend is that distributions vary with the income generated by those underlying holdings, and the history table shows year-over-year declines have occurred, meaning the payout level is not fixed.
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 2.9% per year from 2010 to 2024. Per-share payments moved from $0.4604 to $0.6875 over that window (2025 and 2026 figures are partial years and excluded from the CAGR). The largest single-year jump in the window was 30.9% in 2012, but the data also includes at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which means growth has been uneven rather than linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -26.5% | $0.74 (2022) | $0.29 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -27.8% | $1.49 (2020) | $0.29 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -11.5% | $0.99 (2015) | $0.29 (2025) |
SCHX fits dividend investors who treat income as a secondary benefit of large-cap equity exposure, not a primary goal. The current yield of 1.0% is classified as low (below 2%), and it sits well below the fund's own 5-year average yield of 2.56%, which reflects how much the yield has compressed. Because payout ratio is not applicable for a fund structure, there is no earnings-based floor supporting the distribution. What an investor gets is broad large-cap index exposure with a modest income component; the trade-off is a yield that has historically been variable and is currently near the low end of its own range.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | $0.0763 |
| 2026-03-25 | $0.0732 |
| 2025-12-10 | $0.0806 |
| 2025-09-24 | $0.0732 |
| 2025-06-25 | $0.0721 |
| 2025-03-26 | $0.0668 |
| 2024-12-11 | $0.0792 |
| 2024-09-25 | $0.2066 |
| 2024-06-26 | $0.2061 |
| 2024-03-20 | $0.1956 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.1495 |
| 2025 | $0.2927 |
| 2024 | $0.6875 |
| 2023 | $0.7843 |
| 2022 | $0.7385 |
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