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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Schwab Fundamental US Lg Company Index Fund Insti Shs (SFLNX) pays a $0.54 annual dividend, yielding 1.39% at $38.77/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-12. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.39%
Annual Dividend: $0.54 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-12
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 19
The Schwab Fundamental US Lg Company Index Fund Insti Shs dividend comes from a fund that tracks major U.S. corporations weighted by fundamental measures of size and importance rather than market price. The current yield stands at 1.39%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.5375 per share. An ex-dividend date of December 12, 2025 is the next scheduled milestone for SFLNX shareholders. With a beta of 0.868, SFLNX moves with less volatility than the broader market, which suits growth-and-income investors who can accept a low current yield in exchange for long-run dividend growth.
Schwab Fundamental US Lg Company Index Fund Insti Shs pays out dividends as a fund, so a traditional payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). Schwab Fundamental US Lg Company Index Fund Insti Shs dividend safety is therefore assessed differently than for individual stocks: the fund's distributions depend on the aggregate income generated by its underlying large U.S. company holdings, not a single corporate earnings stream. The primary risk is that dividend income from those holdings fluctuates year to year, which the historical record confirms, with multiple years showing meaningful swings in the annual per-share amount.
Schwab Fundamental US Lg Company Index Fund Insti Shs dividend history shows a CAGR of 9.9% per year from 2007 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.0990 in 2007 to $0.5375 in 2025, a more than fivefold increase over the full window. The largest single-year jump in the data was 204.7% in 2014, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so the path was not linear. Growth is real over the long run, but income investors should expect year-to-year variability rather than a smooth upward progression.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +7.1% | $0.44 (2022) | $0.54 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -13.8% | $1.13 (2020) | $0.54 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -3.9% | $0.80 (2015) | $0.54 (2025) |
SFLNX fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current yield and are comfortable with a fund structure that tracks large U.S. companies by fundamental size. The yield is low (below 2%) at 1.39%, and it sits below the fund's own 5-year average of 1.56%, so pure income seekers will find the current payout modest. What the fund offers instead is a 9.9% annualized dividend growth rate over 18 years. The trade-off is clear: investors get meaningful long-term dividend growth from a broadly diversified large-company fund, but accept a sub-2% yield and year-to-year payout variability with no traditional payout ratio to anchor safety analysis.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | $0.5375 |
| 2024-12-13 | $0.4973 |
| 2023-12-08 | $0.4509 |
| 2022-12-09 | $0.4380 |
| 2021-12-10 | $1.0977 |
| 2020-12-18 | $1.1280 |
| 2019-12-20 | $0.9490 |
| 2018-12-21 | $1.4100 |
| 2017-12-18 | $0.5670 |
| 2016-12-19 | $1.1010 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5375 |
| 2024 | $0.4973 |
| 2023 | $0.4509 |
| 2022 | $0.4380 |
| 2021 | $1.0977 |
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