All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

SCHD: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

SCHD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SCHD returned +27.97% over the past year and +26.03% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 20, 2011, SCHD is up +355.48% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.76%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.

Data ending Fri Aug. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2011-10-20💬 to Fri 2026-08-21 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
SCHD × 		+355.48%
+10.76%/yr 		+9.22%/yr
R2=0.951
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2011-10-20💬 to Fri 2026-08-21 Start
Value 		End
Value
SCHD × 		$10,000.00
2011-10-20 		$45,548.46
2026-08-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-21

  YTD YoY
SCHD × 		+26.03% +27.97%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
SCHD × 		—
on 2026-08-21 		−33.51%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-01-23 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SCHD × 		+27.97% +29.10%
+13.62%/yr 		+46.64%
+13.61%/yr 		+33.75%
+5.99%/yr 		+148.12%
+9.51%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SCHD
2026 (YTD) +26.03%
2025 +1.62%
2024 +8.53%
2023 +1.16%
2022 −9.13%
2021 +21.34%
2020 +13.48%
2019 +24.45%
2018 −7.33%
2017 +18.34%
2016 +14.09%
2015 −1.02%
2014 +10.85%
2013 +30.91%
2012 +9.49%
2011 +5.73%