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

Total Real Returns

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

SCHO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SCHO returned −1.94% over the past year and −2.67% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 6, 2010, SCHO is down −19.42% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.32%/yr, and is currently −19.60% below its real total-return high on Oct. 7, 2010.

Data ending Fri Nov. 6, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2010-08-06💬 to Fri 2026-11-06 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SCHO
×
−19.42%
−1.32%/yr
−1.44%/yr
R2=0.776
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2010-08-06💬 to Fri 2026-11-06 Start
Value
End
Value
SCHO
×
$10,000.00
2010-08-06
$8,058.06
2026-11-06

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-06

  YTD YoY
SCHO
×
−2.67% −1.94%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SCHO
×
−19.60%
on 2026-11-06
from 2010-10-07 peak
−22.58%
on 2023-09-27
from 2010-10-07 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-11-06 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SCHO
×
−1.94% +0.34%
+0.17%/yr
+2.90%
+0.96%/yr
−9.23%
−1.92%/yr
−14.48%
−1.55%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SCHO
2026 (YTD) −2.67%
2025 +2.74%
2024 +0.75%
2023 +0.93%
2022 −9.71%
2021 −7.18%
2020 +1.72%
2019 +1.15%
2018 −0.34%
2017 −1.74%
2016 −1.27%
2015 −0.33%
2014 −0.22%
2013 −1.08%
2012 −1.51%
2011 −1.47%
2010 −0.42%