Which returned more over the last year, ISPY or SCHD?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ISPY returned +16.9% and SCHD returned +30.3%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Are ISPY and SCHD the same kind of fund?

No. ISPY is an option-income ETF and SCHD is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

ISPY vs SCHD

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ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF.

ISPY and SCHD on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF	SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Where it sits	Income desk	Core fund
Issuer	ProShares	Schwab
What it is	covered call, vs SPY	US dividend
Total return, 1 year	+16.9%	+30.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+20.0%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.1 pts	+10.3 pts
Cash paid, 1 year	5.7%	not an income fund
Expense ratio	not published	0.06%
Holdings	n/a	99

ISPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.

SCHD in plain words

SCHD is a index equity fund tracking US dividend. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +30.3% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ISPY or SCHD?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ISPY returned +16.9% and SCHD returned +30.3%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Are ISPY and SCHD the same kind of fund?: No. ISPY is an option-income ETF and SCHD is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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