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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +27.6% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SCHD or SPSB?

SCHD charges 0.06% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SCHD vs SPSB: how they differ

SCHD and SPSB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SCHD returned more over the year.

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHD and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SCHD	Only in SPSB
QUALCOMM Inc 6.75%	SALESFORCE INC 0.59%
Texas Instruments Inc 5.92%	AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.46%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.10%	BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.44%
Coca-Cola Co/The 3.96%	CITIGROUP INC 0.44%
Merck & Co Inc 3.87%	MORGAN STANLEY 0.40%
Chevron Corp 3.84%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.39%
Verizon Communications Inc 3.66%	PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.39%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55%	SPRINT CAPITAL CORP 0.39%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

SCHD and SPSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF	SPSB State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Schwab	State Street
What it is	US dividend	SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+27.6%	+2.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+10.1 pts	−15.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.04%
Holdings	99	1599

SCHD in plain words

SCHD is an index equity fund tracking the US dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +27.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% 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%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPSB in plain words

SPSB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHD or SPSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +27.6% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SCHD or SPSB?: SCHD charges 0.06% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SCHD against SPSB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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