Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
DDDD vs SCHD: Differences, Returns & Fees
DDDD and SCHD are measured over different days, and SCHD charges 0.06% to DDDD's 1.01%.
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Net assets: $7.7m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF, and $112.3bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF.
Pair scorecard
SCHD costs 0.95 points a year less.
| Measure | DDDD | SCHD |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +34.5% |
| Cash paid, share of starting value, since Mar 12, 2026 | 3.4% | |
| Price change, since Mar 12, 2026 | rose 10.5% | |
| Latest payout, annualized | 18.8% | |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Benchmark: US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD | Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 2.6 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.01% | 0.06% |
| Net assets, DDDD as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHD as of Aug 31, 2026 | $7.7m | $112.3bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 92% | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 95% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 41.7% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method
Risk and return
Mar 20, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 31 weekly returnsSCHD returned more: +18.9% to +16.4%. DDDD fell slightly less at its worst: −5.7% to −6.1%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | DDDD | SCHD | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +16.4% | +18.9% | SCHD | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | +12.7% | +16.1% | SCHD | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −5.7% | −6.1% | DDDD (slight) | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 31 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and SCHD hold 92% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.
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92% in common
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Side by side
DDDD and SCHD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for DDDD.
DDDD
Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +16.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.8%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
SCHD
SCHD tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +34.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 41.7%.
Questions people ask
- Are DDDD and SCHD in the same category?
- DDDD is an option-income ETF and SCHD is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which is cheaper, DDDD or SCHD?
- SCHD is cheaper, by 0.95 percentage points a year. That is about $95 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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