Which returned more over the last year, HDV or SCHB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and SCHB +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or SCHB?

SCHB is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do HDV and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 88% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HDV vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to SCHB's +13.4%; 8% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $15.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core High Dividend ETF, and $44.6bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+13.4%

SCHB total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.03%

SCHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHB costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.0 points.

HDV vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	SCHB
Return
Measure	HDV	SCHB
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+13.4%
Benchmark
Measure	HDV	SCHB
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	SCHB
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.03%
Net assets, HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026	$15.9bn	$44.6bn
Holdings
Measure	HDV	SCHB
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	33.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and SCHB hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV SCHB

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48% 0.90%

ABBVIE 6.77% 0.61%

CHEVRON 7.22% 0.52%

COCA-COLA 4.26% 0.46%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46% 0.46%

HOME DEPOT 4.57% 0.44%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04% 0.39%

AMGEN INC 2.78% 0.31%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.12% 0.28%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.06% 0.26%

PEPSICO 3.89% 0.26%

NEXTERA ENERGY 2.54% 0.23%

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Only in HDV

MCDONALDS CORP 2.55%

WILLIAMS 1.27%

ILLINOIS TOOL INC 0.93%

HERSHEY FOODS 0.39%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.13%

DOMINOS PIZZA 0.11%

HOME BANCSHARES INC 0.09%

MSC INDUSTRIAL CLASS A 0.07%

Only in SCHB

NVIDIA Corp 7.20%

Apple Inc 6.27%

Microsoft Corp 5.08%

Amazon.com Inc 3.42%

Alphabet Inc 2.68%

Broadcom Inc 2.36%

Alphabet Inc 2.13%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.69%

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Side by side

HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Tracks an index of US broad market

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +13.4%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 89.5% 88.0%

Holdings 77 2372

Net assets, HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026 $15.9bn $44.6bn

HDV and SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,372 positions, with the top ten at 33.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HDV or SCHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and SCHB +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or SCHB?: SCHB is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HDV and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 88% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

SCHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

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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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