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$27.32
+0.7% · 1 day, price
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SCHF tracks an index of International Equity and returned +17.6% over the past year.

Why did SCHF return +222.5% against EFA’s +201.5%?Is a 0.03% fee low for a fund like SCHF?What do SCHF’s net flows of +$12.7bn over the 3 years to May 31, 2026 mean?
Equity fund · Tracks the FTSE Developed ex US IndexSchwab ↗Expense ratio 0.03%Fund assets $69.7bn net assets, latest filing (Aug 31, 2026)First traded Nov 3, 2009Benchmark MSCI EAFE Index, measured by EFA, which tracks the same indexSEC filings ↗Every Schwab fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

SCHF returned +17.6% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $69.7bn in net assets on Aug 31, 2026.

Promise check: Not measuredNo other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured.

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SCHF risk and return scorecard

vs EFA · Nov 2009 to Oct 2026 · 884 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

16.9 years
SCHF +222.5%, EFA +201.5%, Nov 2009 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.
Return
MeasureSCHFEFAEdge
Total return+222.5%+201.5%SCHF (slight)
Annualized+7.1%+6.7%SCHF (slight)
Price return+106.8%+82.0%SCHF
Risk
MeasureSCHFEFAEdge
Volatility17.1%17.2%Tie
Max drawdown−33.8%−33.4%Tie
Upside capture99.2%100.0%Tie
Downside capture99.0%100.0%Tie
Risk-adjusted
MeasureSCHFEFAEdge
Sharpe ratio0.400.38SCHF (slight)
Sortino ratio0.560.53SCHF (slight)
Alpha vs EFA
MeasureSCHFEFAEdge
Alpha, a year+0.5%Not significant
Alpha t-stat1.02
Beta to EFA0.991.00Tie

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · May 31, 2026
12 months to May 31, 2026
+$4.5bn
3 years to May 31, 2026
+$12.7bn
5 years to May 31, 2026
+$19.4bn
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What you earned

SCHF −1.4%, EFA −1.3%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF−1.4%
EFA−1.3%
SCHF +2.2%, EFA +0.3%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+2.2%
EFA+0.3%
SCHF +6.1%, EFA +5.4%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+6.1%
EFA+5.4%
SCHF +14.3%, EFA +9.7%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+14.3%
EFA+9.7%
SCHF +17.6%, EFA +12.1%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+17.6%
EFA+12.1%
SCHF +85.0%, EFA +73.1%: total return over three years to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+85.0%
EFA+73.1%
SCHF +59.5%, EFA +50.9%: total return over five years to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+59.5%
EFA+50.9%
SCHF +160.0%, EFA +141.1%: total return over ten years to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+160.0%
EFA+141.1%
SCHF +245.9%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
SCHF+245.9%
askIQ: why did SCHF return +17.6% against EFA’s +12.1%? ↗

How concentrated, and what does it cost?

FTSE Developed ex US Index
+17.6%
Total return, 1 year
Report
0.03%
Expense ratio
Report
1475
Holdings
Report
−4.4%
Below its high
Report
3.5%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
Report
$0.165
Last payment (paid annually), ex-date Jun 24, 2026
Report
Sector mix
Cost against like funds
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Price and total return, 1 year

$27.32+0.7%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

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Points (pts) are percentage points.

SCHF returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnBenchmark (EFA)Gap to EFAS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026−1.4%−1.3%−0.1 pts+0.9%
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026+2.2%+0.3%+1.9 pts+6.1%
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026+6.1%+5.4%+0.7 pts+9.1%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026+14.3%+9.7%+4.6 pts+14.1%
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026+17.6%+12.1%+5.5 pts+13.6%
3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026+85.0%+73.1%+11.9 pts+95.0%
5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026+59.5%+50.9%+8.6 pts+79.8%
10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026+160.0%+141.1%+18.9 pts+325.8%
Since launch Nov 3, 2009 – Oct 28, 2026+245.9%not availablenot available+897.4%
Since launch, annualised Nov 3, 2009 – Oct 28, 2026+7.6%–––

Total returns, distributions reinvested.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Money in and out

Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026

SCHF: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $133m came in, by its SEC filing.

12 months
+$4.5bn
9.4% of $47.6bn on May 31, 2025
Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
3 years
+$12.7bn
41.8% of $30.4bn on May 31, 2023
Jun 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
5 years
+$19.4bn
70.2% of $27.7bn on May 31, 2021
Jun 1, 2021 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Since Sep 2019
+$22.9bn
Sep 1, 2019 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions SCHF files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for SCHF, back to Sep 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare SCHF with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJun 2023 to May 2026

SCHF, money in and money out each month from Jun 2023 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from SCHF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 30 and went out in 1.

Every bar is from SCHF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 30 and went out in 1.

MonthInOutNet
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$133m$0+$133m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.0bn$0+$1.0bn
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$563m$0+$563m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$361m$0+$361m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$196m$0+$196m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.5bn$0+$1.5bn
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$484m$0+$484m
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$261m−$438m−$177m
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$154m$0+$154m
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$487m−$254m+$234m
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$142m$0+$142m
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$435m$0+$435m
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$245m$0+$245m
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$222m$0+$222m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$976m$0+$976m
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$585m$0+$585m
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$380m$0+$380m
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$228m$0+$228m
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.3bn$0+$1.3bn
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$250m$0+$250m
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$725m$0+$725m
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$75.8m$0+$75.8m
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$346m$0+$346m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$326m$0+$326m
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$189m$0+$189m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$302m$0+$302m
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$335m$0+$335m
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$174m$0+$174m
Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$433m$0+$433m
Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Aug 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$187m$0+$187m
Jul 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$395m$0+$395m
Jun 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

SCHF key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$28.59 on Aug 25, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$22.96 on Nov 20, 2025
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$27.32, 77% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings1475
Top ten weight13.8%
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

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SCHF top ten by weight, 13.8% of the fund, of its 1,475 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026. That is 58 days before Oct 28, 2026, older than the issuer’s daily file, which ETFIQ could not read. An index fund holds what the index holds, so this is the index. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.

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HSBC Holdings PLC HSBA LON 1.17%
Roche Holding AG ROP SWX 1.00%
Royal Bank of Canada RY TSE 0.94%
Novartis AG NOVN SWX 0.94%
Shell PLC SHEL LON 0.83%
Nestle SA NESN SWX 0.83%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 8306 TYO 0.82%
Fund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗See all 1,475 holdings →Check overlap with another fund →

Source: Holdings filing (SEC Form N-PORT). Data as of Aug 31, 2026.

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About SCHF

What it tracksFTSE Developed ex US Index
Fund typeEquity fund
Category (ETFIQ)Stocks · International large-cap blend
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 22, 2025)0.03%
Price$27.32
First tradedNov 3, 2009
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Aug 31, 2026)$69.7bnReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)MSCI EAFE Index, measured by EFA, which tracks the same index
Benchmark named inits shareholder report, N-CSRS, May 1, 2026
SCHF, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026+17.6%
EFA, the same days+12.1%
Against its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)+5.5 pts
Below its high (ETFIQ)−4.4%
Holdings1475
Top ten weight13.8%
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Aug 31, 2026
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)100.0%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)0.8%
IQ Investment Committee on SCHF

12 seats on SCHF, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Supports, 2 Mixed, 2 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostMixed
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherChallenges
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationSupports
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingMixed
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatSupports
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Questions people ask about SCHF

How has SCHF performed?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SCHF returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index. Over three years the number is +85.0%.
What does SCHF cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
What does SCHF hold?
1,475 positions as filed for Aug 31, 2026, with the top ten at 13.8% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
How far is SCHF below its high?
4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, SCHF, Benchmark (EFA) and S&P 500 (SPY)Tiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026
Fee, 0.03%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Net assets, $69.7bnSEC filing, whole fund · Aug 31, 2026
HoldingsHoldings filing (SEC Form N-PORT) · Aug 31, 2026 ↗
IssuerSchwab website ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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