SCHG Dividend Calculator
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF — Project your returns with dividend reinvestment (DRIP). Current yield: 0.41% (quarterly).
SCHG is a passive index fund that tracks the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth. The dividends you receive come from the underlying companies in the index — when Apple, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and the other S&P 500 constituents pay their quarterly dividends, the fund collects them and passes them through to you.
SCHG Dividend History
| Ex-Date | Amount | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.0363 | +14.2% | 0.48% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $0.0318 | +7.1% | 0.42% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $0.0297 | +5.7% | 0.39% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | $0.0281 | +3.3% | 0.37% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.0272 | -13.9% | 0.36% |
| Dec 11, 2024 | $0.0316 | +14.9% | 0.42% |
| Sep 25, 2024 | $0.0275 | +2.8% | 0.36% |
| Jun 26, 2024 | $0.0267 | +10.3% | 0.35% |
| Mar 20, 2024 | $0.0243 | +288.0% | 0.32% |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.0063 | -75.9% | 0.08% |
How SCHG generates dividends
SCHG is a passive index fund that tracks the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth. The dividends you receive come from the underlying companies in the index — when Apple, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and the other S&P 500 constituents pay their quarterly dividends, the fund collects them and passes them through to you.
There's no options strategy, no premium harvesting, and no active management. The yield is simply the weighted average dividend yield of all 500 companies in the index. This typically works out to 1.2-1.8% annually — modest compared to income-focused ETFs, but the primary value of SCHG is total return (price appreciation + dividends), not income.
For investors focused on income, SCHG is often the benchmark against which high-yield strategies are measured. A covered-call ETF needs to beat SCHG's total return (not just its yield) to justify the trade-off in capped upside.