SCHD ex-dividend date & dividend history

Wednesday, December 9, 2026. To get that dividend you need to own SCHD before that day, so the last day to buy is Tuesday, December 8, 2026. It is paid on Monday, December 14, 2026.

The latest dividend was $0.2665 per share, with an ex-date of Wednesday, September 23, 2026. The last 4 dividends add up to $1.0541 per share.

SCHD pays quarterly, four times a year. Pays every quarter, in March, June, September and December.

To get the next dividend you have to buy before the ex-date. That doesn't make it free money: with everything else held still, the price is expected to open lower on the ex-date by about the dividend, since new buyers no longer get it (the market moves the price too). Buying before or after mostly decides whether the next payment reaches you as cash, which in a taxable account is taxed that year. The Ex-Dividend Price Drop Calculator works it out for any price and dividend.

No. Shares bought on or after the ex-date don't get that dividend. You need to buy by the trading day before it. Selling on or after the ex-date keeps the dividend.

About 11,385 shares. $1,000 a month is $12,000 a year, and SCHD's last 4 dividends came to $1.0541 a share: $12,000 ÷ $1.0541. For $500 a month it's about 5,693 shares, and for $2,000 a month about 22,769. The dividend changes, so the number does too; the calculator above shows what that many shares would cost at your price.

Yes. SCHD split 3-for-1: shares began trading at the post-split price on October 11, 2024. Dividends paid before the split are shown both as paid and divided by 3, so every amount on this page compares with today's shares.

Funds don't announce increase streaks the way companies do: a fund's payout follows what its holdings pay. In the table on this page (from 2016), SCHD's yearly total went up 8 years in a row, 2018 to 2025.