The Best Dividend ETF to Buy: SCHD Pays a High Yield While VIG Focuses on Dividend Growth [Yahoo! Finance]
Merck & Company, Inc. (new) (MRK)
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SCHD offers a much higher dividend yield but trails VIG in recent total returns. VIG has broader diversification with over three times as many holdings and focuses on dividend growth. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT:VIG) and the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHD) are both dividend-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs), targeting U.S. companies with a strong record of paying dividends. Their approaches and sector exposures, however, diverge meaningfully in terms of yield, sector tilt, and portfolio breadth, with VIG offering wider diversification and SCHD providing a higher income payout. The comparison below breaks down how these funds stack up on cost, performance, risk, and portfolio construction to help investors decide which may better fit their goals. Metric VIG SCHD Issuer Vanguard Schwab Expense ratio 1-yr total return (as of Dec. 19, 2025) Dividend yield Beta AU
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- 12/4/25 - Form 8-K
- 12/3/25 - Form 424B5
- 12/2/25 - Form FWP
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