The 3% ETF Outperforming 11% Competitors: How SCHD Keeps Beating Covered Call ETFs The recent performance of Schwab U. S.
Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) has left income investors perplexed, given its relatively modest 3% yield compared to the 11% offered by SPYI and JEPQ.
However, a closer look at the numbers reveals that SCHD's price return of nearly 31% over the past year outpaced both of these high yielding ETFs, which managed returns of 18% and 21%, respectively.