SCHD’s $5,000 payout comes with a 17% dividend hurdle
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF needs to boost its second-half distributions by 17.4% year-over-year for its 2026 payout to hit a 9% growth rate. That growth rate is the one used in a popular 20-year income chart. First-half payments barely moved. SCHD traded 0.4% higher at $32.52 Monday afternoon.