Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSE:SCHD) invests in stocks that are included in the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of high dividend yielding stocks issued by U.S. companies that have a record of consistently paying dividends, selected for fundamental strength relative to their peers, based on financial ratios. The fund invests at least 90% of its net assets in these stocks.

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF was designed to track the returns created by the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index, providing exposure to some of the strongest dividend payers in the United States.

Fund Overview

• Net Assets: 31.28 Billions
• YTD Daily Total Return: 0.82%
• Yield: 2.89%
• Annual Expense Ratio: 0.06%

Performance Overview

• 0.82% YTD Daily Total Return
• 28.22% 1-Year Daily Total Return
• 23.92% 3-Year Daily Total Return

This ETF tracks large-cap dividend stocks listed on the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 index. The holdings in the ETF consist of large-cap U.S.-based companies that are known for paying dividends. The investments in its portfolio are relatively large, stable, U.S.-based companies that don’t tend to experience wide swings in value.

Top 10 Holdings (40.88% of Total Assets)

Name	Symbol	% Assets
Merck & Co Inc	MRK	4.24%
The Home Depot Inc	HD	4.19%
Texas Instruments Inc	TXN	4.16%
Broadcom Inc	AVGO	4.15%
Amgen Inc	AMGN	4.11%
PepsiCo Inc	PEP	4.09%
BlackRock Inc	BLK	4.05%
Pfizer Inc	PFE	3.97%
Cisco Systems Inc	CSCO	3.96%
Verizon Communications Inc	VZ	3.96%

This ETF has relatively consistent dividend growth. During the COVID-19 (the year 2020), SCHD ETF’s dividend continue to grow but many other ETFs were hit pretty hard. Therefore, this is the best dividend ETF to own for 2022.