SCHD and VOO annualized dividend yield: twelve month-ends through July 2026
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from SCHD vs VOO: Why the Dividend Yields Differ.
| month | month_label | schd_yield_pct | voo_yield_pct | gap_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08 | August 2025 | 3.73 | 1.18 | 2.55 |
| 2025-09 | September 2025 | 3.82 | 1.14 | 2.68 |
| 2025-10 | October 2025 | 3.9 | 1.11 | 2.79 |
| 2025-11 | November 2025 | 3.78 | 1.11 | 2.67 |
| 2025-12 | December 2025 | 4.05 | 1.13 | 2.92 |
| 2026-01 | January 2026 | 3.73 | 1.11 | 2.62 |
| 2026-02 | February 2026 | 3.5 | 1.12 | 2.38 |
| 2026-03 | March 2026 | 3.35 | 1.25 | 2.1 |
| 2026-04 | April 2026 | 3.2 | 1.13 | 2.07 |
| 2026-05 | May 2026 | 3.16 | 1.08 | 2.09 |
| 2026-06 | June 2026 | 3.19 | 1.14 | 2.04 |
| 2026-07 | July 2026 | 3.02 | 1.14 | 1.88 |
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
date | 2025-08 to 2026-07 | |
month_label |
text | 12 distinct values (April 2026, August 2025, December 2025…) | |
schd_yield_pct |
number | 3.02 to 4.05 | percent |
voo_yield_pct |
number | 1.08 to 1.25 | percent |
gap_pct |
number | 1.88 to 2.92 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH px AS (
SELECT ticker,
toStartOfMonth(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS month_start,
argMax(close, window_start) AS price,
max(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS last_day
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SCHD', 'VOO')
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= toDate('2025-08-01')
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) <= toDate('2026-07-31')
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY ticker, month_start
),
dv AS (
SELECT ticker, ex_dividend_date, cash_amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('SCHD', 'VOO')
AND cash_amount > 0
AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2024-12-01')
),
latest AS (
SELECT px.ticker AS ticker,
px.month_start AS month_start,
any(px.price) AS price,
argMax(dv.cash_amount, dv.ex_dividend_date) AS latest_payment
FROM px, dv
WHERE px.ticker = dv.ticker
AND dv.ex_dividend_date <= px.last_day
GROUP BY px.ticker, px.month_start
)
SELECT formatDateTime(month_start, '%Y-%m') AS month,
formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(month_start, 'MMMM yyyy') AS month_label,
round(sumIf(latest_payment * 4 / price * 100, ticker = 'SCHD'), 2) AS schd_yield_pct,
round(sumIf(latest_payment * 4 / price * 100, ticker = 'VOO'), 2) AS voo_yield_pct,
round(sumIf(latest_payment * 4 / price * 100, ticker = 'SCHD')
- sumIf(latest_payment * 4 / price * 100, ticker = 'VOO'), 2) AS gap_pct
FROM latest
GROUP BY month_start
ORDER BY month_start
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