SCHD vs MTUM: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

SCHD tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 IndexMTUM tracks the MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index

What did the last 10 years do to $10,000?

You invest $10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted.

SCHD turned it into
$29,781
+11.53% per year on average · 20162025
MTUM turned it into
$38,506
+14.43% per year on average · 20162025
Difference
−$8,725
MTUM made more of the same money

SCHD vs MTUM, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
14
where both funds were trading
SCHD won
5
years
MTUM won
9
years
YearSCHDMTUMWinner
2026 (so far)+17.51%+37.24%MTUM
2025+4.34%+22.15%MTUM
2024+11.66%+32.89%MTUM
2023+4.54%+9.15%MTUM
2022-3.26%-18.27%SCHD
2021+29.88%+13.36%SCHD
2020+15.03%+29.86%MTUM
2019+27.29%+27.25%SCHD
2018-5.56%-1.67%MTUM
2017+20.85%+37.50%MTUM
2016+16.45%+5.00%SCHD
2015-0.30%+8.91%MTUM
2014+11.68%+14.62%MTUM
2013+32.88%+19.21%SCHD
2012+11.39%
2011+5.31%

SCHD vs MTUM in plain words

SCHD tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index while MTUM follows the MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SCHD charges 0.06% a year in running costs and MTUM charges 0.15% — SCHD is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically. Across the 14 calendar years both funds were trading, SCHD finished the year ahead 5 times and MTUM 9 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $29,781 in SCHD versus $38,506 in MTUM by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

Fund facts: SCHD vs MTUM

FactSCHDMTUM
FundSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFiShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF
TracksDow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 IndexMSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.06%0.15%
DividendsDistributing — dividends paid outDistributing — dividends paid out
Launched20 Oct 201116 Apr 2013

Frequently asked

Is SCHD or MTUM better?

Across the 14 calendar years both funds were trading, SCHD finished the year ahead 5 times and MTUM 9 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $29,781 in SCHD versus $38,506 in MTUM by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between SCHD and MTUM?

SCHD tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index while MTUM follows the MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SCHD charges 0.06% a year in running costs and MTUM charges 0.15% — SCHD is the cheaper fund to hold. Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically.

What would $10,000 in SCHD have become?

$10,000 invested in SCHD at the start of 2016 grew to $29,781 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 11.5% per year.

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