SCHD vs SPMO: 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 IndexSPMO tracks the S&P 500 Momentum 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
SPMO turned it into
$51,975
+17.92% per year on average · 20162025
Difference
−$22,194
SPMO made more of the same money

SCHD vs SPMO, 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
12
where both funds were trading
SCHD won
4
years
SPMO won
8
years
YearSCHDSPMOWinner
2026 (so far)+17.51%+35.98%SPMO
2025+4.34%+26.58%SPMO
2024+11.66%+45.82%SPMO
2023+4.54%+17.56%SPMO
2022-3.26%-10.45%SCHD
2021+29.88%+22.51%SCHD
2020+15.03%+27.80%SPMO
2019+27.29%+25.93%SCHD
2018-5.56%-0.92%SPMO
2017+20.85%+27.76%SPMO
2016+16.45%+7.18%SCHD
2015-0.30%+2.78%SPMO
2014+11.68%
2013+32.88%
2012+11.39%
2011+5.31%

SCHD vs SPMO in plain words

SCHD tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index while SPMO follows the S&P 500 Momentum 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 SPMO charges 0.13% — SCHD is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically. Across the 12 calendar years both funds were trading, SCHD finished the year ahead 4 times and SPMO 8 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $29,781 in SCHD versus $51,975 in SPMO by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

Fund facts: SCHD vs SPMO

FactSCHDSPMO
FundSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFInvesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF
TracksDow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 IndexS&P 500 Momentum Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.06%0.13%
DividendsDistributing — dividends paid outDistributing — dividends paid out
Launched20 Oct 20119 Oct 2015

Frequently asked

Is SCHD or SPMO better?

Across the 12 calendar years both funds were trading, SCHD finished the year ahead 4 times and SPMO 8 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $29,781 in SCHD versus $51,975 in SPMO 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 SPMO?

SCHD tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index while SPMO follows the S&P 500 Momentum 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 SPMO charges 0.13% — 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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