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About Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
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Inception date
Aug 5, 2010
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
SCHO is passively managed to invest in US Treasury securities that have remaining maturity of greater than or equal to one year and less than three years. In addition, securities in the index must be USD-denominated, and fixed-rate and non-convertible. The fund excludes state and local government bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. Fund characteristics match our benchmark almost exactly (The ETFs underlying index and our benchmark happen to be identical). Securities in the index are weighted by market value and are updated each month. Overall, SCHOs coverage of short-term Treasurys makes it viable for both retail and institutional trading alike.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government100.00%
Mutual fund0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
SCHO top holdings are United States Treasury Notes 1.5% 31-JAN-2027 and United States Treasury Notes 4.625% 30-JUN-2026, occupying 1.62% and 1.54% of the portfolio correspondingly.
SCHO last dividends amounted to 0.09 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.08 USD in dividends, which shows a 5.15% increase.
SCHO assets under management is 10.95 B USD. It's risen 0.92% over the last month.
SCHO fund flows account for 319.02 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, SCHO pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.22%. The last dividend (Jun 6, 2025) amounted to 0.09 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
SCHO shares are issued by The Charles Schwab Corp. under the brand Schwab. The ETF was launched on Aug 5, 2010, and its management style is Passive.
SCHO expense ratio is 0.03% meaning you'd have to pay 0.03% of your investment to help manage the fund.
SCHO follows the Bloomberg US Treasury (1-3 Y) (Inception 4/30/1996). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
SCHO invests in bonds.
SCHO price has risen by 0.04% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 0.87% increase. See more dynamics on SCHO price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.44% over the last month, showed a 1.01% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.39% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.44% over the last month, showed a 1.01% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.39% in a year.
SCHO trades at a premium (0.04%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.