Strategy

Buybacks & Shareholder Yield ETFs

Screens for share-count reduction rather than dividends, which captures companies returning cash in a tax-efficient way. Shareholder-yield funds combine buybacks, dividends and debt paydown into one score.

Theme performance

Equal-weighted across every fund in this objective

1Y: +9.2%
5Y ann.: +13.8%
10Y ann.: —
All-time ann.: —

Sort5 funds

SCHD

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF

Schwab

Quality-screened dividend payers with 10+ year records. Value tilt, low tech weight.

Fee: 0.06%
AUM: $72.1B
Yield: 3.8%

1Y: +4.1%
5Y ann.: +10.1%
10Y ann.: —
Max ann.: —

COWZ

Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

Pacer

Ranks the Russell 1000 by free-cash-flow yield: value defined by cash, not book.

Fee: 0.49%
AUM: $25.1B
Yield: 1.9%

1Y: +9.8%
5Y ann.: +16.2%
10Y ann.: —
Max ann.: —

PKW

Invesco Buyback Achievers ETF

Invesco

Holds US companies that have repurchased at least 5% of shares in the past year.

Fee: 0.62%
AUM: $1.2B
Yield: 1.4%

1Y: +11.4%
5Y ann.: +13.4%
10Y ann.: —
Max ann.: —

SYLD

Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF

Cambria

Active screen combining dividends, buybacks and debt reduction into one shareholder-yield score.

Fee: 0.59%
AUM: $900M
Yield: 2.4%

1Y: +10.1%
5Y ann.: +16.4%
10Y ann.: —
Max ann.: —

DIVB

iShares Core Dividend ETF

iShares

Weights US companies by total dollars returned through dividends and buybacks.

Fee: 0.05%
AUM: $900M
Yield: 2.2%

1Y: +10.6%
5Y ann.: +12.9%
10Y ann.: —
Max ann.: —