Summary
Schwab Balanced Fund is a mutual fund run by Schwab. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day.
- Yearly costs
- 0.51%
- Fund size
- $738.3M
- Dividend yield
- 5.36%
- Running since
- 1996
What speaks for it
- It has been running since 1996.
What to watch
- 40% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 31% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -1.1%
- 3 months
- -1.5%
- This year
- +5.0%
- 1 year
- +0.9%
- 3 years
- +24%
- 5 years
- -6.6%
- 10 years
- +31%
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 40%
- Industrials 12%
- Healthcare 11%
- Communication services 10%
- Financials 9.2%
- Other 18%
Largest sector: Technology (40%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- Yearly costs
- 0.51%
- A year from $10,000
- $51.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,462
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $51.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,462.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +2.7%
- Deepest drop
- -31%
- Yearly volatility
- 11%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 2.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 31% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 5.36%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.98
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.98 per share, which is 5.36% of today's price. The last payment was $0.98 on Dec 30, 2025.