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Schwab Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF SMBS

Issuer: Schwab SEC registrant: SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST Fixed income · US
Last price 24.31 USD Change: Up +0.12 Percent change: Up +0.50%

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Expense ratio
0.03%
Prospectus 22 Dec 2025
Net assets
$6.4B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
4,197
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
5.38%
Monthly
Asset class
Fixed income
From holdings

Schwab Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (SMBS) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Schwab. Its category is Fixed income · US (fixed income). Its last price was US$24.31 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.03% a year, from its prospectus dated 22 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$6.42 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 4,197 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.31 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 5.38%, paid monthly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.03%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.03%
Prospectus date
22 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
22 Dec 2025

Size and reporting

Net assets
$6,421,776,686
Total assets
$6,421,939,229
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
24 Jul 2026 (54 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 4,197 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

SMBS top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund US8574927062 1.67% $107.6M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
2 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US3618N5A332 0.47% $30.3M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
3 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DWMS97 0.35% $22.7M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
4 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US31427R6E50 0.29% $18.6M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
5 Fannie Mae Fannie Mae Pool US31418DYX47 0.28% $18.0M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
6 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DWC684 0.27% $17.5M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
7 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DWAF05 0.26% $16.5M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
8 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3142J6DQ38 0.25% $16.1M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
9 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DWDC47 0.25% $15.8M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
10 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US3618N56H72 0.24% $15.4M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
11 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3142J6BK85 0.24% $15.3M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
12 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US3618N53X59 0.24% $15.1M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
13 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DVL943 0.23% $14.5M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
14 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DWAN39 0.22% $14.2M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
15 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US3618N5PJ27 0.21% $13.8M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
16 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3142JXNY65 0.21% $13.8M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
17 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US3618N5ZK89 0.21% $13.3M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
18 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3132DWBB81 0.21% $13.2M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
19 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US36179YHR80 0.20% $12.9M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
20 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US3618N5GN30 0.20% $12.8M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
21 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US36179V4U15 0.20% $12.6M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
22 Freddie Mac Freddie Mac Pool US3142J6DG55 0.20% $12.6M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
23 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US36179YU693 0.20% $12.6M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
24 Fannie Mae Fannie Mae Pool US31418DV668 0.19% $12.4M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
25 Government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae II Pool US36179XFG60 0.19% $12.3M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Mortgage-backed securities 97.98%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 1.67%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 99.66%

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 99.66%

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.3090
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
5.38%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Monthly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
1 Oct 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.3090) ÷ latest price ($24.31) × 100 = 5.38%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (22 payments)
SMBS distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
1 Oct 2026$0.1130
1 Sep 2026$0.1050
3 Aug 2026$0.1160
1 Jul 2026$0.1090
1 Jun 2026$0.1100
1 May 2026$0.1090
1 Apr 2026$0.1030
2 Mar 2026$0.1070
2 Feb 2026$0.1130
19 Dec 2025$0.1050
1 Dec 2025$0.1040
3 Nov 2025$0.1150
1 Oct 2025$0.1080
2 Sep 2025$0.1090
1 Aug 2025$0.1170
1 Jul 2025$0.1080
2 Jun 2025$0.1120
1 May 2025$0.0270
1 Apr 2025$0.1020
3 Mar 2025$0.1010
3 Feb 2025$0.1310
20 Dec 2024$0.1250

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