ETF comparison
MGK vs SCHG
Both US Large Cap Growth.
Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
45 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MGK and SCHG would leave roughly 75.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHG is 1 bps cheaper than MGK. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for MGK.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with MGK vs SCHG.
Top shared holdings
45 shared in total| # | Holding | In MGK | In SCHG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 13.75% | 10.83% | 10.83% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 12.60% | 9.82% | 9.82% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 9.01% | 7.34% | 7.34% |
| 4 | Amazon.com Inc | 4.59% | 5.14% | 4.59% |
| 5 | Alphabet Inc | 5.51% | 4.56% | 4.56% |
| 6 | Tesla Inc | 4.18% | 4.22% | 4.18% |
| 7 | Meta Platforms Inc | 4.17% | 4.58% | 4.17% |
| 8 | Broadcom Inc | 4.40% | 3.93% | 3.93% |
| 9 | Alphabet Inc | 4.37% | 3.64% | 3.64% |
| 10 | Eli Lilly & Co | 3.17% | 3.17% | 3.17% |
| 11 | Visa Inc | 1.97% | 2.05% | 1.97% |
| 12 | Mastercard Inc | 1.72% | 1.61% | 1.61% |
Only in MGK
14 total- Lam Research Corp 1.25%
- Oracle Corp 1.18%
- TJX Cos Inc/The 0.90%
- Amphenol Corp 0.80%
- Boeing Co/The 0.78%
- Welltower Inc 0.74%
- McDonald's Corp 0.63%
- Sandisk Corp/DE 0.62%
- Boston Scientific Corp 0.55%
- Ecolab Inc 0.47%
Only in SCHG
150 total- Costco Wholesale Corp 1.70%
- General Electric Co 1.37%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.01%
- Linde PLC 0.90%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.74%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.72%
- Blackrock Inc 0.58%
- Danaher Corp 0.50%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp 0.48%
- Progressive Corp/The 0.48%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.