ETF comparison
SCHA vs VBK
Both US Small Cap.
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
391 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHA and VBK would leave roughly 35.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHA is 2 bps cheaper than VBK. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VBK.
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 SCHA vs VBK.
Top shared holdings
391 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHA | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lumentum Holdings Inc | 1.16% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 2 | ATI Inc | 0.52% | 0.66% | 0.52% |
| 3 | Revolution Medicines Inc | 0.43% | 0.61% | 0.43% |
| 4 | Hecla Mining Co | 0.39% | 0.40% | 0.39% |
| 5 | MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc | 0.37% | 0.50% | 0.37% |
| 6 | Nextpower Inc | 0.36% | 0.57% | 0.36% |
| 7 | Coeur Mining Inc | 0.41% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.31% | 0.39% | 0.31% |
| 9 | Sterling Infrastructure Inc | 0.31% | 0.40% | 0.31% |
| 10 | Advanced Energy Industries Inc | 0.30% | 0.41% | 0.30% |
| 11 | Five Below Inc | 0.29% | 0.42% | 0.29% |
| 12 | Ensign Group Inc/The | 0.29% | 0.39% | 0.29% |
Only in SCHA
1,330 total- Sandisk Corp/DE 2.19%
- Rocket Cos Inc 0.41%
- MKS Inc 0.38%
- Mueller Industries Inc 0.31%
- New York Times Co/The 0.30%
- Oshkosh Corp 0.25%
- Allison Transmission Holdings Inc 0.24%
- SOUTHSTATE BANK CORP 0.23%
- Wintrust Financial Corp 0.23%
- Moog Inc 0.22%
Only in VBK
158 total- TechnipFMC PLC 0.92%
- Ciena Corp 0.92%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.90%
- Natera Inc 0.88%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.84%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.84%
- Comfort Systems USA Inc 0.81%
- Coherent Corp 0.74%
- Royal Gold Inc 0.72%
- AST SpaceMobile Inc 0.72%
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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.