ETF comparison

SCHAvsVBR

Both US Small Cap.

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
40.0%

587 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHA and VBR would leave roughly40.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHA only 60.0%Shared 40.0%VBR only 59.8%
In SCHA only
1,119 positions
Shared
587 positions
In VBR only
253 positions

Side by side

SCHA

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF

Schwab · US Small Cap

96composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$22.65B
TTM yield
1.06%
Top-10 conc.
11.8%
VBR

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

Vanguard · US Small Cap

95composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$68.22B
TTM yield
1.80%
Top-10 conc.
6.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
88
Tax efficiency
87
100
Liquidity
100
97
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
SCHAsub-scoreVBR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SCHA is 2 bps cheaper than VBR. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VBR.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with SCHA vs VBR.

Top shared holdings

587 shared in total
#HoldingIn SCHAIn VBROverlap
1MKS Inc0.46%0.32%0.32%
2Mueller Industries Inc0.30%0.29%0.29%
3Viasat Inc0.23%0.25%0.23%
4Valmont Industries Inc0.22%0.23%0.22%
5Moog Inc0.22%0.26%0.22%
6Wintrust Financial Corp0.21%0.23%0.21%
7Ryder System Inc0.21%0.21%0.21%
8Popular Inc0.21%0.22%0.21%
9New York Times Co/The0.26%0.21%0.21%
10Element Solutions Inc0.20%0.24%0.20%
11Allison Transmission Holdings Inc0.20%0.20%0.20%
12SOUTHSTATE BANK CORP0.20%0.21%0.20%

Only in SCHA

1,119 total
  • Sandisk Corp/DE5.28%
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc1.29%
  • Revolution Medicines Inc0.65%
  • Sterling Infrastructure Inc0.56%
  • ATI Inc0.50%
  • MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc0.50%
  • Nextpower Inc0.49%
  • Coeur Mining Inc0.42%
  • TTM Technologies Inc0.38%
  • Guardant Health Inc0.35%

Only in VBR

253 total
  • Jabil Inc0.87%
  • NRG Energy Inc0.66%
  • Tapestry Inc0.63%
  • Atmos Energy Corp0.62%
  • Williams-Sonoma Inc0.59%
  • Moderna Inc0.54%
  • Smurfit Westrock PLC0.52%
  • F5 Inc0.50%
  • US Foods Holding Corp0.48%
  • JB Hunt Transport Services Inc0.47%

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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.