ETF comparison
SCHB vs USMV
US Total Market vs Low Volatility Factor.
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
162 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHB and USMV would leave roughly 31.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHB is 12 bps cheaper than USMV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for USMV.
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 SCHB vs USMV.
Top shared holdings
162 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHB | In USMV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corp | 4.57% | 1.62% | 1.62% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp | 7.02% | 1.32% | 1.32% |
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 1.19% | 1.47% | 1.19% |
| 4 | Broadcom Inc | 2.90% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 5 | Apple Inc | 6.26% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 6 | Eli Lilly & Co | 1.20% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 7 | Visa Inc | 0.75% | 1.00% | 0.75% |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | 0.74% | 1.54% | 0.74% |
| 9 | Walmart Inc | 0.69% | 0.71% | 0.69% |
| 10 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 1.15% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 11 | Cisco Systems Inc | 0.65% | 1.46% | 0.65% |
| 12 | Micron Technology Inc | 1.49% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
Only in SCHB
2,243 total- Alphabet Inc 3.03%
- Tesla Inc 1.68%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.10%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 0.83%
- Intel Corp 0.74%
- Caterpillar Inc 0.56%
- Lam Research Corp 0.54%
- Bank of America Corp 0.47%
- General Electric Co 0.46%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.42%
Only in USMV
3 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.39%
- WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. 1.25%
- MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.36%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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