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ETF comparison

SCHD vs VLUE

Dividend vs Value Factor.

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.8 %

18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHD and VLUE would leave roughly 15.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHD unmatched 84.0% Shared 15.8% VLUE unmatched 83.9%

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.

In SCHD only
81 positions
Shared
18 positions
In VLUE only
133 positions

Side by side

SCHD

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF

Schwab · Dividend

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$107.89B
TTM yield
2.99%
Top-10 conc.
43.6%
VLUE

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

iShares · Value Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$9.37B
TTM yield
1.60%
Top-10 conc.
42.5%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
85
75
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
99
52
Concentration
54
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Tracking quality
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SCHD sub-score VLUE

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCHD is 9 bps cheaper than VLUE. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for VLUE.

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 SCHD vs VLUE.

Top shared holdings

18 shared in total
# Holding In SCHD In VLUE Overlap
1 Verizon Communications Inc 3.65% 2.97% 2.97%
2 Comcast Corp 2.25% 1.78% 1.78%
3 Ford Motor Co 1.72% 2.14% 1.72%
4 QUALCOMM Inc 6.74% 1.42% 1.42%
5 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.93% 1.24% 1.24%
6 United Parcel Service Inc 1.98% 1.02% 1.02%
7 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 0.96% 0.97% 0.96%
8 Accenture PLC 2.90% 0.95% 0.95%
9 EOG Resources Inc 1.82% 0.81% 0.81%
10 Target Corp 1.45% 0.80% 0.80%
11 Devon Energy Corp 1.29% 0.75% 0.75%
12 Best Buy Co Inc 0.38% 0.38% 0.38%

Only in SCHD

81 total
  • Texas Instruments Inc 5.90%
  • UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.09%
  • Coca-Cola Co/The 3.96%
  • Merck & Co Inc 3.86%
  • Chevron Corp 3.83%
  • Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55%
  • ConocoPhillips 3.51%
  • Amgen Inc 3.47%
  • PepsiCo Inc 3.44%
  • Home Depot Inc/The 3.36%

Only in VLUE

133 total
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18.98%
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.65%
  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.99%
  • AT&T INC. 2.55%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 2.21%
  • CITIGROUP INC. 1.62%
  • PFIZER INC. 1.60%
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.57%
  • CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 1.54%
  • THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1.53%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.