ETF comparison
SCHD vs VUG
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHD and VUG would leave roughly 0.8% 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
VUG is 3 bps cheaper than SCHD. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for SCHD.
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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHD | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Instruments Inc | 5.90% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | Fastenal Co | 1.28% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 3 | Blackstone Inc | 2.20% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | Ares Management Corp | 0.67% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in SCHD
95 total- QUALCOMM Inc 6.74%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.09%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 3.96%
- Merck & Co Inc 3.86%
- Chevron Corp 3.83%
- Verizon Communications Inc 3.65%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55%
- ConocoPhillips 3.51%
- Amgen Inc 3.47%
- PepsiCo Inc 3.44%
Only in VUG
142 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Microsoft Corp 7.61%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
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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.