ETF comparison
SCHG vs VONG
Both US Large Cap Growth.
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
152 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHG and VONG would leave roughly 77.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHG is 2 bps cheaper than VONG. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VONG.
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 SCHG vs VONG.
Top shared holdings
152 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHG | In VONG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 10.83% | 12.20% | 10.83% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 9.82% | 11.36% | 9.82% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 7.34% | 8.65% | 7.34% |
| 4 | Amazon.com Inc | 5.14% | 4.33% | 4.33% |
| 5 | Broadcom Inc | 3.93% | 4.60% | 3.93% |
| 6 | Meta Platforms Inc | 4.58% | 3.76% | 3.76% |
| 7 | Alphabet Inc | 4.56% | 3.60% | 3.60% |
| 8 | Tesla Inc | 4.22% | 3.58% | 3.58% |
| 9 | Eli Lilly & Co | 3.17% | 2.94% | 2.94% |
| 10 | Alphabet Inc | 3.64% | 2.92% | 2.92% |
| 11 | Visa Inc | 2.05% | 1.78% | 1.78% |
| 12 | Costco Wholesale Corp | 1.70% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
Only in SCHG
43 total- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.01%
- Linde PLC 0.90%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.74%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.72%
- Blackrock Inc 0.58%
- S&P Global Inc 0.52%
- Danaher Corp 0.50%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp 0.48%
- T-Mobile US Inc 0.40%
- Constellation Energy Corp 0.39%
Only in VONG
238 total- AbbVie Inc 1.44%
- Lam Research Corp 1.03%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.01%
- Oracle Corp 0.85%
- Amphenol Corp 0.62%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 0.54%
- Amgen Inc 0.54%
- Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.37%
- TJX Cos Inc/The 0.32%
- American Tower Corp 0.31%
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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.