ETF comparison
SCHGvsVUG
Both US Large Cap Growth.
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
91 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHG and VUG would leave roughly78.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VUG is 1 bps cheaper than SCHG. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SCHG.
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 SCHG vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
91 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHG | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 11.01% | 12.63% | 11.01% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 9.83% | 11.67% | 9.83% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 7.17% | 7.61% | 7.17% |
| 4 | Alphabet Inc | 4.75% | 5.76% | 4.75% |
| 5 | Amazon.com Inc | 5.67% | 4.47% | 4.47% |
| 6 | Broadcom Inc | 4.55% | 4.28% | 4.28% |
| 7 | Alphabet Inc | 3.78% | 4.53% | 3.78% |
| 8 | Meta Platforms Inc | 3.45% | 3.41% | 3.41% |
| 9 | Tesla Inc | 3.91% | 3.27% | 3.27% |
| 10 | Eli Lilly & Co | 3.05% | 2.81% | 2.81% |
| 11 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 2.93% | 2.62% | 2.62% |
| 12 | Visa Inc | 1.92% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
Only in SCHG
103 total- UnitedHealth Group Inc1.20%
- Linde PLC0.81%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.65%
- Walt Disney Co/The0.63%
- Salesforce Inc0.62%
- Blackrock Inc0.52%
- S&P Global Inc0.45%
- Danaher Corp0.40%
- Progressive Corp/The0.39%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp0.37%
Only in VUG
55 total- Applied Materials Inc1.60%
- Lam Research Corp1.51%
- Sandisk Corp0.94%
- Intel Corp0.79%
- Marvell Technology Inc0.75%
- Oracle Corp0.71%
- Western Digital Corp0.62%
- Amphenol Corp0.61%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.61%
- McDonald's Corp0.54%
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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.