ETF comparison
IWM vs SCHD
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWM and SCHD would leave roughly 1.5% 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
SCHD is 13 bps cheaper than IWM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for IWM.
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 IWM vs SCHD.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWM | In SCHD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murphy Oil Corp. | 0.14% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Moelis & Co. | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 3 | Korn Ferry | 0.11% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 4 | CVB Financial Corp. | 0.11% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 5 | Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | Banner Corp. | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | Marzetti Co. (The) | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | OFG Bancorp | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | Interparfums, Inc. | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | City Holding Co. | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in IWM
1,981 total- Moog, Inc. 0.38%
- Hut 8 Corp. 0.37%
- Viasat, Inc. 0.35%
- BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.35%
- Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%
- MaxLinear, Inc. 0.34%
- Argan, Inc. 0.34%
- UMB Financial Corp. 0.33%
- JFrog Ltd. 0.31%
- Riot Platforms, Inc. 0.30%
Only in SCHD
66 total- Merck & Co Inc 4.76%
- Amgen Inc 4.70%
- Abbott Laboratories 4.68%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 4.16%
- Chevron Corp 4.01%
- Verizon Communications Inc 3.96%
- ConocoPhillips 3.93%
- Home Depot Inc/The 3.87%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.82%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.82%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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