ETF comparison
SCHA vs VB
Both US Small Cap.
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
939 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHA and VB would leave roughly 44.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 SCHA vs VB.
Top shared holdings
939 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHA | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lumentum Holdings Inc | 1.16% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 2 | ATI Inc | 0.52% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 3 | Revolution Medicines Inc | 0.43% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 4 | Nextpower Inc | 0.36% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | EchoStar Corp | 0.36% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | MKS Inc | 0.38% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc | 0.37% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc | 0.32% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | Bridgebio Pharma Inc | 0.26% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | New York Times Co/The | 0.30% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | Five Below Inc | 0.29% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | Mueller Industries Inc | 0.31% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in SCHA
782 total- Sandisk Corp/DE 2.19%
- Rocket Cos Inc 0.41%
- Confluent Inc 0.21%
- CRISPR Therapeutics AG 0.13%
- Applied Optoelectronics Inc 0.13%
- Piper Sandler Cos 0.11%
- Kodiak Gas Services Inc 0.11%
- MYR Group Inc 0.10%
- Patrick Industries Inc 0.10%
- Celcuity Inc 0.09%
Only in VB
372 total- EMCOR Group Inc 0.46%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.43%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.43%
- Tapestry Inc 0.40%
- TechnipFMC PLC 0.39%
- Ciena Corp 0.38%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.38%
- Jabil Inc 0.37%
- Natera Inc 0.37%
- Expand Energy Corp 0.37%
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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.