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ETF comparison

SCHA vs VB

Both US Small Cap.

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
45.5 %

917 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHA and VB would leave roughly 45.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHA unmatched 54.4% Shared 45.5% VB unmatched 54.3%

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.

In SCHA only
788 positions
Shared
917 positions
In VB only
392 positions

Side by side

SCHA

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF

Schwab · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$22.04B
TTM yield
1.11%
Top-10 conc.
10.1%
VB

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Vanguard · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$178.19B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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SCHA sub-score VB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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

917 shared in total
# Holding In SCHA In VB Overlap
1 Revolution Medicines Inc 0.86% 0.46% 0.46%
2 MKS Inc 0.36% 0.37% 0.36%
3 ATI Inc 0.59% 0.33% 0.33%
4 MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.36% 0.32% 0.32%
5 Sterling Infrastructure Inc 0.30% 0.30% 0.30%
6 TTM Technologies Inc 0.26% 0.24% 0.24%
7 Guardant Health Inc 0.44% 0.23% 0.23%
8 Onto Innovation Inc 0.28% 0.23% 0.23%
9 Nextpower Inc 0.26% 0.21% 0.21%
10 SiTime Corp 0.26% 0.20% 0.20%
11 Coeur Mining Inc 0.45% 0.18% 0.18%
12 Dycom Industries Inc 0.18% 0.18% 0.18%

Only in SCHA

788 total
  • Sandisk Corp 4.87%
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc 1.49%
  • Rocket Cos Inc 0.28%
  • Gates Industrial Corp Ltd 0.14%
  • Travere Therapeutics Inc 0.13%
  • Scholar Rock Holding Corp 0.12%
  • Enova International Inc 0.12%
  • CRISPR Therapeutics AG 0.12%
  • Definium Therapeutics Inc 0.11%
  • Erasca Inc 0.10%

Only in VB

392 total
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
  • Jabil Inc 0.49%
  • Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
  • Natera Inc 0.45%
  • EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
  • Twilio Inc 0.38%
  • NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
  • Flex Ltd 0.36%
  • Tapestry Inc 0.36%
  • Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%

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.