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SCHA vs VBR

Both US Small Cap.

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
42.8 %

604 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHA and VBR would leave roughly 42.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHA only 56.9% Shared 42.8% VBR only 57.1%
In SCHA only
1,117 positions
Shared
604 positions
In VBR only
234 positions

Side by side

SCHA

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF

Schwab · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$24.16B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.
7.7%
VBR

Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$67.78B
TTM yield
1.78%
Top-10 conc.
6.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
88
Tax efficiency
87
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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SCHA sub-score VBR

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

Cost difference

SCHA is 2 bps cheaper than VBR. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VBR.

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 VBR.

Top shared holdings

604 shared in total
# Holding In SCHA In VBR Overlap
1 MKS Inc 0.38% 0.37% 0.37%
2 New York Times Co/The 0.30% 0.31% 0.30%
3 Mueller Industries Inc 0.31% 0.30% 0.30%
4 Allison Transmission Holdings Inc 0.24% 0.23% 0.23%
5 Wintrust Financial Corp 0.23% 0.23% 0.23%
6 Oshkosh Corp 0.25% 0.22% 0.22%
7 SOUTHSTATE BANK CORP 0.23% 0.22% 0.22%
8 Agree Realty Corp 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
9 Brixmor Property Group Inc 0.22% 0.21% 0.21%
10 Popular Inc 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
11 Moog Inc 0.22% 0.20% 0.20%
12 Columbia Banking System Inc 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%

Only in SCHA

1,117 total
  • Sandisk Corp/DE 2.19%
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc 1.16%
  • ATI Inc 0.52%
  • Revolution Medicines Inc 0.43%
  • Rocket Cos Inc 0.41%
  • Coeur Mining Inc 0.41%
  • Hecla Mining Co 0.39%
  • MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.37%
  • Nextpower Inc 0.36%
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.31%

Only in VBR

234 total
  • NRG Energy Inc 0.75%
  • Atmos Energy Corp 0.74%
  • Tapestry Inc 0.69%
  • Jabil Inc 0.65%
  • United Therapeutics Corp 0.63%
  • Flex Ltd 0.58%
  • Omnicom Group Inc 0.57%
  • Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.53%
  • Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.50%
  • US Foods Holding Corp 0.49%

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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.