Which returned more over the last year, BSV or SCHX?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and SCHX returned +16.8%, so SCHX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or SCHX?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and SCHX charges 0.03%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs SCHX: how they differ

BSV and SCHX hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SCHX returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and SCHX hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in SCHX
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	NVIDIA Corp 7.51%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	Apple Inc 6.71%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Microsoft Corp 4.89%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	Amazon.com Inc 3.87%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Alphabet Inc 3.24%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Broadcom Inc 3.10%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	Alphabet Inc 2.58%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	Meta Platforms Inc 2.02%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

BSV and SCHX on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	SCHX Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Schwab
What it is	Short-Term Bond	U.S. Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+16.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−0.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	3185	748

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

SCHX in plain words

SCHX is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 748 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or SCHX?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and SCHX returned +16.8%, so SCHX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or SCHX?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and SCHX charges 0.03%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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