Which returned more over the last year, CIBR or SCHG?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CIBR returned +25.6% and SCHG returned +12.7%, so CIBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, CIBR or SCHG?

CIBR charges 0.58% a year and SCHG charges 0.04%, so SCHG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CIBR and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 62% of CIBR and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are CIBR and SCHG the same kind of fund?

No. CIBR is a thematic ETF and SCHG is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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

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CIBR vs SCHG: how they differ

Over the year CIBR returned more, +25.6% against +12.7%, and SCHG charges 0.04% against 0.58%.

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and SCHG hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CIBR and SCHG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	CIBR	SCHG
Broadcom Inc.	6.12%	4.55%
Microsoft Corporation	2.07%	7.18%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)	1.66%	4.76%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	9.10%	0.80%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A)	8.66%	0.64%
Arista Networks, Inc.	2.24%	0.57%
Fortinet, Inc.	8.72%	0.30%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A)	1.70%	0.28%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A)	4.87%	0.27%
Okta, Inc.	4.20%	0.07%
Zscaler, Inc.	3.36%	0.05%
Dynatrace, Inc.	2.29%	0.04%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CIBR	Only in SCHG
Cisco Systems, Inc. 6.76%	NVIDIA Corp 11.02%
F5, Inc. 3.11%	Apple Inc 9.84%
Akamai Technologies, Inc. 2.45%	Amazon.com Inc 5.68%
Gen Digital Inc. 2.45%	Tesla Inc 3.92%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 2.03%	Alphabet Inc 3.78%
JFrog Ltd. 2.03%	Meta Platforms Inc 3.46%
NetApp, Inc. 1.99%	Eli Lilly & Co 3.06%
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 1.92%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.94%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

CIBR and SCHG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF	SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	First Trust	Schwab
What it is	Cybersecurity	U.S. Large-Cap Growth
Total return, 1 year	+25.6%	+12.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+8.1 pts	−4.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	62.2%	95.4%
Holdings	43	193

CIBR in plain words

By weight, 62% of CIBR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 91%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.1 pts. It sits 7.6% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

SCHG in plain words

SCHG is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 193 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CIBR or SCHG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CIBR returned +25.6% and SCHG returned +12.7%, so CIBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or SCHG?: CIBR charges 0.58% a year and SCHG charges 0.04%, so SCHG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CIBR and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 62% of CIBR and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are CIBR and SCHG the same kind of fund?: No. CIBR is a thematic ETF and SCHG is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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