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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDN returned +1.9% and SCHG returned +12.7%, so SCHG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, FDN or SCHG?

FDN charges 0.49% a year and SCHG charges 0.04%, so SCHG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 82% of FDN and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 23% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are FDN and SCHG the same kind of fund?

No. FDN 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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FDN vs SCHG: how they differ

Over the year SCHG returned more, +12.7% against +1.9%, and SCHG charges 0.04% against 0.49%.

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FDN and SCHG hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FDN and SCHG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	FDN	SCHG
Amazon.com, Inc.	9.78%	5.68%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)	4.79%	4.76%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)	3.84%	3.78%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)	10.43%	3.46%
Netflix, Inc.	3.85%	1.27%
Salesforce, Inc.	5.91%	0.62%
Arista Networks, Inc.	5.18%	0.57%
Booking Holdings Inc.	4.51%	0.47%
Snowflake Inc. (Class A)	4.34%	0.31%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A)	2.79%	0.28%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A)	3.79%	0.27%
DoorDash, Inc. (Class A)	2.90%	0.21%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in FDN	Only in SCHG
Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.25%	NVIDIA Corp 11.02%
Oracle Corporation 4.44%	Apple Inc 9.84%
Ciena Corporation 1.80%	Microsoft Corp 7.18%
PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.79%	Broadcom Inc 4.55%
eBay Inc. 1.78%	Tesla Inc 3.92%
Roblox Corporation (Class A) 1.15%	Eli Lilly & Co 3.06%
Copart, Inc. 1.04%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.94%
CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.90%	Visa Inc 1.92%

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.

FDN and SCHG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	FDN First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund	SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	First Trust	Schwab
What it is	Internet and e-commerce	U.S. Large-Cap Growth
Total return, 1 year	+1.9%	+12.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.6 pts	−4.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	82.4%	95.4%
Holdings	42	193

FDN in plain words

By weight, 82% of FDN's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 86%. The top ten holdings are 60% of the fund across 42 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +1.9% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.6 pts.

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, FDN or SCHG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDN returned +1.9% and SCHG returned +12.7%, so SCHG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, FDN or SCHG?: FDN charges 0.49% a year and SCHG charges 0.04%, so SCHG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FDN and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 82% of FDN and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 23% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are FDN and SCHG the same kind of fund?: No. FDN 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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