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

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SCHD vs VONG: how they differ

SCHD and VONG hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and SCHD returned more over the year.

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF and Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHD and VONG hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCHD and VONG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSCHDVONG
Home Depot Inc/The3.37%0.73%
Coca-Cola Co/The3.96%0.45%
Amgen Inc3.48%0.40%
Texas Instruments Inc5.92%0.34%
Blackstone Inc2.21%0.26%
Automatic Data Processing Inc2.25%0.25%
QUALCOMM Inc6.75%0.18%
Fastenal Co1.28%0.13%
Lockheed Martin Corp2.71%0.09%
PepsiCo Inc3.45%0.08%
Ares Management Corp0.67%0.07%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co2.94%0.07%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SCHDOnly in VONG
UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.10%NVIDIA Corp 13.09%
Merck & Co Inc 3.87%Apple Inc 11.97%
Chevron Corp 3.84%Microsoft Corp 8.98%
Verizon Communications Inc 3.66%Broadcom Inc 5.78%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55%Amazon.com Inc 5.07%
ConocoPhillips 3.52%Alphabet Inc 3.91%
Abbott Laboratories 2.97%Tesla Inc 3.48%
Altria Group Inc 2.94%Meta Platforms Inc 3.20%

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.

SCHD and VONG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCHD
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
VONG
Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerSchwabVanguard
What it isUS dividendRussell 1000 Growth
Total return, 1 year+27.6%+7.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+10.1 pts−10.3 pts
Expense ratio0.06%0.07%
Already in the S&P 50095.1%95.6%
Holdings99387

SCHD in plain words

SCHD is an index equity fund tracking the US dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +27.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 99 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VONG in plain words

VONG is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 61.3%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHD or VONG?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +27.6% and VONG returned +7.2%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SCHD or VONG?
SCHD charges 0.06% a year and VONG charges 0.07%, so SCHD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHD and VONG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of SCHD and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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