Which returned more over the last year, SCHD or VTWO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +27.6% and VTWO returned +21.4%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SCHD or VTWO?

SCHD charges 0.06% a year and VTWO charges 0.07%, so SCHD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SCHD and VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 95% of SCHD and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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SCHD vs VTWO: how they differ

SCHD and VTWO hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and SCHD returned more over the year.

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF and Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHD and VTWO hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCHD and VTWO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	SCHD	VTWO
Moelis & Co	0.13%	0.15%
Murphy Oil Corp	0.12%	0.14%
Korn Ferry	0.09%	0.11%
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc	0.07%	0.07%
CVB Financial Corp	0.07%	0.10%
Marzetti Company/The	0.06%	0.07%
Banner Corp	0.06%	0.06%
OFG Bancorp	0.05%	0.06%
Cohen & Steers Inc	0.05%	0.06%
National Bank Holdings Corp	0.05%	0.05%
City Holding Co	0.04%	0.05%
Interparfums Inc	0.04%	0.05%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SCHD	Only in VTWO
QUALCOMM Inc 6.75%	Bloom Energy Corp 1.83%
Texas Instruments Inc 5.92%	Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.12%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.10%	Sterling Infrastructure Inc 0.76%
Coca-Cola Co/The 3.96%	Fabrinet 0.69%
Merck & Co Inc 3.87%	Nextpower Inc 0.67%
Chevron Corp 3.84%	IonQ Inc 0.63%
Verizon Communications Inc 3.66%	Coeur Mining Inc 0.58%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55%	TTM Technologies Inc 0.52%

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 VTWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF	VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Schwab	Vanguard
What it is	US dividend	Russell 2000
Total return, 1 year	+27.6%	+21.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+10.1 pts	+3.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.07%
Already in the S&P 500	95.1%	0.5%
Holdings	99	1951

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.

VTWO in plain words

VTWO is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.4% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1951 positions, with the top ten at 7.8%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHD or VTWO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +27.6% and VTWO returned +21.4%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SCHD or VTWO?: SCHD charges 0.06% a year and VTWO charges 0.07%, so SCHD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHD and VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 95% of SCHD and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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