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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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SCHX vs VTI: how they differ

SCHX and VTI hold 87% of their weight in the same names.

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHX and VTI hold 87% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCHX and VTI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSCHXVTI
NVIDIA Corp7.51%6.37%
Apple Inc6.71%5.88%
Microsoft Corp4.89%3.84%
Amazon.com Inc3.87%3.19%
Alphabet Inc3.24%2.90%
Broadcom Inc3.10%2.48%
Alphabet Inc2.58%2.29%
Meta Platforms Inc2.02%1.71%
Tesla Inc1.79%1.64%
Micron Technology Inc1.60%1.80%
Eli Lilly & Co1.28%1.41%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.27%1.25%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SCHXOnly in VTI
Linde PLC 0.34%Sandisk Corp 0.47%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.28%Linde PLC 0.33%
Eaton Corp PLC 0.23%Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.30%
Honeywell International Inc 0.22%Eaton Corp PLC 0.23%
Accenture PLC 0.17%Chubb Ltd 0.17%
Chubb Ltd 0.17%Trane Technologies PLC 0.15%
Trane Technologies PLC 0.15%Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.14%
Medtronic PLC 0.14%Medtronic PLC 0.14%

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.

SCHX and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCHX
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerSchwabVanguard
What it isU.S. Large-CapUS total market
Total return, 1 year+16.8%+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.7 pts−0.3 pts
Expense ratio0.03%0.03%
Already in the S&P 50094.9%88.3%
Holdings7483531

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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 748 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

VTI in plain words

VTI is an index equity fund tracking the US total market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHX or VTI?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHX returned +16.8% and VTI returned +17.2%, so VTI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SCHX or VTI?
SCHX charges 0.03% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so SCHX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHX and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of SCHX and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 87% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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SCHX against VTI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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