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APUE vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APUE returned +15.9% to SCHB's +14.8%; 83% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Aug 31, 2026: $2.5bn for ActivePassive U.S. Equity ETF and $44.6bn for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

At a glance
+15.9%
APUE total return, 1 year
+14.8%
SCHB total return, 1 year
0.31%
APUE expense ratio
0.03%
SCHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHB costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; SCHB is 17.8 times larger.

APUE vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAPUESCHB
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+14.8%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedDow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.31%0.03%
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026$2.5bn$44.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common83%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.3%33.7%

Method

What they share

83%

By the books each fund has filed, APUE and SCHB hold 83% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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83% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APUE SCHB
NVIDIA Corp 6.99% 7.20%
Apple Inc 6.41% 6.27%
Microsoft Corp 5.22% 5.08%
Amazon.com Inc 3.47% 3.42%
Alphabet Inc 2.77% 2.68%
Broadcom Inc 2.42% 2.36%
Alphabet Inc 2.19% 2.13%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.73% 1.69%
Micron Technology Inc 1.50% 1.46%
Tesla Inc 1.43% 1.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.31% 1.28%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.36% 1.23%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APUE
Dimensional US Small Cap ETF 4.57%
AerCap Holdings NV 0.41%
Philip Morris International In 0.39%
White Mountains Insurance Grou 0.33%
IBM 0.31%
Hanover Insurance Group Inc/Th 0.27%
Seagate Technology Holdings PL 0.26%
CCC Intelligent Solutions Hold 0.20%
Only in SCHB
Philip Morris International Inc 0.39%
International Business Machines Corp 0.29%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.25%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.15%
PNC Financial Services Group Inc 0.13%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.11%
Johnson Controls International plc 0.11%
Simon Property Group Inc 0.09%
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Side by side

APUE ActivePassive U.S. Equity ETF SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US broad market
Total return, 1 year +15.9% +14.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (VTI) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +1.0 pts vs VTI not measured
Expense ratio 0.31% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 87.5% 88.0%
Holdings 449 2372
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026 $2.5bn $44.6bn

APUE and SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
APUE

APUE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.9% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the CRSP US Total Market Total Return Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.31% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 449 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,372 positions, with the top ten at 33.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APUE or SCHB?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APUE returned +15.9% and SCHB +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, APUE or SCHB?
SCHB is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do APUE and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of APUE and 88% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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