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APUE vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APUE returned +15.9% to SCHX's +14.1%; 84% 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 $74.2bn for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

At a glance
+15.9%
APUE total return, 1 year
+14.1%
SCHX total return, 1 year
0.31%
APUE expense ratio
0.03%
SCHX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHX costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; SCHX is far larger, $74.2bn against $2.5bn.

APUE vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAPUESCHX
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+14.1%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.31%0.03%
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026$2.5bn$74.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.3%36.0%

Method

What they share

84%

By the books each fund has filed, APUE and SCHX hold 84% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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84% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APUE SCHX
NVIDIA Corp 6.99% 7.69%
Apple Inc 6.41% 6.69%
Microsoft Corp 5.22% 5.42%
Amazon.com Inc 3.47% 3.66%
Alphabet Inc 2.77% 2.86%
Broadcom Inc 2.42% 2.52%
Alphabet Inc 2.19% 2.28%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.73% 1.81%
Micron Technology Inc 1.50% 1.56%
Tesla Inc 1.43% 1.49%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.36% 1.32%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.31% 1.37%
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%
Sandisk Corp 0.32%
IBM 0.31%
Qualys Inc 0.30%
Hanover Insurance Group Inc/Th 0.27%
Only in SCHX
Philip Morris International Inc 0.42%
International Business Machines Corp 0.32%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.27%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.16%
PNC Financial Services Group Inc 0.14%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.12%
Johnson Controls International plc 0.12%
Simon Property Group Inc 0.10%
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Side by side

APUE ActivePassive U.S. Equity ETF SCHX Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year +15.9% +14.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (VTI) +14.8% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +1.0 pts vs VTI −0.7 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.31% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 87.5% 93.6%
Holdings 449 747
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026 $2.5bn $74.2bn

APUE and SCHX 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%.

SCHX

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 747 positions, with the top ten at 36.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APUE or SCHX?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APUE returned +15.9% and SCHX +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, APUE or SCHX?
SCHX 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 SCHX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of APUE and 94% of SCHX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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