Are DRAM and SCHG in the same category?

DRAM is a thematic ETF and SCHG is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, DRAM or SCHG?

SCHG is cheaper, by 0.61 percentage points a year. That is about $61 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DRAM and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 16% of DRAM and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DRAM vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DRAM and SCHG are measured over different days, and SCHG charges 0.04% to DRAM's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $20.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Memory ETF, and $63.0bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+95.0%

DRAM total return, since launch, Apr 2, 2026

+6.8%

SCHG total return, 1 year

0.65%

DRAM expense ratio

0.04%

SCHG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHG costs 0.61 points a year less.

DRAM vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DRAM	SCHG
Return
Measure	DRAM	SCHG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+6.8%
Drawdown
Measure	DRAM	SCHG
Below its all-time high	33.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Below its high		3.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DRAM	SCHG
What it tracks	Memory and storage	Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	DRAM	SCHG
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.04%
Net assets, DRAM as of Oct 28, 2026 and SCHG as of Aug 31, 2026	$20.6bn	$63.0bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	97%
Holdings
Measure	DRAM	SCHG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56%	51.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DRAM and SCHG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRAM SCHG

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Only in DRAM

SK hynix Inc 15.89%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 14.37%

Sandisk Corp 5.21%

Kioxia Holdings Corp 4.36%

Western Digital Corp 4.30%

Seagate Technology Holdings PL 4.19%

GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 3.07%

Micron Technology Inc 2.03%

Only in SCHG

NVIDIA Corp 10.67%

Apple Inc 9.29%

Microsoft Corp 7.52%

Amazon.com Inc 5.07%

Alphabet Inc 3.97%

Broadcom Inc 3.50%

Alphabet Inc 3.16%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.93%

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Side by side

DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Roundhill Schwab

What it is Memory and storage Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +95.0% (since launch, Apr 2, 2026) +6.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −6.9 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 15.7% 94.7%

Holdings 12 192

Net assets, DRAM as of Oct 28, 2026 and SCHG as of Aug 31, 2026 $20.6bn $63.0bn

DRAM and SCHG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DRAM

By weight, 16% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +95.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 33.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

SCHG

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 192 positions, with the top ten at 51.0%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are DRAM and SCHG in the same category?: DRAM is a thematic ETF and SCHG is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, DRAM or SCHG?: SCHG is cheaper, by 0.61 percentage points a year. That is about $61 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DRAM and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 16% of DRAM and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DRAM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DRAM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for DRAM ↗

SCHG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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