Are IGF and SCHG in the same category?

IGF is a thematic ETF and SCHG is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.

Which returned more over the last year, IGF or SCHG?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and SCHG +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, IGF or SCHG?

SCHG is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $33. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IGF vs SCHG: how they differ

Over the year IGF returned +5.3% to SCHG's +13.5%, and SCHG charges 0.04% to IGF's 0.37%. iShares Global Infrastructure ETF and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

SCHG costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; SCHG is 5.9 times larger.

	IGF	SCHG
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.04%
Net assets, IGF as of Oct 8, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026	$10.3bn	$61.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+5.3%	+13.5%
What it tracks	Infrastructure	not published
Holdings in common	0%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year		+23.6%
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 11.9 pts
Active share vs the S&P 500	98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38%	57.2%
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+5.3%

IGF total return, 1 year

+13.5%

SCHG total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGF expense ratio

0.04%

SCHG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGF and SCHG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IGF SCHG

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.73% 0.31%

Only in IGF

TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%

AENA SME SA 4.73%

NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70%

IBERDROLA 4.14%

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%

ENBRIDGE 3.60%

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%

WILLIAMS 3.08%

Only in SCHG

NVIDIA Corp 11.01%

Apple Inc 9.83%

Microsoft Corp 7.17%

Amazon.com Inc 5.67%

Alphabet Inc 4.75%

Broadcom Inc 4.55%

Tesla Inc 3.91%

Alphabet Inc 3.78%

On the same fields

IGF

iShares Global Infrastructure ETF

SCHG

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Infrastructure Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +5.3% +13.5%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −11.9 pts −3.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 31.9% 95.3%

Holdings 78 193

Net assets, IGF as of Oct 8, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026 $10.3bn $61.1bn

IGF and SCHG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

SCHG in plain words

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 193 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%.

Questions people ask

Are IGF and SCHG in the same category?: IGF is a thematic ETF and SCHG is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.
Which returned more over the last year, IGF or SCHG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and SCHG +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, IGF or SCHG?: SCHG is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $33. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IGF and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for IGF ↗SCHG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, IGF against SCHG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/igf-vs-schg

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