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ILOW vs SCHF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ILOW and SCHF hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and SCHF returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF, and $66.5bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab International Equity ETF.

SCHF costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.3 points.

ILOWSCHF
Expense ratio0.50%0.03%
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and SCHF as of May 31, 2026$1.8bn$66.5bn
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+20.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Developed ex US Index
Holdings in common19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.7%14.8%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 25, 20264.6%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
+20.3%
SCHF total return, 1 year
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio
0.03%
SCHF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILOW and SCHF hold 19% 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.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ILOW SCHF
ASML Holding NV 2.87% 2.10%
Roche Holding AG 1.78% 0.99%
Novartis AG 1.95% 0.97%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.67% 0.93%
Shell PLC 1.33% 0.80%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.80% 0.90%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.51% 0.69%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57% 0.64%
SAP SE 0.95% 0.62%
Schneider Electric SE 2.10% 0.57%
ABB Ltd 1.77% 0.56%
TotalEnergies SE 1.08% 0.53%
Only in ILOW
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50%
Lottomatica Group Spa 1.22%
IG Group Holdings PLC 1.18%
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd 1.16%
Glanbia PLC 0.94%
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.69%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.59%
Galenica AG 0.40%
Only in SCHF
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.32%
SK hynix Inc 2.81%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.08%
Nestle SA 0.88%
Siemens AG 0.77%
BHP Group Ltd 0.74%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.68%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.66%

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On the same fields

ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer AllianceBernstein Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of International Equity
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +20.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.2 pts +3.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.6% 0.0%
Holdings 84 1476
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and SCHF as of May 31, 2026 $1.8bn $66.5bn

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

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHF in plain words

SCHF tracks an index of International Equity. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,476 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILOW or SCHF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILOW returned +9.0% and SCHF +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, ILOW or SCHF?
SCHF is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILOW and SCHF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of ILOW and 0% of SCHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SCHF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHF 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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