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LCTU vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

LCTU and SCHB hold 63% of their weight in the same names, and SCHB returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF, and $43.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

SCHB costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; SCHB is far larger, $32.9bn against $1.2bn.

LCTU vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
LCTUSCHB
Expense ratio0.15%0.03%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025$1.2bn$32.9bn
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedDow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Holdings in common63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund35.2%34.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.3%
LCTU total return, 1 year
+16.8%
SCHB total return, 1 year
0.15%
LCTU expense ratio
0.03%
SCHB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, LCTU and SCHB hold 63% 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 9, 2026.

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63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding LCTU SCHB
NVIDIA 7.91% 7.02%
APPLE 7.14% 6.26%
MICROSOFT 5.12% 4.57%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.18% 3.62%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.48% 3.03%
BROADCOM INC 2.05% 2.90%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.90% 2.41%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.30% 1.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.60% 1.49%
TESLA INC 1.49% 1.68%
ELI LILLY 1.33% 1.20%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.16% 1.19%
Only in LCTU
PROLOGIS REIT 1.05%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.65%
GE AEROSPACE 0.62%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.56%
BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.36%
KKR AND CO INC 0.35%
SANDISK 0.31%
CRH PUBLIC LIMITED PLC 0.30%
Only in SCHB
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.83%
Applied Materials Inc 0.49%
General Electric Co 0.46%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.46%
Texas Instruments Inc 0.38%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.38%
Sandisk Corp/DE 0.34%
Linde PLC 0.32%

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On the same fields

LCTU
iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US broad market
Total return, 1 year +15.3% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.6% (IWB) not published
Gap to its benchmark −1.4 pts vs IWB not available
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 93.4% 88.8%
Holdings 322 2405
Net assets, LCTU as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026 $1.2bn $43.3bn

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

About LCTU

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 322 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

About SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,405 positions, with the top ten at 34.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, LCTU or SCHB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and SCHB +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, LCTU or SCHB?
SCHB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do LCTU and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 89% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗SCHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHB 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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