PTNQ vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees

PTNQ and SCHG hold 59% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF, and $61.1bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

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SCHG costs 0.61 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.

PTNQ vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees
PTNQSCHG
Expense ratio0.65%0.04%
Net assets, PTNQ as of Oct 2, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026$1.3bn$61.1bn
Total return, 1 year+10.3%+10.4%
What it tracksPacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot IndexDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common59%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.4%57.2%
Below its high5.6%, high on Oct 6, 20263.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026

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

+10.3%
PTNQ total return, 1 year
+10.4%
SCHG total return, 1 year
0.65%
PTNQ expense ratio
0.04%
SCHG expense ratio

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PTNQ and SCHG are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. PTNQ follows Pacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot Index and SCHG follows Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index.
  2. Cost. PTNQ charges 0.65% of assets a year and SCHG 0.04%, a gap of 0.61 points.
  3. Size. PTNQ has $1.3bn in net assets and SCHG $61.1bn (net assets, PTNQ as of Oct 2, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026); SCHG is 47.0 times larger.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PTNQ and SCHG hold 59% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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59% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding PTNQ SCHG
NVIDIA Corp 8.06% 11.01%
Apple Inc 7.52% 9.83%
Microsoft Corp 5.72% 7.17%
Amazon.com Inc 4.84% 5.67%
Alphabet Inc 3.44% 4.75%
Alphabet Inc 3.23% 3.78%
Broadcom Inc 3.06% 4.55%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56% 2.93%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.73% 3.45%
Tesla Inc 2.58% 3.91%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.93% 1.48%
Netflix Inc 1.38% 1.27%
Only in PTNQ
Micron Technology Inc 4.25%
Walmart Inc 2.48%
Cisco Systems Inc 2.09%
Intel Corp 2.08%
Applied Materials Inc 1.85%
Lam Research Corp 1.68%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.15%
Amgen Inc 0.95%
Only in SCHG
Eli Lilly & Co 3.06%
Visa Inc 1.92%
Mastercard Inc 1.40%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.20%
General Electric Co 1.18%
GE Vernova Inc 0.91%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.65%
Walt Disney Co 0.63%

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On the same fields

PTNQ
Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF
SCHG
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth
Total return, 1 year +10.3% +10.4%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +15.8% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −5.5 pts vs VOO −5.5 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 94.9% 95.3%
Holdings 103 193
Net assets, PTNQ as of Oct 2, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026 $1.3bn $61.1bn

PTNQ and SCHG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About PTNQ

PTNQ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 46.4%. It sat 5.6% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About SCHG

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. 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%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PTNQ or SCHG?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PTNQ returned +10.3% and SCHG +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, PTNQ 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 PTNQ and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of PTNQ and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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