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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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PVAL vs SCHB: how they differ

PVAL and SCHB hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and PVAL returned more over the year.

Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF and Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PVAL and SCHB hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PVAL and SCHB both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPVALSCHB
AMAZON.COM INC2.96%3.20%
MICROSOFT CORP2.96%3.80%
ALPHABET INC3.33%2.87%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC3.09%1.30%
EXXON MOBIL CORP3.66%0.78%
WALMART INC1.39%0.68%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC6.06%0.64%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC1.66%0.52%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP2.65%0.51%
COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE)2.85%0.43%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE)2.24%0.41%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC2.72%0.39%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in PVALOnly in SCHB
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08%NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 2.05%Apple, Inc. 5.82%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.86%Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
SANOFI SA 1.34%Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.85%Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.70%
Tesla, Inc. 1.62%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.30%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 29, 2026.

PVAL and SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PVAL
Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerPutnamSchwab
What it isPutnam Focused Large Cap ValueUS broad market
Total return, 1 year+28.4%+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+10.8 pts−0.3 pts
Already in the S&P 50094.9%88.3%
Holdings452497

PVAL in plain words

PVAL is an index equity fund tracking the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%.

SCHB in plain words

SCHB is an index equity fund tracking the US broad market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2497 positions, with the top ten at 32.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PVAL or SCHB?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and SCHB returned +17.2%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do PVAL and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of PVAL and 88% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 18% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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