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QDF vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and SCHB hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and QDF returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF, and $43.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

SCHB costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points.

QDF vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDFSCHB
Expense ratio0.39%0.03%
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026$2.2bn$43.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+16.8%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Dividend IndexDow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%34.9%

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

+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
+16.8%
SCHB total return, 1 year
0.39%
QDF expense ratio
0.03%
SCHB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and SCHB hold 36% 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 Jul 31, 2026.

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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDF SCHB
NVIDIA Corp. 6.33% 7.02%
Apple, Inc. 8.67% 6.26%
Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 4.57%
Broadcom, Inc. 4.01% 2.90%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.40% 3.03%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.95% 2.41%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 1.10%
Johnson & Johnson 2.81% 0.74%
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.71% 1.20%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.96% 0.65%
Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 0.54%
AbbVie, Inc. 2.94% 0.53%
Only in QDF
Southern Copper Corp. 0.52%
Blue Owl Capital Corp. 0.48%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 0.45%
Anglogold Ashanti plc 0.45%
Amdocs Ltd. 0.23%
BANK OF MONTREAL CHICAGO 0.09%
BANK OF MONTREAL CHICAGO 0.09%
BNP PARIBAS, NY 0.09%
Only in SCHB
Amazon.com Inc 3.62%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.89%
Tesla Inc 1.68%
Micron Technology Inc 1.49%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.19%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.15%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.83%
Intel Corp 0.74%

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On the same fields

QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US broad market
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +16.8%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 88.8%
Holdings 123 2405
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026 $2.2bn $43.3bn

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

About QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

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, QDF or SCHB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and SCHB +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or SCHB?
SCHB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDF and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 89% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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