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QDF vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and SCHX hold 37% 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 $72.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

SCHX costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points.

QDF vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDFSCHX
Expense ratio0.39%0.03%
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026$2.2bn$72.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+16.6%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Dividend IndexDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common37%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%37.3%

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

+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
+16.6%
SCHX total return, 1 year
0.39%
QDF expense ratio
0.03%
SCHX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and SCHX hold 37% 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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37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDF SCHX
Apple, Inc. 8.67% 6.69%
NVIDIA Corp. 6.33% 7.50%
Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 4.88%
Broadcom, Inc. 4.01% 3.10%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.40% 3.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.95% 2.57%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 1.18%
Johnson & Johnson 2.81% 0.79%
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.71% 1.28%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.96% 0.70%
Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 0.58%
AbbVie, Inc. 2.94% 0.56%
Only in QDF
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 0.63%
H&R Block, Inc. 0.56%
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) 0.55%
Jackson Financial, Inc. 0.53%
Southern Copper Corp. 0.52%
Dillard's, Inc. 0.52%
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 0.51%
UGI Corp. 0.51%
Only in SCHX
Amazon.com Inc 3.87%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.02%
Tesla Inc 1.79%
Micron Technology Inc 1.60%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.27%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.23%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.89%
Intel Corp 0.79%

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On the same fields

QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
SCHX
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +16.6%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 94.5%
Holdings 123 748
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026 $2.2bn $72.6bn

QDF and SCHX 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 SCHX

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 748 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QDF or SCHX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and SCHX +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or SCHX?
SCHX 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 SCHX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 94% of SCHX 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) ↗SCHX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHX 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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