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QLC vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLC and SCHB hold 54% of their weight in the same names, and QLC returned +19.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF, and $43.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

SCHB costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

QLC vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLCSCHB
Expense ratio0.25%0.03%
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026$1.0bn$43.3bn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+16.8%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap IndexDow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Holdings in common54%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%34.9%

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

+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
+16.8%
SCHB total return, 1 year
0.25%
QLC expense ratio
0.03%
SCHB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLC and SCHB hold 54% 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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54% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLC SCHB
NVIDIA Corp. 7.10% 7.02%
Apple, Inc. 7.33% 6.26%
Microsoft Corp. 4.25% 4.57%
Alphabet, Inc. 4.09% 3.03%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.94% 2.90%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.59% 3.62%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.66% 2.41%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.40% 1.89%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.27% 1.19%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.12% 1.20%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.98% 1.10%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.09% 1.49%
Only in QLC
Spotify Technology SA 0.33%
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 0.24%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 0.24%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 0.23%
ICON plc 0.09%
Only in SCHB
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.83%
Visa Inc 0.75%
Walmart Inc 0.69%
Costco Wholesale Corp 0.58%
Mastercard Inc 0.55%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.47%
Chevron Corp 0.47%
Coca-Cola Co/The 0.42%

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On the same fields

QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap 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 +19.8% +16.8%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 96.4% 88.8%
Holdings 177 2405
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026 $1.0bn $43.3bn

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

About QLC

QLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 177 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

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, QLC or SCHB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLC returned +19.8% and SCHB +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, QLC or SCHB?
SCHB is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QLC and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLC and 89% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLC 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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