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QLC vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLC and SCHX hold 56% 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 $72.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

SCHX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points.

QLC vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLCSCHX
Expense ratio0.25%0.03%
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026$1.0bn$72.6bn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+16.6%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap IndexDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common56%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%37.3%

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

+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
+16.6%
SCHX total return, 1 year
0.25%
QLC expense ratio
0.03%
SCHX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLC and SCHX hold 56% 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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56% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLC SCHX
NVIDIA Corp. 7.10% 7.50%
Apple, Inc. 7.33% 6.69%
Microsoft Corp. 4.25% 4.88%
Alphabet, Inc. 4.09% 3.23%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.94% 3.10%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.59% 3.87%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.66% 2.57%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.40% 2.02%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.27% 1.27%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.98% 1.18%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.12% 1.28%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.09% 1.60%
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 SCHX
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.89%
Visa Inc 0.80%
Walmart Inc 0.74%
Costco Wholesale Corp 0.62%
Mastercard Inc 0.59%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.50%
Chevron Corp 0.50%
Coca-Cola Co/The 0.45%

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On the same fields

QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap 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 +19.8% +16.6%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 96.4% 94.5%
Holdings 177 748
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026 $1.0bn $72.6bn

QLC and SCHX 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 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, QLC or SCHX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLC returned +19.8% and SCHX +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, QLC or SCHX?
SCHX 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 SCHX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLC and 94% of SCHX 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) ↗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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