Which returned more over the last year, QLTA or SCHI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLTA returned −2.4% and SCHI −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, QLTA or SCHI?

SCHI is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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QLTA vs SCHI: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLTA's duration was 6.5 years on Jul 31, 2026 and SCHI's 6.0 on Jun 30, 2026; SCHI charges 0.03% to QLTA's 0.15%. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF, and $11.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF.

SCHI costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; SCHI is 7.4 times larger.

	QLTA	SCHI
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.6bn	$11.6bn
Total return, 1 year	−2.4%	−1.8%
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index	Bloomberg US 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Holdings in common	27%
Below its high	6.6%, high on Aug 6, 2020	4.4%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

−2.4%

QLTA total return, 1 year

−1.8%

SCHI total return, 1 year

0.15%

QLTA expense ratio

0.03%

SCHI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLTA and SCHI hold 27% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding QLTA SCHI

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2035 0.20% 0.29%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2036 0.15% 0.27%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2036 0.14% 0.24%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2033 0.13% 0.23%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Jul 25, 2034 0.13% 0.20%

Alphabet Inc, due Feb 15, 2036 0.12% 0.19%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Jul 25, 2033 0.12% 0.19%

Salesforce Inc, due Mar 15, 2036 0.12% 0.21%

Honeywell Aerospace Inc, due Mar 16, 2036 0.12% 0.15%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Oct 23, 2034 0.11% 0.16%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Apr 24, 2034 0.11% 0.17%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Aug 15, 2034 0.11% 0.11%

Only in QLTA

Broadcom Inc, due Nov 15, 2035 0.22%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2046 0.21%

NVIDIA Corp, due Jun 15, 2031 0.16%

Meta Platforms Inc, due May 15, 2056 0.15%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2053 0.15%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2055 0.15%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2056 0.14%

AbbVie Inc, due Nov 21, 2029 0.14%

Only in SCHI

Oracle Corp, due Feb 4, 2036 0.22%

Amgen Inc, due Mar 2, 2033 0.20%

Verizon Communications Inc, due Mar 15, 2032 0.18%

Oracle Corp, due Sep 26, 2035 0.17%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Jan 30, 2032 0.17%

Citigroup Inc, due May 25, 2034 0.15%

AT&T Inc, due Dec 1, 2033 0.15%

Citigroup Inc, due Jan 24, 2036 0.14%

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On the same fields

QLTA

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

SCHI

Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year −2.4% −1.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −19.6 pts −19.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Holdings 3514 2345

Net assets, QLTA as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHI as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.2bn $11.6bn

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

QLTA in plain words

QLTA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −2.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHI in plain words

SCHI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg US 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 4.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QLTA or SCHI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLTA returned −2.4% and SCHI −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, QLTA or SCHI?: SCHI is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

QLTA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLTA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QLTA ↗SCHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHI 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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