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QQQE vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees

QQQE and SCHX hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and QQQE returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF, and $72.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

SCHX costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

QQQESCHX
Expense ratio0.35%0.03%
Net assets, QQQE as of Oct 8, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026$1.5bn$72.6bn
Total return, 1 year+19.2%+16.6%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund12.4%37.3%

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

+19.2%
QQQE total return, 1 year
+16.6%
SCHX total return, 1 year
0.35%
QQQE expense ratio
0.03%
SCHX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQE and SCHX hold 24% 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.

half

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QQQE SCHX
MICROSOFT CORP 1.05% 4.88%
AMAZON.COM INC 1.02% 3.87%
APPLE INC 1.01% 6.69%
NVIDIA CORP 0.97% 7.50%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 0.94% 1.23%
META PLATFORMS INC 0.90% 2.02%
BROADCOM INC 0.89% 3.10%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 0.86% 1.60%
INTEL CORP 0.80% 0.79%
WALMART INC 0.98% 0.74%
TESLA INC 0.73% 1.79%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.98% 0.70%
Only in QQQE
COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 1.23%
THOMSON REUTERS CORP 1.16%
MERCADOLIBRE INC 1.13%
PDD HOLDINGS INC 1.07%
ASML HOLDING NV 1.03%
SHOPIFY INC 1.00%
FERROVIAL NV 0.97%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 0.85%
Only in SCHX
Eli Lilly & Co 1.28%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.27%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.18%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.89%
Visa Inc 0.80%
Johnson & Johnson 0.79%
Caterpillar Inc 0.60%
Mastercard Inc 0.59%

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On the same fields

QQQE
Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF
SCHX
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Direxion Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year +19.2% +16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.9 pts −0.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 86.8% 94.5%
Holdings 103 748
Net assets, QQQE as of Oct 8, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026 $1.5bn $72.6bn

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

QQQE in plain words

QQQE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.

SCHX in plain words

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, QQQE or SCHX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQE returned +19.2% and SCHX +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, QQQE or SCHX?
SCHX is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QQQE and SCHX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 87% of QQQE and 94% of SCHX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QQQE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Direxion website ↗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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