Which returned more over the last year, SCHC or SCZ?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHC returned +12.9% and SCZ +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, SCHC or SCZ?

SCHC is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SCHC and SCZ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SCHC and 0% of SCZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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SCHC vs SCZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

SCHC and SCZ hold 32% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $5.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF, and $12.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF.

SCHC costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.

	SCHC	SCZ
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.40%
Net assets, SCHC as of May 31, 2026 and SCZ as of Oct 9, 2026	$5.6bn	$12.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.9%	+13.2%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	3.4%	2.5%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 27, 2026	4.2%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+12.9%

SCHC total return, 1 year

+13.2%

SCZ total return, 1 year

0.06%

SCHC expense ratio

0.40%

SCZ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHC and SCZ hold 32% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SCHC SCZ

thyssenkrupp AG 0.25% 0.21%

Games Workshop Group PLC 0.33% 0.20%

AL Sydbank 0.20% 0.20%

Frontline PLC 0.18% 0.23%

Aedifica SA 0.26% 0.18%

Perseus Mining Ltd 0.19% 0.17%

Aberdeen Group PLC 0.22% 0.16%

Balfour Beatty PLC 0.20% 0.16%

ISS A/S 0.21% 0.16%

Lion Finance Group PLC 0.19% 0.16%

Nexans SA 0.28% 0.15%

SBM Offshore NV 0.19% 0.15%

Only in SCHC

Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.41%

Aritzia Inc 0.40%

Finning International Inc 0.37%

Accelleron Industries AG 0.35%

NKT A/S 0.32%

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.32%

Eldorado Gold Corp 0.30%

Capital Power Corp 0.30%

Only in SCZ

IMI PLC 0.28%

ROHM 0.27%

BLUESCOPE STEEL 0.26%

GAZTRANSPORT & TECHNIGAZ SA 0.25%

WEIR PLC 0.25%

MEBUKI FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.24%

SHIZUOKA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.24%

TAIYO YUDEN LTD 0.24%

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On the same fields

SCHC

Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF

SCZ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Schwab iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +12.9% +13.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.4 pts −4.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.40%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 2230 2029

Net assets, SCHC as of May 31, 2026 and SCZ as of Oct 9, 2026 $5.6bn $12.9bn

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

SCHC in plain words

SCHC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,230 positions, with the top ten at 3.4%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCZ in plain words

SCZ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,029 positions, with the top ten at 2.5%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHC or SCZ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHC returned +12.9% and SCZ +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, SCHC or SCZ?: SCHC is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHC and SCZ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SCHC and 0% of SCZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SCHC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗SCZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for SCZ ↗

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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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