SCHE vs SCHF: Differences, Returns & Fees

SCHE and SCHF hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SCHF returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets on May 31, 2026: $12.7bn for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $66.5bn for Schwab International Equity ETF.

SCHF costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; SCHF is 5.2 times larger.

SCHESCHF
Expense ratio0.06%0.03%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026$12.7bn$66.5bn
Total return, 1 year+12.6%+20.3%
What it tracksFTSE Emerging IndexFTSE Developed ex US Index
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.3%14.8%
Below its high4.6%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+12.6%
SCHE total return, 1 year
+20.3%
SCHF total return, 1 year
0.06%
SCHE expense ratio
0.03%
SCHF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHE and SCHF hold 0% 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.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SCHE SCHF
Only in SCHE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.05%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
MediaTek Inc 1.88%
Delta Electronics Inc 1.40%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.04%
Reliance Industries Ltd 0.88%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.88%
Only in SCHF
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.32%
SK hynix Inc 2.81%
ASML Holding NV 2.10%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.08%
Roche Holding AG 0.99%
Novartis AG 0.97%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.93%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%

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On the same fields

SCHE
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Schwab Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of International Equity
Total return, 1 year +12.6% +20.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −4.7 pts +3.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.06% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 2178 1476
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026 $12.7bn $66.5bn

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

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% 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 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

SCHF in plain words

SCHF tracks an index of International Equity. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,476 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHE or SCHF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHE returned +12.6% and SCHF +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, SCHE or SCHF?
SCHF is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHE and SCHF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SCHE and 0% of SCHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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