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SCHM vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

SCHM and VO hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and SCHM returned +17.6% over the year. Net assets: $14.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF, and $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SCHM vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
SCHMVO
Expense ratio0.03%0.03%
Net assets, SCHM as of May 31, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026$14.6bn$103.4bn
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+12.4%
What it tracksDow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Total Stock Market IndexMorningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Holdings in common5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund13.3%9.7%
Below its high5.8%, high on Jun 30, 20263.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

+17.6%
SCHM total return, 1 year
+12.4%
VO total return, 1 year
0.03%
SCHM expense ratio
0.03%
VO expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHM and VO hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SCHM VO
Lumentum Holdings Inc 1.13% 0.86%
Bloom Energy Corp 1.36% 0.77%
Coherent Corp 1.26% 0.56%
Ciena Corp 1.51% 0.49%
Moderna Inc 0.30% 0.34%
KeyCorp 0.37% 0.21%
Packaging Corp of America 0.36% 0.20%
Flex Ltd 1.03% 0.20%
Snap-on Inc 0.36% 0.19%
Loews Corp 0.32% 0.17%
Centene Corp 0.52% 0.15%
Steel Dynamics Inc 0.66% 0.15%
Only in SCHM
Sandisk Corp 4.64%
Revolution Medicines Inc 0.57%
Tapestry Inc 0.55%
Twilio Inc 0.54%
Casey's General Stores Inc 0.53%
TechnipFMC PLC 0.51%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.51%
nVent Electric PLC 0.50%
Only in VO
Cloudflare Inc 1.11%
Valero Energy Corp 1.10%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%
Phillips 66 1.01%
Quanta Services Inc 0.95%
Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%
Datadog Inc 0.91%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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On the same fields

SCHM
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF
VO
Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Schwab Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +12.4%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +1.7 pts vs VOO not measured
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 30.3% 91.1%
Holdings 496 273
Net assets, SCHM as of May 31, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $14.6bn $103.4bn

SCHM and VO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About SCHM

SCHM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 30% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 496 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About VO

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +12.4% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHM or VO?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHM returned +17.6% and VO +12.4%.
Which is cheaper, SCHM or VO?
Neither: SCHM and VO both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHM and VO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 30% of SCHM and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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SCHM on its own →VO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SCHM dividend history →SCHM holdings →VO dividend history →VO holdings →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
SCHM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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