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SCHX vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SCHX returned +13.1% to VOO's +13.7%; 93% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $74.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

At a glance
+13.1%
SCHX total return, 1 year
+13.7%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.03%
SCHX expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SCHX vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSCHXVOO
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+13.7%
Benchmark
What it tracksDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market IndexS&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.03%0.03%
Net assets, SCHX as of Aug 31, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$74.2bn$1.0tn
Holdings
Holdings in common93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund36.0%39.1%

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

Risk and return

Sep 17, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026 · 840 weekly returns · each against IVV
SCHX VOO
Return
Total return edge VOO (slight) +785.1% +804.0%
Annualized edge Tie +14.5% +14.6%
Price return edge Tie +568.5% +575.9%
Risk
Volatility edge Tie 16.1% 15.9%
Max drawdown edge Tie −32.3% −31.8%
Downside capture 100.6% 99.9%
Beta 1.01 1.00
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge Tie 0.82 0.84
Sortino edge Tie 1.20 1.22
Treynor 0.131 0.134
Calmar edge VOO (slight) 0.45 0.46
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.2% a year 0.0% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.87 0.51
Information ratio −0.10 0.02
Tracking error 0.9% 0.4%
Reading

VOO returned slightly more: +804.0% to +785.1%. SCHX and VOO swung about the same: 16.1% and 15.9%. SCHX and VOO fell about the same at their worst: −32.3% and −31.8%.

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Risk and return: SCHX vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSCHXVOOIVVEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+785.1%+804.0%VOO (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+14.5%+14.6%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+568.5%+575.9%TiePrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility16.1%15.9%TieSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.1%10.9%TieLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−32.3%−31.8%TieDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture100.7%99.8%100.0%TieShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture100.6%99.9%100.0%TieShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.011.001.00TieHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared1.001.001.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.820.84TieReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.201.22TieReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1310.1340.133TieReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.450.46VOO (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkIVVIVVIVVThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.2% a year0.0% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.870.51Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−0.7% to +0.3%−0.1% to +0.2%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.100.02VOOReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error0.9%0.4%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 840 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

93%

By the books each fund has filed, SCHX and VOO hold 93% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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93% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SCHX VOO
NVIDIA Corp 7.69% 8.40%
Apple Inc 6.69% 7.39%
Microsoft Corp 5.42% 5.79%
Amazon.com Inc 3.66% 3.72%
Alphabet Inc 2.86% 3.07%
Broadcom Inc 2.52% 2.54%
Alphabet Inc 2.28% 2.46%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.81% 2.43%
Micron Technology Inc 1.56% 1.83%
Tesla Inc 1.49% 1.52%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.37% 1.34%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.33% 1.41%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SCHX
Snowflake Inc 0.17%
Cloudflare Inc 0.14%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.12%
Cheniere Energy Inc 0.09%
ONEOK Inc 0.09%
Natera Inc 0.07%
Strategy Inc 0.06%
Astera Labs Inc 0.06%
Only in VOO
Sandisk Corp 0.39%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 0.13%
ONEOK Inc 0.08%
MKTLIQ 0.05%
EchoStar Corp 0.02%
Fox Corp 0.01%
News Corp 0.01%
ABIOMED INC-CVR 0.00%
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Side by side

SCHX Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +13.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +13.7% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −0.6 pts vs IVV 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 93.6% 99.7%
Holdings 747 507
Net assets, SCHX as of Aug 31, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $74.2bn $1.0tn

SCHX and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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SCHX and VOO are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. SCHX follows Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index and VOO follows S&P 500 Index.
  2. Holdings in common (similar). 93% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 SCHX returned +13.1% and VOO +13.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
SCHX

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 747 positions, with the top ten at 36.0%.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHX or VOO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHX returned +13.1% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, SCHX or VOO?
Neither: SCHX and VOO both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHX and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of SCHX and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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