QQQM vs SCHG

QQQM and SCHG overlap by 58.8% of their weight, in the 48 companies both hold, by QQQM's issuer file of 2026-10-26 and SCHG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-08-31.

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF against Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

View as Markdown What changed
Overlap
58.8%
48 companies in both
about half the same weight
Correlation
0.96
weekly returns, 3 years
almost always in step
Cheaper
SCHG
0.04% against 0.15%
Higher, 3 years
QQQM
101.0% against 92.9%
Fell less
QQQM
-21.2% against -21.9%

The short answer

Two growth funds that agree on 48 companies and disagree on the rest: 64.5% of QQQM is in SCHG and 67.7% of SCHG is in QQQM. Over three years QQQM returned 101.0% against 92.9%.

The two funds

QQQM
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF
Last close, 2026-10-28
$298.71 +0.59%
Cost per year
0.15%
Return, 1 year
15.9%higher
Return, 3 years
101.0%higher
Worst fall, 3 years
-21.2%shallower
Volatility
19.2%
Positions
101
Top 10 weight
46.6%
SCHG
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Last close, 2026-10-28
$35.62 +0.34%
Cost per year
0.04%cheaper
Return, 1 year
7.2%
Return, 3 years
92.9%
Worst fall, 3 years
-21.9%
Volatility
18.6%calmer
Positions
192
Top 10 weight
51.0%

QQQM and SCHG, prices through 2026-10-28. How the badges are decided.

Holdings overlap

58.8%

48 companies sit in both funds. That is 64.5% of QQQM's own weight and 67.7% of SCHG's.

Side by side

Cost per yearlower is better
QQQM0.15%
SCHG0.04%
Return, 1 yearhigher is better
QQQM15.9%
SCHG7.2%
Return, 3 yearshigher is better
QQQM101%
SCHG92.9%
Worst fall, 3 yearsshallower is better
QQQM-21.2%
SCHG-21.9%
Volatilitycalmer is better
QQQM19.2%
SCHG18.6%
Top 10 weight
QQQM46.6%
SCHG51%
QQQM against SCHG, each pair of bars on a shared scale, prices through 2026-10-28.
Each bar is one whole fund, cut at the share it holds in common with the other. 58.8% of their weight is held in common, in the 48 companies both own.

What the numbers say

An exchange rule against a growth rule

QQQM holds whatever is large on the Nasdaq and not a financial, 101 positions. SCHG holds the growth half of the Dow Jones US large-cap universe, 192 positions, listed anywhere. Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta are in both and sit near the top of both, which is why the overlap reaches 58.8% of weight from only 48 shared companies.

Micron Technology on one side, Eli Lilly on the other

Micron Technology is QQQM's largest position that SCHG does not hold, and Space Exploration Techn, Walmart, Intel and Cisco come next, all of them Nasdaq listings, which is all QQQM holds. Eli Lilly, Visa, Mastercard, UnitedHealth Group and GE Aerospace go the other way: SCHG holds them and QQQM, which takes only Nasdaq listings, does not. The unshared weight is 35.5% of QQQM and 32.3% of SCHG.

Where the returns part

Over three years QQQM returned 101.0% against 92.9%, and over five 88.2% against 76.9%; over the past year the gap was wider, 15.9% against 7.2%. Volatility was 19.2% against 18.6% and the worst falls -21.2% against -21.9%, close enough to call the risk the same.

How much they move together

Weekly returns correlated at 0.98 over five years, 0.96 over three and 0.91 over the past year, the last a little looser as the unshared names diverged. SCHG's top ten hold 51.0% against 46.6% for QQQM. Holding both stacks the six names that lead both funds, and spreads the remainder across 245 companies.

Where they hold the same companies

MeasureValue
Overlap by weight58.8%
Share of QQQM held in common with SCHG64.5%
Share of SCHG held in common with QQQM67.7%
Companies in both48
Positions in QQQM / SCHG101 / 192

QQQM holdings as published 2026-10-26; SCHG holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-08-31, filed 2026-10-27.

Largest positions held by both

RankCompanyIn QQQMIn SCHGWeight in eachOverlap
1 NVDA Nvidia 8.2% 10.67% 8.2%
2 AAPL Apple 7.91% 9.29% 7.91%
3 MSFT Microsoft 6.23% 7.52% 6.23%
4 AMZN Amazon 4.23% 5.07% 4.23%
5 GOOGL Alphabet Class A 2.93% 3.97% 2.93%
6 GOOG Alphabet Class C 2.74% 3.16% 2.74%
7 META Meta Platforms 2.95% 2.51% 2.51%
8 AVGO Broadcom 2.47% 3.5% 2.47%
9 TSLA Tesla 3.24% 2.37% 2.37%
10 AMD Advanced Micro Devices 3.77% 2.37% 2.37%
11 PLTR Palantir Technologies 1.99% 1.65% 1.65%
12 COST Costco 1.94% 1.61% 1.61%
13 PANW Palo Alto Networks 1.38% 1.19% 1.19%
14 NFLX Netflix 1.16% 1.31% 1.16%
15 CRWD CrowdStrike 1.17% 0.91% 0.91%

Held by only one of them

In QQQM onlyWeightIn SCHG onlyWeight
MU Micron Technology4.44% LLY Eli Lilly2.93%
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp2.74% V Visa2.43%
WMT Walmart2.54% MA Mastercard1.83%
INTC Intel2.07% UNH UnitedHealth Group1.36%
CSCO Cisco1.89% GE GE Aerospace1.35%
AMAT Applied Materials1.34% GEV GE Vernova0.93%
LRCX Lam Research1.29% TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific0.88%
TXN Texas Instruments1.18% CRM Salesforce0.81%
AMGN Amgen1.05% ANET Arista Networks0.78%
MRVL Marvell Technology0.89% DIS Walt Disney0.72%

Covariance and correlation

Covariance, annualised (%2)

QQQMSCHG
QQQM369345.6
SCHG345.6346

Percent squared per year, three years of weekly returns

Correlation, 3 years

QQQMSCHG
QQQM1.000.96almost always in step
SCHG0.96almost always in step1.00

Weekly total returns, what the bands mean

Check it: 345.6 divided by (19.2 × 18.6) is 0.97, the correlation in the second matrix.

One year, side by side

QQQM 120 SCHG 110
2025-11-072026-10-30
Both rebased to 100 a year ago, weekly closes.

Cost, returns and risk

MeasureQQQMSCHG
Expense ratio0.15%0.04%
Dividend yield0.43%n/a
Total return, 1 year15.9%7.2%
Total return, 3 years cumulative101.0%92.9%
Total return, 5 years cumulative88.2%76.9%
Volatility, annualised on 3 years of weekly returns19.2%18.6%
Worst fall in 3 years, peak to trough, weekly closes-21.2%-21.9%
Beta against the S&P 5001.311.28
Positions held101192
Weight in the ten largest positions46.6%51.0%
Weight in the single largest position8.2%10.7%
Assets$109.8Bn/a

Prices through 2026-10-28. The positions and the weights of the largest positions are from QQQM's issuer file of 2026-10-26 and SCHG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-08-31.

Year by year

YearQQQMSCHG
2026 18.5% 9.6%
2025 20.9% 17.5%
2024 25.7% 35.0%
2023 55.0% 50.1%
2022 -32.5% -31.8%

Do they move together

WindowCorrelation of weekly returns
1 year0.91
3 years0.96
5 years0.98

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