SCHG vs VUG

Name: SCHG vs VUG: holdings overlap, returns and correlation
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SCHG and VUG overlap by 73.3% of their weight, in the 91 companies both hold, by SCHG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-08-31 and VUG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30.

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF against Vanguard Growth ETF.

Edited by VoidLab Data through 2026-10-28 Last revised 2026-10-28

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Overlap

73.3%

91 companies in both

mostly the same names

Correlation

0.99

weekly returns, 3 years

almost always in step

Cheaper

VUG

0.03% against 0.04%

Higher, 3 years

VUG

93.2% against 92.9%

Fell less

VUG

-21.8% against -21.9%

The short answer

Two large-cap growth funds built from different index families, moving together at 0.99 over three years. VUG puts 60.4% in its ten largest positions against 51.0% for SCHG.

The two funds

SCHG

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

Last close, 2026-10-28: $35.62 +0.34%
Cost per year: 0.04%
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%

VUG

Vanguard Growth ETF

Last close, 2026-10-28: $88.81 +0.41%
Cost per year: 0.03%cheaper
Return, 1 year: 7.3%higher
Return, 3 years: 93.2%higher
Worst fall, 3 years: -21.8%shallower
Volatility: 19.0%
Positions: 146
Top 10 weight: 60.4%

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

Holdings overlap

73.3%

91 companies sit in both funds. That is 84.4% of SCHG's own weight and 84.1% of VUG's.

Side by side

Cost per yearlower is better

SCHG0.04%

VUG0.03%

Return, 1 yearhigher is better

SCHG7.2%

VUG7.3%

Return, 3 yearshigher is better

SCHG92.9%

VUG93.2%

Worst fall, 3 yearsshallower is better

SCHG-21.9%

VUG-21.8%

Volatilitycalmer is better

SCHG18.6%

VUG19%

Top 10 weight

SCHG51%

VUG60.4%

SCHG against VUG, each pair of bars on a shared scale, prices through 2026-10-28.

SCHG weight also held by VUG84.4%

VUG weight also held by SCHG84.1%

SCHG from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 31 Aug 2026, VUG from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 30 Jun 2026

Each bar is one whole fund, cut at the share it holds in common with the other. 73.3% of their weight is held in common, in the 91 companies both own.

What the numbers say

Different index families, nearly the same fund

SCHG follows a Dow Jones growth index and VUG a CRSP one, and the two methods agree on 91 companies that carry 84.4% of SCHG and 84.1% of VUG. Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet lead both lists. The overlap by weight is 73.3%, held back by VUG weighting Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft more heavily.

The 247 companies between them

SCHG holds 101 companies VUG does not, UnitedHealth Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Linde, Salesforce and Walt Disney the largest. VUG holds 55 that SCHG does not, led by Applied Materials, Lam Research, Sandisk, Intel and Marvell Technology. VUG runs 146 positions to SCHG's 192, with 60.4% in its top ten against 51.0%.

Where five years separated them

Over three years the returns were nearly identical, 92.9% for SCHG against 93.2% for VUG, and over one year 7.2% against 7.3%. Over five years SCHG returned 76.9% against 70.3%, the one window where the two lists produced a visibly different result. Volatility of 18.6% against 19.0% and worst falls of -21.9% against -21.8% are within a fraction of a point of each other.

Correlation of 0.99

Weekly returns correlated at 1.00 over five years and 0.99 over the past year. Holding both is one growth portfolio with the top names weighted somewhere between the two methods; the measurable difference is the 26.7% of weight not held in common.

Where they hold the same companies

Measure	Value
Overlap by weight	73.3%
Share of SCHG held in common with VUG	84.4%
Share of VUG held in common with SCHG	84.1%
Companies in both	91
Positions in SCHG / VUG	192 / 146

SCHG holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-08-31, filed 2026-10-27; VUG holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-28.

Largest positions held by both

Rank	Company	In SCHG	In VUG	Overlap
1	NVDA Nvidia	10.67%	12.63%	10.67%
2	AAPL Apple	9.29%	11.67%	9.29%
3	MSFT Microsoft	7.52%	7.61%	7.52%
4	AMZN Amazon	5.07%	4.47%	4.47%
5	GOOGL Alphabet Class A	3.97%	5.76%	3.97%
6	AVGO Broadcom	3.5%	4.28%	3.5%
7	GOOG Alphabet Class C	3.16%	4.53%	3.16%
8	LLY Eli Lilly	2.93%	2.81%	2.81%
9	META Meta Platforms	2.51%	3.41%	2.51%
10	TSLA Tesla	2.37%	3.27%	2.37%
11	AMD Advanced Micro Devices	2.37%	2.62%	2.37%
12	V Visa	2.43%	1.54%	1.54%
13	COST Costco	1.61%	1.15%	1.15%
14	MA Mastercard	1.83%	1.13%	1.13%
15	GEV GE Vernova	0.93%	0.89%	0.89%

Held by only one of them

In SCHG only	Weight	In VUG only	Weight
UNH UnitedHealth Group	1.36%	AMAT Applied Materials	1.6%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	0.88%	LRCX Lam Research	1.51%
LIN Linde	0.87%	SNDK Sandisk Corp	0.94%
CRM Salesforce	0.81%	INTC Intel	0.79%
DIS Walt Disney	0.72%	MRVL Marvell Technology	0.75%
BLK BlackRock	0.64%	ORCL Oracle	0.71%
DHR Danaher	0.52%	WDC Western Digital	0.62%
SPGI S&P Global	0.51%	APH Amphenol	0.61%
PGR Progressive	0.49%	STX Seagate Technology	0.61%
PH Parker Hannifin	0.48%	MCD McDonald's	0.54%

Covariance and correlation

Covariance, annualised (%²)

	SCHG	VUG
SCHG	346	351.3
VUG	351.3	361

Percent squared per year, three years of weekly returns

Correlation, 3 years

	SCHG	VUG
SCHG	1.00	0.99almost always in step
VUG	0.99almost always in step	1.00

Weekly total returns, what the bands mean

Check it: 351.3 divided by (18.6 × 19.0) is 0.99, the correlation in the second matrix.

One year, side by side

SCHG 110 VUG 110

2025-11-072026-10-30

Both rebased to 100 a year ago, weekly closes.

Cost, returns and risk

Measure	SCHG	VUG
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.03%
Dividend yield	n/a	0.38%
Total return, 1 year	7.2%	7.3%
Total return, 3 years cumulative	92.9%	93.2%
Total return, 5 years cumulative	76.9%	70.3%
Volatility, annualised on 3 years of weekly returns	18.6%	19.0%
Worst fall in 3 years, peak to trough, weekly closes	-21.9%	-21.8%
Beta against the S&P 500	1.28	1.3
Positions held	192	146
Weight in the ten largest positions	51.0%	60.4%
Weight in the single largest position	10.7%	12.6%
Assets (Vanguard: whole fund, all share classes)	n/a	$392.1B

Prices through 2026-10-28. The positions and the weights of the largest positions are from SCHG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-08-31 and VUG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30.

Year by year

Year	SCHG	VUG
2026	9.6%	9.6%
2025	17.5%	19.4%
2024	35.0%	32.7%
2023	50.1%	46.8%
2022	-31.8%	-33.2%

Do they move together

Window	Correlation of weekly returns
1 year	0.99
3 years	0.99
5 years	1.00

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