SCHB vs SWPPX: 87% overlap

Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF and Schwab S&P 500 Index share 86.8% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published 31 days apart — SWPPX as of 2026-04-30, the rest through 2026-05-31. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.1Effective Funds

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Overlap
86.8%
SCHB expense ratio
0.03%
SWPPX expense ratio
0.02%

Top shared holdings

SCHB and SWPPX hold 497 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin SCHBin SWPPXΔ
NVDA7.0%7.8%0.8%
AAPL6.3%6.4%0.2%
MSFT4.6%4.9%0.3%
AMZN3.6%4.2%0.6%
GOOGL3.0%3.6%0.6%
AVGO2.9%3.2%0.3%
GOOG2.4%2.9%0.5%
META1.9%2.2%0.3%
TSLA1.7%1.7%0.1%
LLY1.2%1.2%0.0%

Where SCHB and SWPPX differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorSCHBSWPPXΔ
Information Technology35.8%34.2%+1.6pp
Communication Services9.6%11.0%1.4pp
Unclassified3.5%2.8%+0.7pp
Industrials8.8%8.1%+0.6pp
Consumer Staples4.3%4.9%0.6pp
Financials11.1%11.5%0.4pp
Consumer Discretionary9.3%9.7%0.3pp
Utilities2.1%2.3%0.3pp

Δ is SCHB minus SWPPX, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in SCHB
1,909 positions

11.4% of SCHB by weight, held in no part of SWPPX.

Only in SWPPX
5 positions

0.4% of SWPPX by weight, held in no part of SCHB.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

SCHBSWPPX
Top 10 holdings34.9%38.3%
Positions held2,407503
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$3$2

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do SCHB and SWPPX overlap?

SCHB and SWPPX overlap 86.8% by portfolio weight — substantial duplication if you hold both. They share 497 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (SCHB as of 2026-05-31, SWPPX as of 2026-04-30).

How is the overlap between SCHB and SWPPX calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If SCHB holds a stock at 6% and SWPPX holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both SCHB and SWPPX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 86.8% overlap, most of what one fund holds, the other holds too. Expense ratios: SCHB 0.03% versus SWPPX 0.02%.

What does SCHB own that SWPPX doesn't?

SCHB holds 2,407 positions and SWPPX holds 503; 1,909 of SCHB's positions don't appear in SWPPX at all, and they are 11.4% of SCHB by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, SCHB as of 2026-05-31, SWPPX as of 2026-04-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.