SCHB vs VGT: 36% overlap

Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF and Vanguard Information Technology ETF share 35.9% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published 30 days apart — SCHB as of 2026-05-31, the rest through 2026-06-30. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.6Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.6. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
35.9%
SCHB expense ratio
0.03%
VGT expense ratio
0.09%

Top shared holdings

SCHB and VGT hold 288 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin SCHBin VGTΔ
NVDA7.0%16.1%9.1%
AAPL6.3%14.3%8.1%
MSFT4.6%8.3%3.7%
AVGO2.9%3.8%0.9%
MU1.5%5.0%3.6%
AMD1.2%3.6%2.5%
INTC0.7%2.4%1.7%
CSCO0.7%1.8%1.2%
LRCX0.5%2.1%1.6%
ORCL0.5%1.0%0.4%

Where SCHB and VGT 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.

SectorSCHBVGTΔ
Information Technology35.8%99.5%63.6pp
Financials11.1%0.0%+11.1pp
Communication Services9.6%0.0%+9.6pp
Consumer Discretionary9.3%0.0%+9.3pp
Industrials8.8%0.0%+8.8pp
Health Care8.4%0.0%+8.4pp
Consumer Staples4.3%0.1%+4.2pp
Unclassified3.5%0.0%+3.5pp

Δ is SCHB minus VGT, 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
2,118 positions

64.0% of SCHB by weight, held in no part of VGT.

Only in VGT
34 positions

2.8% of VGT 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

SCHBVGT
Top 10 holdings34.9%59.9%
Positions held2,407322
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$3$9

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 VGT overlap?

SCHB and VGT overlap 35.9% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 288 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (SCHB as of 2026-05-31, VGT as of 2026-06-30).

How is the overlap between SCHB and VGT 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 VGT 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 VGT?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 35.9% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does SCHB own that VGT doesn't?

SCHB holds 2,407 positions and VGT holds 322; 2,118 of SCHB's positions don't appear in VGT at all, and they are 64.0% of SCHB by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, SCHB as of 2026-05-31, VGT as of 2026-06-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.