SCHX vs VTIVX: 43% overlap

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF and Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 share 43.0% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published about 3 months apart — VTIVX as of 2026-03-31, 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
43.0%
SCHX expense ratio
0.03%
VTIVX expense ratio
0.08%

Top shared holdings

SCHX and VTIVX hold 695 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin SCHXin VTIVXΔ
NVDA7.5%3.0%4.5%
AAPL6.7%2.8%3.9%
MSFT4.9%1.8%3.1%
AMZN3.9%1.5%2.3%
GOOGL3.2%1.4%1.9%
AVGO3.1%1.2%1.9%
GOOG2.6%1.1%1.5%
MU1.6%0.9%0.7%
META2.0%0.8%1.2%
TSLA1.8%0.8%1.0%

Where SCHX and VTIVX 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.

SectorSCHXVTIVXΔ
Information Technology36.8%23.8%+13.0pp
Treasuries0.0%6.2%6.2pp
Communication Services10.1%5.4%+4.6pp
Unclassified3.4%8.0%4.6pp
MBS Pass-Through0.0%2.6%2.6pp
Consumer Discretionary9.4%6.9%+2.5pp
Financials10.9%13.3%2.4pp
Corporate — industrial & other0.0%2.0%2.0pp

Δ is SCHX minus VTIVX, 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 SCHX
54 positions

3.4% of SCHX by weight, held in no part of VTIVX.

Only in VTIVX
15,987 positions

54.6% of VTIVX by weight, held in no part of SCHX.

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

Concentration and cost

SCHXVTIVX
Top 10 holdings37.3%21.4%
Positions held7506
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$3$8

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 SCHX and VTIVX overlap?

SCHX and VTIVX overlap 43.0% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 695 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (SCHX as of 2026-05-31, VTIVX as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between SCHX and VTIVX calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If SCHX holds a stock at 6% and VTIVX 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 SCHX and VTIVX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 43.0% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does SCHX own that VTIVX doesn't?

SCHX holds 750 positions and VTIVX holds 6; 54 of SCHX's positions don't appear in VTIVX at all, and they are 3.4% of SCHX by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, SCHX as of 2026-05-31, VTIVX as of 2026-03-31. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.