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VOO vs. SCHD

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

SCHD
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 9, 2010 to Dec 17, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VOO

0.9%

2.1%

SCHD

3.3%

2.5%

Diff.

-2.4%

-0.4%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VOO

-34.0%

17.1%

SCHD

-33.4%

15.6%

Diff.

-0.6%

+1.5%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VOO

0.88

0.43

SCHD

0.83

0.37

Diff.

+0.05

+0.06

VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF
SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF

What is VOO?

Invests in stocks in the S&P 500 Index representing 500 of the largest U.S. companies. Goal is to closely track the index return which is considered a gauge of overall U.S. stock returns. Offers high potential for investment growth; share value rises and falls more sharply than that of funds holding bonds. More appropriate for long-term goals where your moneys growth is essential.

Snapshot
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VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
Inception date
Sep 7, 2010
Oct 20, 2011
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.06%
VOO has a lower expense ratio than SCHD by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VOO than SCHD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VOO targets investing in US Equities, while SCHD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Schwab
VOO is managed by Vanguard, while SCHD is managed by Schwab.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$1,621,694,598
$191,902,599
Both VOO and SCHD are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$325,714,712,538
$47,737,029,197
VOO has more assets under management than SCHD by $277,977,683,341. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while SCHD is based off of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VOO nor SCHD use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VOO and SCHD both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
Yes
SCHD may offer dividends, while VOO does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SCHD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither VOO nor SCHD require a K1.

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OOS Cumulative Return

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OOS Cumulative Return

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