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VTI vs. SCHD

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
$
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 May 31, 2001 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VTI

1.3%

5.9%

SCHD

4.3%

1.2%

Diff.

-3%

+4.7%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

SCHD

-33.4%

15.6%

Diff.

-22.1%

+3.6%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

SCHD

0.83

0.37

Diff.

-0.27

-0.2

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF

What is VTI?

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market.

Snapshot
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VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Oct 20, 2011
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.06%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than SCHD by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than SCHD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while SCHD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Schwab
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while SCHD is managed by Schwab.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$191,902,599
Both VTI 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
$306,403,223,628
$47,737,029,197
VTI has more assets under management than SCHD by $258,666,194,431. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while SCHD is based off of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor SCHD use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI 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 VTI does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SCHD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither VTI nor SCHD require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toVTI

Finimize Easy Rider

Category

Balanced allocation, Multi-asset, Long-only, Global equities, Bonds, Commodities, Gold, Bitcoin, Strategic

OOS Cumulative Return

Trading Strategies
Related toSCHD

TQQQ FTLT OVERFIT (255.2% RR/46.4% Max DD)

Category

Leveraged ETFs, Tactical allocation, Trend following, Momentum/RSI, Mean reversion, Volatility hedge, Bonds, Tech-heavy

OOS Cumulative Return

578.12%

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Disclaimers

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We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.