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SCHG vs VTWG

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

SCHGANYSE Arca

Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF

VTWGBNasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

SCHG −0.02pt a year

SCHG0.04%VTWG0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

SCHG 361.3×the volume

SCHG7.59MVTWG21K

10Y return · a year

SCHG +8.0pt

SCHG+18.5%VTWG+10.5%

SCHG vs VTWG Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+74.3%SCHG+18.8%VTWG

Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026. SCHG +74.3%. VTWG +18.8%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−25%0%50%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026
Expense ratio
SCHG 0.04%, better
VTWG 0.06%
Fund size
SCHG $61.7B
VTWG $1.6B
1Y total return
SCHG +3.3%
VTWG +7.1%, better
Yield (12M)
SCHG 0.40%
VTWG 0.68%, better
Holdings
SCHG 187
VTWG 1138
Avg volume (30D)
SCHG 7.59M sh, better
VTWG 21K sh
NAV per share
SCHG $34.31
VTWG $257.02
52W range

ETF.net Grade

SCHG: Cost 96, Risk 41, Mission 92, Tradability 87, Holdings 36, Durability 75. VTWG: Cost 78, Risk 29, Mission 91, Tradability 27, Holdings 85, Durability 72.
Pillar letters and Scores for SCHG, VTWG, with each pillar’s weight
PillarSCHGVTWG
Cost30% weightA96HigherA78
Mission25% weightA92HigherA91
Risk15% weightC41HigherD29
Tradability15% weightA87HigherD27
Holdings10% weightD36A85Higher
Durability5% weightA75HigherA72

Rank among US Growth Index funds

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Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. SCHG and VTWG are both graded against the same 35 US Growth Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Growth Index⁠

Category · 35 funds
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SCHG ranks 2nd and VTWG 14th of 35 funds in the US Growth Index Category.

  1. Rank 1ASPYGState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETFScore 84
  2. Rank 2AILCGiShares Morningstar Growth ETFScore 78
  3. Rank 2AIMCGiShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETFScore 78
  4. Rank 2ASCHGSchwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETFScore 78
  5. Rank 5AVUGVanguard Morningstar Growth ETFScore 77
  6. Rank 14BIWFiShares Russell 1000 Growth ETFScore 66
  7. Rank 14BVTWGVanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETFScore 66
  8. Rank 16BIWPiShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETFScore 61

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SCHGASchwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

VTWGBVanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF

In short

SCHG Schwab's growth workhorse: roughly 200 large-cap U.S. growth names for four basis points, one of the cheapest tickets in a crowded category. Running since 2009 and among the most heavily traded growth funds around.

VTWG Vanguard's Russell 2000 Growth tracker holds the index in full, roughly 1,100 small-cap names, for six basis points. Most of the top-rated growth ETFs crowd into mega-caps. This one stays where the small companies are.

Stated mandate

SCHG SCHG seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index. It generally invests in stocks included in that index, which represents large-cap U.S. growth equities.

VTWG The fund seeks to track the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which represents small-capitalization U.S. growth stocks. It uses passive full replication.

Why people hold it

  • SCHG 0.04% a year against a growth-category median of 0.18%. Costs sit near the floor of the group.
  • Hews closely to the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index, one of the tighter index implementations in its peer group.
  • Live since 2009, a multi-billion-dollar fund, and one of the busier tickers in the growth aisle, so entering and exiting is usually cheap and easy.
  • The benchmark is carved out of a total-market growth index, not S&P 500 membership, so a stock does not need an index committee's nod to qualify.
  • VTWG At 0.06% a year, it costs about a third of the typical fund in its growth-ETF peer group, where the median sits near 0.18%.
  • Full replication, not sampling: roughly 1,100 stocks held at index weights, so the portfolio is the benchmark rather than a proxy for it.vanguard.com
  • Small-cap growth exposure spread across about 1,100 companies, so no single name drives the fund the way it can in mega-cap growth products (VUG, SCHG, SPYG).
  • Running since 2010 as the ETF share class of a Vanguard index fund, with a plain passive mandate and quarterly distributions.vanguard.com

Worth knowing

  • SCHG Growth-only by design. Value and dividend-heavy corners of the market sit outside the mandate, so the ride differs from a total-market fund.
  • Large-cap U.S. only, roughly 200 stocks. No mid-caps, no small-caps, nothing overseas.
  • VUG charges a hair less for a similar broad-growth mandate. A tiny gap, but it is there. Distributions here arrive quarterly.
  • VTWG Small caps move harder than mega-caps. The prospectus flags stock market, investment style and small-cap risk as the main things that can bite.vanguard.com
  • It trades lightly next to the category's giants, so wider bid-ask spreads are part of the package.
  • Vanguard's own VBK covers similar small-cap growth ground on a different index at 0.05%, so the two overlap with different rulebooks.

Full SCHG profile⁠

Full VTWG profile⁠

SCHG vs VTWG Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

SCHG vs VTWG Cost

Overpaying VTWG vs SCHG

$421

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • SCHG 0.04%

    $849

  • VTWG 0.06%

    $1,270

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • SCHG 0.04%
  • VTWG 0.06%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$500$1K$1.5K051015202530VTWG $1,270SCHG $849

Year by year

YearSCHGVTWGOverpaying
10$73$110$37
20$288$432$144
30$849$1,270$421

Expense ratio

  • 0.04%SCHG, cheaper
  • 0.06%VTWG
  • Middle half of US Growth Index funds
  • Median 0.18%

SCHG 2nd cheapest of 35 funds

VTWG 9th cheapest of 35 funds

SCHG vs VTWG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Yield (12M)
SCHG 0.40%
VTWG 0.68%, better
Payout (12M)
SCHG $0.14
VTWG $1.75
Last payment
SCHG $0.04
VTWG $0.34
Ex-dividend
SCHG Sep 23, 2026
VTWG Sep 23, 2026
Paid on
SCHG Sep 28, 2026
VTWG Sep 25, 2026
Frequency
SCHG Quarterly
VTWG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

SCHGQuarterly · 42 paymentsAll SCHG payments⁠
One bar per payment. 42 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 20, 2017 $0.02; Jun 19, 2017 $0.02; Sep 18, 2017 $0.03; Dec 18, 2017 $0.02; Mar 16, 2018 $0.02; Jun 26, 2018 $0.02; Sep 25, 2018 $0.02; Dec 12, 2018 $0.03; Dec 28, 2018 $0.02; Mar 20, 2019 $0.02; Jun 26, 2019 $0.03; Sep 25, 2019 $0.03; Dec 12, 2019 $0.02; Mar 25, 2020 $0.02; Jun 24, 2020 $0.02; Sep 23, 2020 $0.02; Dec 10, 2020 $0.02; Mar 24, 2021 $0.02; Jun 23, 2021 $0.02; Sep 22, 2021 $0.02; Dec 8, 2021 $0.03; Dec 30, 2021 $0.0051; Mar 23, 2022 $0.02; Jun 22, 2022 $0.02; Sep 21, 2022 $0.02; Dec 7, 2022 $0.02; Mar 22, 2023 $0.02; Jun 21, 2023 $0.02; Sep 20, 2023 $0.02; Dec 6, 2023 $0.03; Dec 28, 2023 $0.0063; Mar 20, 2024 $0.02; Jun 26, 2024 $0.03; Sep 25, 2024 $0.03; Dec 11, 2024 $0.03; Mar 26, 2025 $0.03; Jun 25, 2025 $0.03; Sep 24, 2025 $0.03; Dec 10, 2025 $0.03; Mar 25, 2026 $0.04; Jun 24, 2026 $0.03; Sep 23, 2026 $0.04. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.502017202020232026YTD
VTWGQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VTWG payments⁠
One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 22, 2017 $0.17; Jun 28, 2017 $0.24; Sep 27, 2017 $0.23; Dec 14, 2017 $0.24; Mar 22, 2018 $0.15; Jun 28, 2018 $0.21; Sep 26, 2018 $0.27; Dec 13, 2018 $0.25; Mar 25, 2019 $0.17; Jun 21, 2019 $0.25; Sep 26, 2019 $0.35; Dec 16, 2019 $0.36; Mar 26, 2020 $0.23; Jun 25, 2020 $0.20; Sep 11, 2020 $0.19; Dec 17, 2020 $0.39; Mar 26, 2021 $0.19; Jun 29, 2021 $0.11; Sep 29, 2021 $0.23; Dec 16, 2021 $0.62; Mar 24, 2022 $0.06; Jun 29, 2022 $0.14; Sep 28, 2022 $0.39; Dec 15, 2022 $0.51; Mar 23, 2023 $0.33; Jun 23, 2023 $0.27; Sep 21, 2023 $0.38; Dec 19, 2023 $0.48; Mar 21, 2024 $0.27; Jun 27, 2024 $0.27; Sep 26, 2024 $0.23; Dec 23, 2024 $0.41; Mar 25, 2025 $0.22; Jun 20, 2025 $0.38; Sep 24, 2025 $0.25; Dec 22, 2025 $0.67; Mar 24, 2026 $0.32; Jun 18, 2026 $0.42; Sep 23, 2026 $0.34. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.502017202020232026YTD

SCHG vs VTWG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

  • SCHG
  • VTWG
Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026. Worst fall: VTWG −40.5% · Jun 2022. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−40%−30%−20%−10%0%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
SCHG 16.5%, betterVTWG 20.7%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
SCHG 1.16, betterVTWG 0.78
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
SCHG −34.6%, betterVTWG −40.5%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
SCHG 1.20VTWG 1.43

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