SCHK vs USSG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Schwab 1000 Index ETF

SCHKANYSE Arca

Xtrackers MSCI USA Selection Equity ETF

USSGANYSE Arca

Overlap

47.0%by weight

Expense ratio

SCHK −0.06pt a year

SCHK0.03%USSG0.09%

Avg volume · 30D

SCHK 97.8×the volume

SCHK1.31MUSSG13.4K

5Y return · a year

USSG +0.3pt

SCHK+11.3%USSG+11.6%

SCHK vs USSG Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+70.5%SCHK+73.0%USSG

Expense ratio: SCHK 0.03%, better; USSG 0.09%
Fund size: SCHK $5.69B; USSG $570M
1Y total return: SCHK +11.8%; USSG +12.3%, better
Yield (12M): SCHK 1.05%, better; USSG 0.98%
Holdings: SCHK 999; USSG 252
Avg volume (30D): SCHK 1.31M sh, better; USSG 13.4K sh
NAV per share: SCHK $36.31; USSG $70.43
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for SCHK, USSG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	SCHK	USSG
Cost30% weight	A98Higher	A79
Mission25% weight	A100Higher	A95
Risk15% weight	B66Higher	B55
Tradability15% weight	A90Higher	B65
Holdings10% weight	B57Higher	D37
Durability5% weight	B68Higher	C48

Rank among Other Major Indexes funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. SCHK and USSG are both graded against the same 42 Other Major Indexes funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Other Major Indexes⁠

Category · 42 funds

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SCHK ranks 2nd and USSG 9th of 42 funds in the Other Major Indexes Category.

Rank 1ASPYVState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETFScore 89
Rank 2ASCHKSchwab 1000 Index ETFScore 86
Rank 3APBUSInvesco MSCI USA ETFScore 85
Rank 8ADIAState Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF TrustScore 76
Rank 9AUSSGXtrackers MSCI USA Selection Equity ETFScore 71
Rank 10AIVOGVanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETFScore 70

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SCHKASchwab 1000 Index ETF

USSGAXtrackers MSCI USA Selection Equity ETF

In short

SCHK Schwab's house-built alternative to the S&P 500: the 1,000 largest US companies in one passive wrapper, reaching past the mega-caps into mid-cap turf, priced at three basis points.

USSG The ESG fund that dropped the label: MSCI renamed the index in 2025, methodology untouched. USSG still owns best-in-sector scorers covering half of each sector's market cap, for nine basis points.

Stated mandate

SCHK The fund seeks to track the total return of the Schwab 1000 Index before fees and expenses.

USSG The fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI USA Selection Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

SCHK 0.03% a year, the lowest fee among the top-scoring funds in its index-wrapper group and a small fraction of what the typical fund there charges.
About 1,000 stocks covering roughly 90% or more of US stock market value: the S&P 500 names plus a layer of mid caps most large-blend funds skip.schwabassetmanagement.com
Tracks its stated index tightly and stands among the strongest implementations in its peer group of plain index wrappers.
A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively and pays distributions quarterly.

USSG Nine basis points against a peer-group median of 0.45%, so the sector screen costs little more than a plain index wrapper.
The index picks top ESG scorers within each GICS sector until it covers half that sector's float-adjusted cap, keeping sector weights near the broad US market.msci.com dws.com
Holds the index components in their index weights, and tracking has stayed tight to the benchmark since the 2019 launch.
Built with Finnish pension investor Ilmarinen, which anchored the 2019 debut with roughly $850 million on day one.etf.com

Worth knowing

SCHK Weighted by market value, so the biggest US companies drive the bulk of results. Those extra 500 names carry less weight than the headcount suggests.schwabassetmanagement.com
All-US, all-equity by mandate: no bonds, no foreign stocks, and it rides the full swings of the US market.
The benchmark is Schwab's own proprietary index, so there is no rival fund on the identical yardstick for a side-by-side comparison.

USSG Thinly traded next to the giant index funds in its cohort, so spreads and order type matter more at the moment you trade.
Roughly 300 names covering about half of each sector's cap, so results can drift from a total-market fund in either direction.msci.com
The 'Selection' label is new; the ESG rating screen under it is not. The 2025 rename changed the index name, not how it picks stocks.dws.com dws.com 2

Full SCHK profile⁠

Full USSG profile⁠

SCHK vs USSG Holdings

How SCHK and USSG differ

Overlap by weight

47.0%

Shared holdings make up 96.2% of USSG and 47.0% of SCHK.

Level by level

Holdings233 in both47.0%
Sector11 Sectors94.6%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.6%

Sector

Sector weights in SCHK and USSG, widest gap first
Sector	More in SCHKMore in USSG	SCHK	USSG
Communication	USSG +2.2 points	9.4%	11.6%
Industrials	SCHK +1.5 points	8.6%	7.1%
Technology	SCHK +1.4 points	38.9%	37.5%
Consumer Staples	USSG +1.4 points	4.2%	5.6%
Health Care	USSG +1.3 points	9.8%	11.1%
Energy	SCHK +1.3 points	3.5%	2.2%
Utilities	SCHK +1.0 points	1.9%	0.9%
Materials	USSG +0.4 points	1.8%	2.2%
Financials	SCHK +0.1 points	11.4%	11.3%
Consumer Discretionary	SCHK +0.1 points	8.6%	8.5%
Real Estate	Same weight	2.0%	2.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in SCHK and USSG, widest gap first
Country	More in SCHKMore in USSG	SCHK	USSG
United States	USSG +0.2 points	99.4%	99.6%
Switzerland	SCHK +0.2 points	0.3%	0.1%
Brazil	USSG +0.2 points	0.0%	0.2%
China	SCHK +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
United Kingdom	SCHK +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Ireland	USSG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
Mexico	SCHK +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Sweden	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
India	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

SCHK34.4%
USSG47.7%

Securities held

SCHK999
USSG251

Asset class

SCHK: Equity
USSG: Equity

Holdings

Only in SCHK766
In both233
Only in USSG18

Only in SCHK

766 securities, 53.0% of SCHK by weight

Apple7.06%
Amazon Com Inc3.32%
Broadcom Inc2.28%
Meta Platforms Class A1.91%
Micron Technology1.46%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B1.40%
JPMorgan Chase1.27%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp1.05%
Walmart0.75%
AbbVie0.71%
Chevron0.64%
Intel Corporation Corp0.63%
Palantir Technologies Class A0.63%
Cisco Systems Inc0.59%
UnitedHealth Group0.51%
Bank of America0.46%
Philip Morris International0.45%
Texas Instrument0.40%
Goldman Sachs Group0.37%
Rtx0.37%
Crowdstrike Holdings Class A0.37%
Thermo Fisher Scientific0.36%
Netflix0.36%
Wells Fargo0.36%
Oracle0.33%
Linde PLC0.32%
Kla0.30%
Citigroup0.29%
Amphenol Corp Class A0.28%
Qualcomm0.28%
Space Exploration Technologies Cor0.27%
Sandisk0.27%
Arista Networks0.27%
Abbott Laboratories0.25%
Conocophillips0.25%
Nextera Energy0.24%
Pfizer0.24%
Intuitive Surgical0.22%
Eaton PLC0.21%
Accenture PLC Class A0.21%
Dell Technologies Inc Class C0.20%
Boeing0.19%
Uber Technologies0.19%
Lockheed Martin0.18%
Altria Group Inc0.18%
Chubb0.18%
Starbucks Corp0.17%
Medtronic PLC0.17%
Parker-Hannifin0.16%
Cvs Health0.16%

Only in USSG

18 securities, 3.6% of USSG by weight

2226792D0.70%
Accenture Ltd-Cl A0.46%
Eaton Corp PLC0.42%
Anthem Inc0.27%
Johnson Controls International PLC0.26%
Schlumberger Ltd0.24%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd0.23%
MercadoLibre Inc.0.21%
NXP Semiconductors NV0.19%
Crh PLC0.18%
Carnival Corp0.11%
Willis Towers Watson PLC0.09%
Fiserv Inc0.08%
Smurfit Westrock PLC0.07%
Ball Corp0.05%
Fox Corp Class B0.03%
Xtrackers S&P 500 ESG ETF0.02%
TPG Inc. - Contingent Value Right0.00%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 233 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in SCHK and USSG, widest gap first
Holding	More in SCHKMore in USSG	SCHK	USSG
NVIDIANVDA	USSG +6.62 points	7.16%	13.78%
MicrosoftMSFT	USSG +5.34 points	5.45%	10.79%
Alphabet Class AGOOGL	USSG +2.50 points	2.31%	4.81%
Alphabet Class CGOOG	USSG +1.95 points	1.86%	3.81%
Eli LillyLLY	USSG +1.80 points	1.52%	3.32%
Tesla IncTSLA	USSG +1.77 points	1.58%	3.35%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	USSG +1.13 points	1.28%	2.41%
Visa Class AV	USSG +1.04 points	0.97%	2.01%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	USSG +1.01 points	0.92%	1.93%
Mastercard Class AMA	USSG +0.80 points	0.71%	1.51%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	USSG +0.71 points	0.61%	1.31%
Procter & GamblePG	USSG +0.58 points	0.52%	1.10%
Merck & Co IncMRK	USSG +0.58 points	0.50%	1.08%
Coca-ColaKO	USSG +0.57 points	0.50%	1.07%
Home DepotHD	USSG +0.50 points	0.46%	0.96%
Ge AerospaceGE	USSG +0.46 points	0.45%	0.91%
Palo Alto NetworksPANW	USSG +0.44 points	0.43%	0.87%
Applied Material IncAMAT	USSG +0.44 points	0.47%	0.91%
Lam ResearchLRCX	USSG +0.44 points	0.44%	0.88%
Caterpillar IncCAT	USSG +0.43 points	0.41%	0.84%
Amgen IncAMGN	USSG +0.39 points	0.35%	0.74%
International Business Machines CoIBM	USSG +0.37 points	0.34%	0.71%
Ge VernovaGEV	USSG +0.35 points	0.33%	0.68%
Gilead SciencesGILD	USSG +0.34 points	0.28%	0.62%
Morgan StanleyMS	USSG +0.32 points	0.31%	0.63%
Analog DevicesADI	USSG +0.30 points	0.29%	0.59%
Walt DisneyDIS	USSG +0.30 points	0.27%	0.57%
PepsicoPEP	USSG +0.30 points	0.25%	0.55%
Verizon Communications IncVZ	USSG +0.29 points	0.25%	0.54%
Mcdonalds CorpMCD	USSG +0.29 points	0.25%	0.54%
Union PacificUNP	USSG +0.28 points	0.25%	0.53%
SalesforceCRM	USSG +0.27 points	0.26%	0.53%
BlackRockBLK	USSG +0.26 points	0.23%	0.49%
American ExpressAXP	USSG +0.25 points	0.24%	0.49%
DeereDE	USSG +0.25 points	0.23%	0.48%
WelltowerWELL	USSG +0.25 points	0.23%	0.48%
TjxTJX	USSG +0.24 points	0.22%	0.46%
AT&TT	USSG +0.23 points	0.20%	0.43%
Charles SchwabSCHW	USSG +0.23 points	0.20%	0.43%
Vertex PharmaceuticalsVRTX	USSG +0.23 points	0.19%	0.42%
Marvell TechnologyMRVL	USSG +0.22 points	0.27%	0.49%
S&P GlobalSPGI	USSG +0.23 points	0.19%	0.42%
DanaherDHR	USSG +0.22 points	0.21%	0.43%
Marathon PetroleumMPC	USSG +0.21 points	0.17%	0.38%
ProgressivePGR	USSG +0.20 points	0.19%	0.39%
Bristol Myers SquibbBMY	USSG +0.20 points	0.17%	0.37%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLCSTX	USSG +0.20 points	0.22%	0.42%
Valero Energy CorpVLO	USSG +0.20 points	0.15%	0.35%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	USSG +0.18 points	0.16%	0.34%
Prologis ReitPLD	USSG +0.18 points	0.17%	0.35%
Lowes Companies IncLOW	USSG +0.18 points	0.16%	0.34%
PhillipsPSX	USSG +0.18 points	0.15%	0.33%
Booking HoldingsBKNG	USSG +0.18 points	0.16%	0.34%
Capital One Financial CorpCOF	USSG +0.17 points	0.18%	0.35%
NewmontNEM	USSG +0.17 points	0.16%	0.33%
Western Digital CorpWDC	USSG +0.17 points	0.20%	0.37%
ServicenowNOW	USSG +0.16 points	0.16%	0.32%
Adobe IncADBE	USSG +0.15 points	0.14%	0.29%
Intercontinental ExchangeICE	USSG +0.15 points	0.13%	0.28%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	USSG +0.15 points	0.14%	0.29%
MarshMRSH	USSG +0.15 points	0.13%	0.28%
CsxCSX	USSG +0.15 points	0.13%	0.28%
Equinix ReitEQIX	USSG +0.15 points	0.14%	0.29%
IntuitINTU	USSG +0.14 points	0.13%	0.27%
Us BancorpUSB	USSG +0.14 points	0.13%	0.27%
StrykerSYK	USSG +0.14 points	0.15%	0.29%
Quanta Services IncPWR	USSG +0.14 points	0.13%	0.27%
Pnc Financial Services GroupPNC	USSG +0.14 points	0.13%	0.27%
3MMMM	USSG +0.13 points	0.13%	0.26%
American Tower ReitAMT	USSG +0.14 points	0.12%	0.26%
Trane Technologies PLCTT	USSG +0.14 points	0.13%	0.27%
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS	USSG +0.13 points	0.13%	0.26%
Travelers CompaniesTRV	USSG +0.13 points	0.12%	0.25%
Comcast Class ACMCSA	USSG +0.13 points	0.11%	0.24%
Hilton Worldwide HoldingsHLT	USSG +0.13 points	0.11%	0.24%
EcolabECL	USSG +0.11 points	0.11%	0.22%
SynopsysSNPS	USSG +0.12 points	0.13%	0.25%
CignaCI	USSG +0.12 points	0.11%	0.23%
O Reilly AutomotiveORLY	USSG +0.11 points	0.10%	0.21%
MoodysMCO	USSG +0.11 points	0.10%	0.21%
Target CorpTGT	USSG +0.11 points	0.10%	0.21%
United RentalsURI	USSG +0.11 points	0.10%	0.21%
Cheniere EnergyLNG	USSG +0.11 points	0.09%	0.20%
Digital Realty Trust ReitDLR	USSG +0.11 points	0.09%	0.20%
Allstate CorpALL	USSG +0.11 points	0.09%	0.20%
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHPE	USSG +0.10 points	0.11%	0.21%
Colgate-PalmoliveCL	USSG +0.11 points	0.10%	0.21%
Ross Stores IncROST	USSG +0.11 points	0.10%	0.21%
Monster BeverageMNST	USSG +0.10 points	0.09%	0.19%
Cummins IncCMI	USSG +0.10 points	0.10%	0.20%
Targa ResourcesTRGP	USSG +0.10 points	0.09%	0.19%
OneokOKE	USSG +0.10 points	0.08%	0.18%
Truist FinancialTFC	USSG +0.10 points	0.08%	0.18%
CencoraCOR	USSG +0.09 points	0.09%	0.18%
NucorNUE	USSG +0.09 points	0.09%	0.18%
Ww Grainger IncGWW	USSG +0.09 points	0.08%	0.17%
AflacAFL	USSG +0.09 points	0.08%	0.17%
SempraSRE	USSG +0.08 points	0.08%	0.16%
AutodeskADSK	USSG +0.09 points	0.07%	0.16%
MetlifeMET	USSG +0.09 points	0.07%	0.16%

All 1,001 SCHK holdings⁠All 254 USSG 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.

SCHK vs USSG Cost

Overpaying USSG vs SCHK

$1,260

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

SCHK 0.03%
$638
USSG 0.09%
$1,898

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

SCHK 0.03%
USSG 0.09%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	SCHK	USSG	Overpaying
10	$55	$165	$110
20	$216	$646	$430
30	$638	$1,898	$1,260

Expense ratio

0.03%SCHK, cheaper
0.09%USSG

SCHK0.03%USSG0.09%

0.03%0.75%

Middle half of Other Major Indexes funds
Median 0.29%

SCHK cheapest of 42 funds

USSG 7th cheapest of 42 funds

SCHK vs USSG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): SCHK 1.05%, better; USSG 0.98%
Payout (12M): SCHK $0.38; USSG $0.69
Last payment: SCHK $0.10; USSG $0.16
Ex-dividend: SCHK Sep 23, 2026; USSG Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: SCHK Sep 28, 2026; USSG Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: SCHK Quarterly; USSG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

SCHKQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll SCHK payments⁠

USSGQuarterly · 30 paymentsAll USSG payments⁠

SCHK vs USSG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

SCHK
USSG

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: SCHK 12.6%, betterUSSG 13.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: SCHK 1.39, betterUSSG 1.30
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: SCHK −25.4%, betterUSSG −27.0%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: SCHK 1.02USSG 1.04; Market = 1

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