SCHD vs SPY

Compare what the funds own and how their adjusted prices behaved. Every result below identifies the observed period and the amount of holdings data represented.

Reported overlap
4.0%
Very Low Overlap · low confidence
SCHD holdings coverage
36.3%
10 reported positions · 2025-11-15
SPY holdings coverage
99.9%
502 reported positions · Not supplied
This comparison has low confidence because at least one holdings file is partial. Treat 4.0% as the known minimum, not as the complete overlap.

Reported exposure intersection

SCHD
SPY
4.0%
SCHD Only
Overlap
SPY Only

Price Performance

Historical price comparison over 3M

SCHD Return
+15.46%
SPY Return
+9.68%
Winner
SCHD
+5.78%
Max Drawdown
SCHD: -2.9%
SPY: -4.5%
SCHD Volatility (annualized)11.60%
SPY Volatility (annualized)12.83%

Latest adjusted-close observations: SCHD 2026-08-21 · SPY 2026-08-21.

Comparison

Metric
SCHD
SPY
1 Year Return
+32.2%
+21.8%
3 Year Return
+17.0%
+21.8%
5 Year Return
+10.3%
+13.1%
Volatility
16.74%
17.97%
Calculated from available adjusted-close observations. Missing periods are shown as N/A. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

⚠️Risk Metrics

Metric
SCHD
SPY
Volatility
16.74%
17.97%
Sharpe Ratio
0.55
0.63
Sortino Ratio
0.52
0.59
Max Drawdown
-33.40%
-33.72%
Beta
0.80
1.00

Interpretation:

  • Lower volatility = smoother ride
  • Higher Sharpe/Sortino = better risk-adjusted returns
  • Smaller max drawdown = less worst-case pain
  • Beta > 1 = more volatile than S&P 500

Risk metrics use the available common observations, a 4% annual risk-free assumption and SPY as the beta benchmark.

Shared reported holdings

10 positions account for a known minimum overlap of 4.0%.

Top Shared Holdings

#StockSCHD WeightSPY WeightOverlap
1
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.05%0.73%0.73%
2
ABBV
AbbVie Inc
3.45%0.66%0.66%
3
KO
Coca-Cola Co
4.25%0.50%0.50%
4
MRK
Merck & Co
3.85%0.48%0.48%
5
TXN
Texas Instruments
3.05%0.38%0.38%
6
VZ
Verizon Communications
3.35%0.29%0.29%
7
PEP
PepsiCo Inc
4.45%0.28%0.28%
8
T
AT&T Inc
3.25%0.25%0.25%
9
PFE
Pfizer Inc
3.65%0.23%0.23%
10
BMY
Bristol-Myers Squibb
2.95%0.20%0.20%

Overlap by Sector

Healthcare
4 stocks · 1.57% overlap
Technology
2 stocks · 1.11% overlap
Consumer Staples
2 stocks · 0.78% overlap
Communication Services
2 stocks · 0.54% overlap

Showing top 5 sectors by overlap contribution

10
Shared Stocks
4.0%
Total Overlap
4
Sectors Represented

Largest positions reported only in SPY

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SymbolNameWeight
NVDANVDA7.90%
AAPLAAPL6.79%
MSFTMSFT5.64%
AMZNAMZN4.08%
GOOGLGOOGL3.14%

Price Correlation

What this report can and cannot establish

Known overlap: for each shared security, we add the smaller reported fund weight. Reported weights remain in their original scale.

Possible overlap: the upper bound adds only the smaller unreported portion. It is uncertainty, not an estimate that the missing positions actually match.

Prices: returns and risk use adjusted-close observations, so distributions and splits are reflected when supplied by the market-data source.

No recommendation: EigenDex does not assign a winner. Costs, tax treatment, liquidity and mandate should be verified with each issuer before acting.

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