SCHD top 5 holdings
- Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) — 6.07%
- QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM) — 5.48%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) — 5.45%
- The Coca-Cola Company (KO) — 4.11%
- Chevron Corp. (CVX) — 4%
Guardfolio Research · ETF Overlap
SCHD and VOO share none of their top 10 holdings. VOO's top names are mega-cap technology (Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon). SCHD's are dividend-quality value names (Chevron, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Verizon). The two funds target different factors and the absence of top-10 overlap reflects that — pairing them is one of the cleaner ways to broaden US large-cap exposure beyond the S&P 500's mega-cap tilt.
SCHD genuinely diversifies an S&P 500 position.
The Data
None of SCHD's top 10 holdings appear in VOO's top 10. The two funds are led by entirely different names, reflecting their different selection rules.
Overlap of 0% reflects top-10 holdings only. The funds may share some holdings in the long tail of smaller positions, but those positions contribute little to either fund's return profile.
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Sector Concentration
VOO and SCHD invest in mostly different sectors at the top. VOO is technology-heavy by design (S&P 500 weights). SCHD's dividend-quality screen tilts it toward Consumer Staples, Energy, and Healthcare:
Technology ~33%, Financial Services ~12%, Consumer Discretionary ~10%. Mega-cap growth driven.
Consumer Staples ~19%, Energy ~19%, Healthcare ~16%. Defensive and dividend-tilted.
Tech drops from 33% to ~17%, Staples + Energy rise to ~19%. Smoother sector profile, less mega-cap concentration.
Key Distinction
The table below summarises the structural differences that drive each fund's behaviour beyond the headline overlap number.
| VOO | SCHD | |
|---|---|---|
| Strategy | S&P 500 (market-cap) | Dividend Quality Screen |
| Number of holdings | ~500 | ~100 |
| Top sector | Technology ~33% | Consumer Staples ~19% |
| Top-10 weight | ~38% | ~44% |
| Dividend yield (approx) | ~1.3% | ~3.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.06% |
| Main use case | Broad market core | Dividend / value tilt |
Practical Implications
VOO leads, SCHD lags. The blend underperforms a VOO-only portfolio when mega-cap growth is doing the heavy lifting. This is the cost of factor diversification.
SCHD outperforms. The defensive Staples + Healthcare names hold up while VOO's mega-cap tech leadership reverses. The blend reduces drawdown.
SCHD's Energy and Staples weightings tend to hold real value better than VOO's tech-heavy mix. Factor diversification turns into outright protection.
SCHD's ~3.6% dividend yield delivers a higher cash return than VOO's ~1.3%. The blend's yield lands between the two.
Alternatives
Two distinct factor bets within US large-cap. 0% top-10 overlap, complementary sectors, different yield profiles. The reference pair for factor diversification within a single market.
If you want size diversification rather than factor diversification, IWM (small-caps) overlaps with VOO at 0% as well — but tracks a different market segment entirely.
For geographic diversification, VEA (developed international) has 0% overlap with VOO. Different from SCHD because it adds non-US exposure on top of US large-cap.
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