SCHG: Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

What does SCHG hold?#

This fund owns shares of about 200 large US companies picked as growth stocks. Growth stocks can rise fast. They can also fall hard when the market drops.

It tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index. It had 195 holdings as of February 28, 2026, according to Schwab.

What is the SCHG expense ratio?#

SCHG charges 0.04% a year. An expense ratio is the yearly fee a fund takes to run itself. On $10,000, a 0.04% fee comes to about $4 a year.

You never get a bill for it. The fund takes the fee out of its own value a little each day.

How has SCHG done since 2010?#

From January 2010 to October 2026, SCHG returned about 16.1% a year. Say you put in $10,000 at the start. It would have been worth about $122,590 at the end, with every dividend reinvested.

Prices through October 16, 2026. Figures use daily closing prices adjusted for splits, with dividends reinvested. They do not include taxes or the cost of buying and selling. Past results do not tell you what will happen next.

SCHG returns by year#

What was SCHG’s worst drop?#

A drawdown is how far a fund falls from its last high point. SCHG’s worst fall was −34.6%, from November 19, 2021 to January 5, 2023. It got back to that high on December 18, 2023.

The chart shows how far below its last high the fund was on each day. Big drops are normal for some funds. They matter because selling during a drop locks in the loss.

Which Tactfolio strategies hold SCHG?#

No classic strategy holds SCHG yet. You can add it to your own rules in the builder and see how they would have done.

How does SCHG compare with similar ETFs?#

Funds that can stand in for SCHG:

• VUG: Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF, 0.03% a year
• SPYG: State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF, 0.04% a year
• MGK: Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF, 0.05% a year
• VONG: Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF, 0.06% a year

See all 8 SCHG alternatives, compared on the same dates as SCHG.

Test SCHG in your own rules#

Tactfolio is a platform where you build rules-based investing strategies, backtest them on decades of real prices, share them, and run them automatically in your own Alpaca account. Open the builder, add SCHG, and see how a rule such as “hold it only above its 200-day average” would have done. Strategies run on daily prices and hold US stocks and ETFs only.

The details#

Prices come from Tactfolio’s stored daily prices for SCHG. Each close is adjusted for splits, and dividends are reinvested on the day the fund pays them out. CAGR is the steady yearly return that turns the starting value into the ending value. Volatility is the yearly standard deviation of daily returns.

Fund facts come from Schwab. We checked them on October 17, 2026. Read what a backtest simulates and how to read drawdown and CAGR for more on these measures.