Is SCHA a good investment?

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) is a US small-cap ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores SCHA 4.8 out of 10 — highest on Growth (6.9), lowest on Quality (1.0). It trades at 17.8 times earnings, against its own median of 17.1. Its ten largest holdings are 11% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is SCHA rated? ETF Copilot scores Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) 4.8 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) 4.8 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 4.8 / 10
Growth: 6.9 / 10
Valuation: 6.7 / 10
Risk: 3.7 / 10
Quality: 1.0 / 10
Return: 4.6 / 10

What is SCHA's expense ratio? 0.03% a year

As of September 11, 2026, SCHA charges 0.03% a year, yields 1.25% and holds $22.6B in assets across 1665 positions.

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) — cost, income and size
Measure	SCHA
Expense ratio	0.03%
Dividend yield	1.25%
Assets under management	$22.6B
Holdings	1665

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in SCHA's data

U.S. small-cap stocks, held through a broad index.

Profitability trails the typical small-cap peer — the fund's edge is breadth, not margins.

EBITDA margin of 18.5% sits behind most peers, whose median is 19.6%. It holds 1,665 names and charges just 0.03% a year.

A broad small-cap allocation that spreads risk across many companies.

Why did SCHA move this week? It fell 1.2% in the week to September 11, 2026 — UiPath and Revolution Medicines drove it

SCHA fell 1.2% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were UiPath (−24.5%), Revolution Medicines (−3.4%) and Servicetitan (−41.3%); Lumentum (+9.4%) pushed the other way.

Is SCHA expensive right now? It trades at 17.8 times earnings, against its own median of 17.1

As of September 11, 2026, SCHA is more expensive than 66% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 75 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside SCHA? 23% Tech

What's inside SCHA: Size (Large 3%, Mid 52%, Small 45%); Geography (International 3%, US 97%); Tech 22.5%; AI 0.3%; Semiconductors 3.7%; Memory 6.2%.

What are SCHA's top holdings? The ten largest are 11% of the fund

Sandisk, Lumentum, Revolution Medicines, Allegheny Technologies, Guardant Health, Coeur Mining, Macom Technology Solutions, MKS, Pinnacle Finl and Sterling Construction are SCHA's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 79% of US Small Cap ETFs.

Half of SCHA's weight sits in its 257 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 228 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/scha