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Schwab US Mid-Cap ETF seeks to track the performance of the Dow Jones US Mid-Cap Total Stock Market Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	Charles Schwab Investment Mana
Website	www.schwabetfs.com
Inception date	Jan 13, 2011
Assets (mns)	$6,654
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	4 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	State Street Bank & Trust
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	505
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$8,276
Large cap (>$10bn)	29.2%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	70.7%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.1%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	4.3 %
INTL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES	0.5 %
BURLINGTON STORES INC	0.5 %
SUN COMMUNITIES INC	0.4 %
GARTNER INC	0.4 %
WABTEC CORP	0.4 %
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP-CL A	0.4 %
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC	0.4 %
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS	0.4 %
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES	0.4 %
DENTSPLY SIRONA, INC.	0.4 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	95.1 %
	BERMUDA	1.4 %
	BRITAIN	1.3 %
	IRELAND	1.1 %
	PUERTO RICO	0.2 %
	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0.1 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru November 30)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
25.3%	12.0%	9.5%	--	10.9%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.10	91%
MSCI EAFE	0.97	59%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.67	45%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$59.36
30d moving avg.	$58.47
Annualized volatility	13.9%
Short interest (ETF)	0.0%
Short interest (Underlying)	5.2%
Relative strength (RSI)	65

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	383
Turnover	0.3%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.04%
ADV underlying (mns)	$32,066

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the Schwab US Mid Cap ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with SCHM. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

SCHM

Expense:

4 bp

ALTAR Score™:

6.2%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH SCHM
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs SCHM (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs SCHM (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs SCHM (%)
OSIZ	Invesco Russell 1000 Size Factor ETF	69.9	19	-15	6.2	-0.1
SFYX	SoFi Next 500	68.2	0	4	5.6	-0.6
VB	Vanguard Smallcap ETF	54.2	5	-1	5.5	-0.8
JHMM	John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap	53.8	44	-40	5.8	-0.4
SMMD	iShares Russell 2500	50.1	15	-11	5.5	-0.7
DON	WisdomTree Midcap Dividend	48.4	38	-34	7.0	+0.7
FSMD	Fidelity Small-Mid Factor ETF	47.1	29	-25	6.3	+0.1
FNX	First Trust Mid Cap Core Alpadex	46.6	62	-58	6.5	+0.3
RNMC	First Trust Mid Cap US Equity Select	44.3	60	-56	6.6	+0.3
USEQ	Invesco Russell 1000 Enhanced Equal Weight	43.0	29	-25	6.6	+0.3
PSM	Principal U.S. Small-MidCap Multi-Factor Core Index	42.9	20	-16	6.9	+0.7
VXF	Vanguard Extended Market	42.5	7	-3	3.3	-3.0
OMFL	Oppenheimer Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor	42.3	29	-25	9.3	+3.1
PBSM	Invesco PureBeta MSCI USA Small Cap	41.5	6	-2	5.3	-1.0
IJH	iShares Core S&P MidCap	41.0	7	-3	6.2	-0.0
IVOO	Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400	40.8	15	-11	6.1	-0.1
SPMD	SPDR Portfolio Mid Cap	40.7	5	-1	6.0	-0.2
MDY	S&P MidCap 400 SPDR	40.7	24	-20	6.0	-0.2
EZM	WisdomTree Midcap Earnings	40.3	38	-34	7.6	+1.4
IWS	iShares Russell Midcap Value	40.3	24	-20	6.9	+0.7

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
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Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	Schwab US Mid Cap
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	13.8	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	2.2	x
Less: Expense ratio	4	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	6.2	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.58	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.56

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.