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Vanguard vs Charles Schwab: how alike they voted, 2024-2025

95.5% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.5% of 21,156 items (20,200 the same, 956 different). 1,016 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 22,172 items in all.

Vanguard 2024-2025 · Charles Schwab 2024-2025 · Download the item list (CSV)

By who put the item on the ballot. “Same position” = Same / (Same + Differ); split items are not in it. “Fund-level” is a second view over all common items: the chance that a fund of each manager, picked at random, voted the same way, which gives partial credit where a manager split.
	Common items	Same	Differ	Split (not in %)	Same position	Fund-level
All ballot items	22,172	20,200	956	1,016	95.5%	94.1%
Board proposals	20,727	19,024	883	820	95.6%	94.2%
E&S shareholder proposals	271	211	5	55	97.7%	95.2%
Other items	1,174	965	68	141	93.4%	91.1%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

All ballot items Board proposals E&S shareholder proposals Other items

5 items. “Voted differently”: each manager’s funds all voted one way, and the two ways differ. “Split”: at least one manager’s funds did not all vote the same way.

Company	Meeting	Proposal	On the ballot from	Board recommended	Vanguard	Charles Schwab
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA	April 8, 2025	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Racial Equity Audit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 1 fund	FOR 3 funds
CROWN HOLDINGS INC.	May 1, 2025	Consideration of a Shareholder proposal regarding transparency in political spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 19 funds	FOR 12 funds
GILEAD SCIENCES INC.	May 7, 2025	To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due diligence process, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 33 funds	FOR 13 funds
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.	May 23, 2025	The Stockholder Proposal titled "Transparency in Political Spending". Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 1 fund	AGAINST 9 funds
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK	April 10, 2025	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Energy Supply Ratio Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 1 fund	AGAINST 3 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 18, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.