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

95.4% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.4% of 8,844 items (8,435 the same, 409 different). 208 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 9,052 items in all.

BlackRock 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	9,052	8,435	409	208	95.4%	94.7%
Board proposals	7,754	7,281	321	152	95.8%	95.2%
E&S shareholder proposals	252	217	5	30	97.7%	96.3%
Other items	1,046	937	83	26	91.9%	90.7%

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	BlackRock	Charles Schwab
AMAZON.COM	May 21, 2025	SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON WAREHOUSE WORKING CONDITIONS Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 89 funds	FOR 14 funds
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE INC.	November 21, 2024	Shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	FOR 14 funds	AGAINST 8 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 47 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 64 funds	FOR 13 funds
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC.	September 17, 2024	Proposal 3: A stockholder proposal (human rights impact assessment). Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 14 funds	FOR 7 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.