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Vanguard vs Charles Schwab: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

96.0% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 96.0% of 31,313 items (30,065 the same, 1,248 different). 2,441 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 33,754 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Charles Schwab 2025-2026 · 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	33,754	30,065	1,248	2,441	96.0%	93.8%
Board proposals	30,259	26,946	1,155	2,158	95.9%	93.7%
E&S shareholder proposals	193	164	5	24	97.0%	95.7%
Other items	3,302	2,955	88	259	97.1%	94.8%

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
Palantir Technologies Inc.	June 3, 2026	Stockholder proposal entitled "Human Rights Impact Assessment", if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 13 funds
Palantir Technologies Inc.	June 3, 2026	Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Report on Due Diligence Process", if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 13 funds
Palantir Technologies Inc.	June 3, 2026	Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure", if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 13 funds
Royal Bank of Canada	April 9, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 1 fund	AGAINST 2 funds
The Bank of Nova Scotia	April 14, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 2 funds	AGAINST 3 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.