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Schwab Ariel Opportunities ETF
Schwab Ariel Opportunities ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Schwab, traded under the ticker SAEF (ISIN US8085246648). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do well…
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About this fund
What you own
By holding it, this fund gives you a stake in around 59 companies across Other in a single purchase.
How it works
The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).
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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.
Cost
The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.
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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.
Fund facts
Performance
Growth of $100 invested — the line starts at $100.
End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.
Return, year by year
How bumpy has it been?
The bigger picture
What's inside
By sector ?
The 10 biggest holdings make up 34.1% of the fund — the rest is spread across roughly 49 more companies.
Top 10 holdings
| # | Company | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONESPAWORLD HOLDINGS LTD | 5.6% |
| 2 | BRINKS | 3.9% |
| 3 | LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS INC | 3.6% |
| 4 | NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD | 3.4% |
| 5 | JONES LANG LASALLE INC | 3.3% |
| 6 | SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CLASS A | 3.2% |
| 7 | GENERAC HOLDINGS INC | 2.8% |
| 8 | KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2.8% |
| 9 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 2.8% |
| 10 | NVENT ELECTRIC PLC | 2.7% |
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Where it trades
| Exchange | Ticker | Currency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYSE | SAEF | USD | ★ Primary |
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| Frankfurt | 09S0 | EUR | |
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| NYSE Arca | SAEF | USD | |
| OC | SAEF | USD | |
| UA | SAEF | USD | |
| UB | SAEF | USD | |
| UC | SAEF | USD | |
| UD | SAEF | USD | |
| UF | SAEF | USD | |
| UM | SAEF | USD | |
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| UT | SAEF | USD | |
| UX | SAEF | USD | |
| VF | SAEF | USD | |
| VG | SAEF | USD | |
| VJ | SAEF | USD | |
| VK | SAEF | USD | |
| VL | SAEF | USD | |
| VP | SAEF | USD | |
| VY | SAEF | USD | |
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Full holdings
As of 2026-07-17 · the fund's own published holdings.
| # | Company | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONESPAWORLD HOLDINGS LTD | 5.6% |
| 2 | BRINKS | 3.9% |
| 3 | LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS INC | 3.6% |
| 4 | NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD | 3.4% |
| 5 | JONES LANG LASALLE INC | 3.3% |
| 6 | SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CLASS A | 3.2% |
| 7 | GENERAC HOLDINGS INC | 2.8% |
| 8 | KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2.8% |
| 9 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 2.8% |
| 10 | NVENT ELECTRIC PLC | 2.7% |
| 11 | FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP | 2.6% |
| 12 | RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2.6% |
| 13 | PRESTIGE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE INC | 2.3% |
| 14 | COVISTA INC | 2.2% |
| 15 | KNOWLES CORP | 2.1% |
| 16 | ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP LTD | 2.1% |
| 17 | LITTELFUSE INC | 1.9% |
| 18 | CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNA | 1.9% |
| 19 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS CORP | 1.9% |
| 20 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMEN | 1.9% |
| 21 | WEX INC | 1.8% |
| 22 | MIDDLEBY CORP | 1.8% |
| 23 | FISERV INC | 1.8% |
| 24 | ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORP | 1.8% |
| 25 | CARLYLE GROUP INC | 1.6% |
| 26 | KKR AND CO INC | 1.5% |
| 27 | BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC CLASS A | 1.5% |
| 28 | GENTEX CORP | 1.5% |
| 29 | LAZARD INC | 1.5% |
| 30 | MANCHESTER UNITED PLC CLASS A | 1.4% |
| 31 | LABCORP HOLDINGS INC | 1.4% |
| 32 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP CLASS A | 1.4% |
| 33 | M&T BANK | 1.4% |
| 34 | MATTEL INC | 1.3% |
| 35 | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC | 1.3% |
| 36 | SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX | 1.3% |
| 37 | KENNAMETAL INC | 1.2% |
| 38 | AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD | 1.2% |
| 39 | CBRE GROUP INC CLASS A | 1.1% |
| 40 | SNAP ON INC | 1.1% |
| 41 | ADT INC | 1.1% |
| 42 | SIMPSON MANUFACTURING INC | 1.0% |
| 43 | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC | 1.0% |
| 44 | JM SMUCKER | 1.0% |
| 45 | AFLAC INC | 1.0% |
| 46 | BRADY NONVOTING CORP CLASS A | 1.0% |
| 47 | OMNICOM GROUP INC | 1.0% |
| 48 | FAIR ISAAC CORP | 0.9% |
| 49 | MASCO CORP | 0.9% |
| 50 | PROGRESSIVE CORP | 0.9% |
| 51 | RLI CORP | 0.9% |
| 52 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC | 0.8% |
| 53 | KORN FERRY | 0.8% |
| 54 | CARMAX INC | 0.6% |
| 55 | REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC | 0.6% |
| 56 | FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC | 0.6% |
| 57 | LKQ CORP | 0.5% |
| 58 | PHINIA INC | 0.4% |
| 59 | HACKETT GROUP INC | 0.4% |
How it ranks vs peers
Versus the Equity (stocks) · Other · USD ETFs we track.
Advanced risk
Concentration depth
Roughly 59 companies are held, but the largest names carry most of the weight — so it behaves like ~44 equal-sized positions.
Tilt vs a world tracker
Percentage points over / under a broad world-equity tracker (not a licensed benchmark).
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| Index tracked | Technology Select Sector Index | FTSE Developed ex US Index | S&P 500® Total Return (Net) Index | Financial Select Sector Index | ® ® S&p® 500 Mxn Hdg | ® ® S&p® 500 Hdg | |
| Yearly fee (TER) | 0.59% | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.08% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| All-in cost | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| Fund size | €16.3M | €100.7B | €57.6B | €50.3B | €48.9B | €36.7B | €36.7B |
| Domicile | United States | United States | United States | Ireland | United States | Ireland | Ireland |
| Replication | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Synthetic (swap) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) |
| 3-yr return p.a. | +2.2% | +26.5% | +13.9% | -73.9% | +16.7% | ||
| 5-yr return p.a. | +18.6% | +6.7% | +9.2% | ||||
| # holdings | 59 | 77 | 1,494 | 572 | 80 | 505 | 505 |
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