ETF comparison
EFA vs FNDC
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
146 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and FNDC would leave roughly 5.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFA is 7 bps cheaper than FNDC. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for FNDC.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EFA vs FNDC.
Top shared holdings
146 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In FNDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrovial N.V. | 0.14% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Adyen N.V. | 0.12% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 3 | TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD | 0.11% | 0.44% | 0.11% |
| 4 | IBIDEN CO.,LTD. | 0.11% | 0.69% | 0.11% |
| 5 | INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC | 0.10% | 0.14% | 0.10% |
| 6 | ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD | 0.10% | 0.15% | 0.10% |
| 7 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.09% | 0.22% | 0.09% |
| 8 | SEA LIMITED | 0.18% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | ORIENTAL LAND CO., LTD. | 0.10% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | ASICS Corporation | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.09% |
| 11 | SAAB Aktiebolag | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.09% |
| 12 | VAT Group AG | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.09% |
Only in EFA
528 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Roche Holding AG 1.39%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
Only in FNDC
1,432 total- Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 0.49%
- Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd 0.37%
- LS Corp 0.29%
- Constellium SE 0.29%
- Samsung E&A Co Ltd 0.28%
- Celestica Inc 0.28%
- Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd 0.26%
- ASMPT Ltd 0.26%
- Baytex Energy Corp 0.25%
- Doosan Co Ltd 0.25%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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