ETF comparison
EFA vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
506 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and FNDF would leave roughly 54.2% 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
FNDF is 7 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for EFA.
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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
506 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 2.19% | 1.17% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 1.22% | 0.97% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.81% | 0.89% | 0.81% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.79% | 1.69% | 0.79% |
| 7 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 10 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.55% | 0.58% | 0.55% |
| 11 | BP P.L.C. | 0.54% | 1.08% | 0.54% |
| 12 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.48% | 0.62% | 0.48% |
Only in EFA
168 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.34%
- argenx SE 0.24%
- Galderma Group AG 0.18%
- SEA LIMITED 0.18%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.17%
- Ferrovial N.V. 0.14%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.13%
- Adyen N.V. 0.12%
- BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA S.P.A. 0.12%
- BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 0.11%
Only in FNDF
381 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52%
- SK hynix Inc 1.37%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.59%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.52%
- Suncor Energy Inc 0.51%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.50%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.50%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.45%
- LG Electronics Inc 0.41%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.40%
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- EFA vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 48.6%
- EFA vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 46.5%
- EFA vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 42.8%
- EFA vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 35.0%
- EFA vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 33.5%
More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 53.9%
- FNDF vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 53.8%
- FNDF vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 51.5%
- FNDF vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 49.5%
- FNDF vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 47.3%
- FNDF vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 46.2%
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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