ETF comparison
EWA vs FNDC
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Australia ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and FNDC would leave roughly 0.8% 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
FNDC is 11 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EWA vs FNDC.
Top shared holdings
12 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWA | In FNDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED | 1.24% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 2 | Vicinity Centres | 0.49% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 3 | QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED | 0.35% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | SGH LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | ASX LIMITED | 0.45% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | THE LOTTERY CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.60% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED | 0.87% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | SIGMA HEALTHCARE LIMITED | 0.76% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | CAR GROUP LIMITED | 0.47% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | COCHLEAR LIMITED | 0.33% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | REA GROUP LTD | 0.39% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | XERO LIMITED | 0.64% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in EWA
34 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 15.69%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 13.76%
- WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 6.14%
- NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 5.71%
- ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.30%
- WESFARMERS LIMITED 4.51%
- MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 4.31%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 3.45%
- GOODMAN GROUP 3.22%
- WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 2.89%
Only in FNDC
1,566 total- Ibiden Co Ltd 0.69%
- Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 0.49%
- Tower Semiconductor Ltd 0.44%
- 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%
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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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