ETF comparison
EWG vs FNDC
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG 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 10 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EWG vs FNDC.
Top shared holdings
12 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In FNDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knorr-Bremse Aktiengesellschaft | 0.44% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 2 | Talanx Aktiengesellschaft | 0.39% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 3 | Qiagen N.V. | 0.38% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 4 | Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft | 0.37% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | Delivery Hero SE | 0.42% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft | 0.44% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | LEG Immobilien SE | 0.25% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Scout24 SE | 0.32% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft | 0.20% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Hensoldt AG | 0.33% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | 0.23% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | Nemetschek SE | 0.21% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in EWG
42 total- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11.97%
- SAP SE 9.49%
- Allianz SE 8.47%
- Siemens Energy AG 7.37%
- Infineon Technologies AG 6.22%
- Deutsche Telekom AG 6.21%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 3.48%
- Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
- Deutsche Post AG 2.75%
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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