ETF comparison
EWG vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
42 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and FNDF would leave roughly 6.7% 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 24 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
42 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 2.20% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 2 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 3 | BASF SE | 2.66% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 4 | VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 1.10% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 6 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 7 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 8 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 9 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | 1.23% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 10 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | E.ON SE | 2.40% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in EWG
12 total- HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft 0.44%
- Knorr-Bremse Aktiengesellschaft 0.44%
- Delivery Hero SE 0.42%
- Talanx Aktiengesellschaft 0.39%
- Qiagen N.V. 0.38%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.37%
- Hensoldt AG 0.33%
- Scout24 SE 0.32%
- LEG Immobilien SE 0.25%
- CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA 0.23%
Only in FNDF
845 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52%
- Shell PLC 2.19%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.69%
- SK hynix Inc 1.37%
- Glencore PLC 1.22%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.22%
- BP PLC 1.08%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.89%
- Roche Holding AG 0.82%
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- EWG vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 6.7%
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- EWG vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 6.6%
- EWG vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 6.5%
- EWG vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 5.9%
- EWG vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 5.8%
More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 5.9%
- FNDF vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 5.8%
- FNDF vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 4.9%
- FNDF vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 4.1%
- FNDF vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 4.1%
- FNDF vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 3.3%
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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