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ETF comparison

EWL vs FNDC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.1 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and FNDC would leave roughly 1.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWL unmatched 97.0% Shared 1.1% FNDC unmatched 98.2%

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.

In EWL only
30 positions
Shared
10 positions
In FNDC only
1,568 positions

Side by side

EWL

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

iShares · International Developed

57 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$2.67B
TTM yield
1.73%
Top-10 conc.
67.0%
FNDC

Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

74 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.39%
Net assets
$3.11B
TTM yield
3.68%
Top-10 conc.
3.6%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
61
80
Tax efficiency
76
75
Liquidity
78
19
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EWL sub-score FNDC

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

FNDC is 11 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for EWL.

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 EWL vs FNDC.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In EWL In FNDC Overlap
1 Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 1.37% 0.22% 0.22%
2 VAT Group AG 1.37% 0.14% 0.14%
3 Avolta AG 0.48% 0.13% 0.13%
4 Swiss Prime Site AG 0.87% 0.11% 0.11%
5 Straumann Holding AG 0.83% 0.10% 0.10%
6 EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG 0.56% 0.09% 0.09%
7 Galderma Group AG 2.24% 0.07% 0.07%
8 Belimo Holding AG 0.70% 0.07% 0.07%
9 BKW AG 0.36% 0.07% 0.07%
10 Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 0.45% 0.05% 0.05%

Only in EWL

30 total
  • Roche Holding AG 14.03%
  • Novartis AG 13.56%
  • Nestle S.A. 12.34%
  • ABB Ltd 5.41%
  • UBS Group AG 5.13%
  • COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 4.78%
  • Zurich Insurance Group AG 4.44%
  • Holcim AG 2.64%
  • Lonza Group AG 2.35%
  • Swiss Re AG 2.32%

Only in FNDC

1,568 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%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.