ETF comparison
EWL vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and FNDF would leave roughly 4.1% 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 25 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWL | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 14.03% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 12.34% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 13.56% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 4 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.44% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | UBS Group AG | 5.13% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | ABB Ltd | 5.41% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 7 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 4.78% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 8 | Holcim AG | 2.64% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 9 | Swiss Re AG | 2.32% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | Sandoz Group AG | 1.93% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Swisscom AG | 1.29% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Kuehne + Nagel International AG | 0.76% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in EWL
10 total- Galderma Group AG 2.24%
- Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 1.37%
- VAT Group AG 1.37%
- Swiss Prime Site AG 0.87%
- Straumann Holding AG 0.83%
- Belimo Holding AG 0.70%
- EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG 0.56%
- Avolta AG 0.48%
- Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 0.45%
- BKW AG 0.36%
Only in FNDF
857 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%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.80%
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- FNDF vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 1.2%
- FNDF vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.1%
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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