ETF comparison
EWU vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
60 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and FNDF would leave roughly 13.0% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU vs FNDF.
Top shared holdings
60 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHELL PLC | 7.51% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 2 | GLENCORE PLC | 2.37% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 3 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 5 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 7 | VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.88% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 8 | ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 1.87% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 9 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 12 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in EWU
12 total- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 1.02%
- HALMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.75%
- INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC 0.69%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.39%
- FRESNILLO PLC 0.30%
- Wise Group PLC 0.26%
- SPIRAX GROUP PLC 0.21%
- LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.19%
- SCHRODERS PLC 0.18%
- AUTOTRADER GROUP PLC 0.16%
Only in FNDF
827 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.69%
- SK hynix Inc 1.37%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.22%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.89%
- Roche Holding AG 0.82%
- Banco Santander SA 0.73%
- Nestle SA 0.67%
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG 0.65%
- Mitsubishi Corp 0.62%
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- EWU vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 12.8%
- EWU vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.2%
- EWU vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 10.7%
- EWU vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 10.6%
- EWU vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.6%
More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 11.3%
- FNDF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 9.0%
- FNDF vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 7.9%
- FNDF vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 7.0%
- FNDF vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 6.7%
- FNDF vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 5.9%
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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