ETF comparison
FNDC vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
1,154 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDC and IEFA would leave roughly 13.5% 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
IEFA is 32 bps cheaper than FNDC. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for FNDC.
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 FNDC vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
1,154 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDC | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrovial NV | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Adyen NV | 0.11% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 3 | Tower Semiconductor Ltd | 0.44% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 4 | Sea Ltd | 0.09% | 0.16% | 0.09% |
| 5 | Ibiden Co Ltd | 0.69% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Elbit Systems Ltd | 0.15% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 7 | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | 0.14% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | Oriental Land Co Ltd/Japan | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA | 0.08% | 0.10% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.22% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | VAT Group AG | 0.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Saab AB | 0.10% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in FNDC
424 total- Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 0.49%
- 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%
- Baytex Energy Corp 0.25%
- Doosan Co Ltd 0.25%
- Kloeckner & Co SE 0.22%
Only in IEFA
1,459 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with FNDC
- FNDC vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 13.3%
- FNDC vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 13.0%
- FNDC vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 12.3%
- FNDC vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 10.7%
- FNDC vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 10.7%
- FNDC vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 10.6%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 12.7%
- IEFA vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 11.5%
- IEFA vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 9.0%
- IEFA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 8.5%
- IEFA vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 8.1%
- IEFA vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 7.7%
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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