ETF comparison
FNDC vs VSS
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
882 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDC and VSS would leave roughly 31.2% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS is 33 bps cheaper than FNDC. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
882 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDC | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudbay Minerals Inc | 0.20% | 0.27% | 0.20% |
| 2 | IG Group Holdings PLC | 0.21% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 3 | Nexans SA | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 4 | SSR Mining Inc | 0.18% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 5 | Saipem SpA | 0.15% | 0.18% | 0.15% |
| 6 | Glanbia PLC | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 7 | Brookfield Infrastructure Corp | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.14% |
| 8 | Galenica AG | 0.13% | 0.15% | 0.13% |
| 9 | Man Group PLC/Jersey | 0.17% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 10 | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 11 | Frontline PLC | 0.13% | 0.16% | 0.13% |
| 12 | Vallourec SACA | 0.17% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Only in FNDC
696 total- Ibiden Co Ltd 0.69%
- 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%
- Doosan Co Ltd 0.25%
Only in VSS
3,936 total- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
- Capital Power Corp 0.21%
- Nordnet AB publ 0.20%
- thyssenkrupp AG 0.19%
- Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.18%
- voestalpine AG 0.18%
- ISS A/S 0.17%
- abrdn plc 0.17%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with FNDC
- FNDC vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 27.8%
- FNDC vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 25.1%
- FNDC vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 22.4%
- FNDC vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 21.8%
- FNDC vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 20.1%
- FNDC vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 15.0%
More comparisons with VSS
- VSS vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 24.2%
- VSS vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 21.3%
- VSS vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 18.5%
- VSS vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 15.5%
- VSS vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 14.6%
- VSS vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 7.9%
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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