ETF comparison
FNDC vs VWO
International Developed vs International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDC and VWO would leave roughly 0.3% 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
VWO 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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDC | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd | 0.09% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 2 | China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd | 0.26% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 4 | Bosideng International Holdings Ltd | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 5 | Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | GCL Technology Holdings Ltd | 0.10% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | Titan SA | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | China Medical System Holdings Ltd | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | JOYY Inc | 0.13% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | Want Want China Holdings Ltd | 0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 12 | Viohalco SA | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in FNDC
1,557 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%
- ASMPT Ltd 0.26%
- Baytex Energy Corp 0.25%
Only in VWO
4,959 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
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More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.2%
- VWO vs FRDM · Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF 0.2%
- VWO vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 0.1%
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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