ETF comparison
FNDE vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and KSA would leave roughly 2.1% 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
FNDE is 36 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 FNDE vs KSA.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 0.74% | 11.44% | 0.74% |
| 2 | Saudi Basic Industries Corp | 0.38% | 3.29% | 0.38% |
| 3 | Saudi Telecom Co | 0.32% | 5.35% | 0.32% |
| 4 | Saudi National Bank/The | 0.20% | 8.15% | 0.20% |
| 5 | Al Rajhi Bank | 0.16% | 13.87% | 0.16% |
| 6 | Saudi Energy Co | 0.13% | 1.11% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabian Mining Co | 0.10% | 4.60% | 0.10% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank | 0.09% | 3.12% | 0.09% |
Only in FNDE
346 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.48%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 3.31%
- Vale SA 3.03%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.72%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.48%
- China Construction Bank Corp 2.38%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.34%
- MediaTek Inc 1.80%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%
- JD.com Inc 1.38%
Only in KSA
109 total- ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.78%
- Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.69%
- ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.67%
- SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.90%
- Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC 1.89%
- Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC 1.85%
- Almarai Company SJSC 1.75%
- Arab National Bank SJSC 1.51%
- Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company SJSC 1.50%
- BANK ALBILAD SJSC 1.42%
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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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