ETF comparison
FNDE vs VEA
International Emerging vs International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and VEA would leave roughly 0.2% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 36 bps cheaper than FNDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for FNDE.
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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenovo Group Ltd | 0.73% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2 | BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd | 0.26% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 3 | Metlen Energy & Metals PLC | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd | 0.06% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 5 | Orient Overseas International Ltd | 0.13% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in FNDE
349 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 VEA
3,857 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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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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