ETF comparison
FNDE vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Holdings overlap
317 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and VWO would leave roughly 41.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO is 33 bps cheaper than FNDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
317 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.91% | 14.61% | 5.91% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 3.11% | 2.55% | 2.55% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.70% | 3.26% | 1.70% |
| 4 | China Construction Bank Corp | 2.35% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 5 | Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.84% | 0.90% | 0.84% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc | 0.80% | 1.06% | 0.80% |
| 7 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 2.80% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 8 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 1.16% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 9 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.56% | 1.17% | 0.56% |
| 10 | Vale SA | 3.43% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 11 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.50% | 0.80% | 0.50% |
| 12 | Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd | 1.34% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
Only in FNDE
22 total- JD.com Inc 1.06%
- PTT PCL 0.89%
- JBS NV 0.39%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.29%
- Lenovo Group Ltd 0.26%
- BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd 0.25%
- PTT Exploration & Production PCL 0.19%
- Banpu PCL 0.18%
- PTT Global Chemical PCL 0.18%
- Thai Oil PCL 0.18%
Only in VWO
4,673 total- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.40%
- Elite Material Co Ltd 0.37%
- Naspers Ltd 0.36%
- Accton Technology Corp 0.31%
- JD.com Inc 0.31%
- Trip.com Group Ltd 0.28%
- Asia Vital Components Co Ltd 0.26%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.24%
- Bajaj Finance Ltd 0.24%
- Chroma ATE Inc 0.22%
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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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