ETF comparison
FNDF vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
713 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDF and IEFA would leave roughly 53.9% 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
IEFA is 18 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for FNDF.
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 FNDF vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
713 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDF | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.00% | 1.42% | 1.00% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 2.19% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | BHP Group Ltd | 1.22% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.82% | 1.20% | 0.82% |
| 5 | Banco Santander SA | 0.73% | 0.79% | 0.73% |
| 6 | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.89% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 7 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.69% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 8 | Nestle SA | 0.67% | 1.00% | 0.67% |
| 9 | Novartis AG | 0.59% | 1.12% | 0.59% |
| 10 | British American Tobacco PLC | 0.58% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 11 | Siemens AG | 0.47% | 0.95% | 0.47% |
| 12 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.47% | 0.49% | 0.47% |
Only in FNDF
174 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52%
- SK hynix Inc 1.37%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.59%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.52%
- Suncor Energy Inc 0.51%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.50%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.50%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.45%
- LG Electronics Inc 0.41%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.40%
Only in IEFA
1,900 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- argenx SE 0.21%
- SEA LIMITED 0.16%
- Galderma Group AG 0.16%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.15%
- Ferrovial N.V. 0.13%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.11%
- Adyen N.V. 0.11%
- BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA S.P.A. 0.10%
- BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 0.10%
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More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 53.8%
- FNDF vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 51.5%
- FNDF vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 49.5%
- FNDF vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 47.3%
- FNDF vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 46.2%
- FNDF vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 43.2%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 53.2%
- IEFA vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 52.6%
- IEFA vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 49.1%
- IEFA vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 48.9%
- IEFA vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 48.2%
- IEFA vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 42.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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