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FNDF vs IEMG

International Developed vs International Emerging.

Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
11.3 %

63 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDF and IEMG would leave roughly 11.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FNDF unmatched 88.0% Shared 11.3% IEMG unmatched 88.2%

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.

In FNDF only
824 positions
Shared
63 positions
In IEMG only
2,604 positions

Side by side

FNDF

Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$25.61B
TTM yield
3.05%
Top-10 conc.
17.0%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
91
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
90
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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FNDF sub-score IEMG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEMG is 16 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/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 IEMG.

Top shared holdings

63 shared in total
# Holding In FNDF In IEMG Overlap
1 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52% 6.80% 5.52%
2 SK hynix Inc 1.37% 5.82% 1.37%
3 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.59% 0.74% 0.59%
4 Hyundai Motor Co 0.50% 0.44% 0.44%
5 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.40% 0.54% 0.40%
6 Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd 0.27% 0.20% 0.20%
7 Kia Corp 0.25% 0.18% 0.18%
8 ORLEN SA 0.20% 0.15% 0.15%
9 POSCO Holdings Inc 0.34% 0.14% 0.14%
10 LG Electronics Inc 0.41% 0.14% 0.14%
11 Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.14% 0.18% 0.14%
12 Samsung SDI Co Ltd 0.13% 0.19% 0.13%

Only in FNDF

824 total
  • Shell PLC 2.19%
  • TotalEnergies SE 1.69%
  • Glencore PLC 1.22%
  • BHP Group Ltd 1.22%
  • BP PLC 1.08%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
  • Toyota Motor Corp 0.89%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.82%
  • Rio Tinto PLC 0.80%
  • Banco Santander SA 0.73%

Only in IEMG

2,604 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.61%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.53%

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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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