ETF comparison
FNDF vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
831 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDF and SPDW would leave roughly 59.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPDW is 22 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 SPDW.
Top shared holdings
831 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDF | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.00% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 2.09% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 3 | Toyota Motor Corp | 1.14% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 0.80% | 0.96% | 0.80% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 0.69% | 0.98% | 0.69% |
| 6 | Nestle SA | 0.69% | 0.86% | 0.69% |
| 7 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.48% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 8 | BHP Group Ltd | 1.13% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 9 | Banco Santander SA | 0.81% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 10 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.46% | 0.75% | 0.46% |
| 11 | BP PLC | 0.97% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Corp | 0.74% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
Only in FNDF
44 total- Roche Holding AG 0.93%
- POSCO Holdings Inc 0.36%
- Medtronic PLC 0.35%
- ORLEN SA 0.19%
- Aptiv PLC 0.12%
- WH Group Ltd 0.11%
- NXP Semiconductors NV 0.10%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.10%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.09%
- Trane Technologies PLC 0.09%
Only in SPDW
1,570 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.87%
- Roche Holding AG 0.92%
- Spotify Technology SA 0.25%
- Investor AB 0.23%
- Cameco Corp 0.20%
- Argenx SE 0.14%
- Ferrovial SE 0.11%
- Celestica Inc 0.11%
- Adyen NV 0.11%
- Sea Ltd 0.10%
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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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