ETF comparison
FNDF vs VSS
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
74 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDF and VSS would leave roughly 2.4% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · International Developed
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS is 19 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
74 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDF | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umicore SA | 0.11% | 0.16% | 0.11% |
| 2 | thyssenkrupp AG | 0.09% | 0.19% | 0.09% |
| 3 | voestalpine AG | 0.07% | 0.18% | 0.07% |
| 4 | Aurubis AG | 0.07% | 0.15% | 0.07% |
| 5 | West Fraser Timber Co Ltd | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| 6 | Johnson Matthey PLC | 0.07% | 0.13% | 0.07% |
| 7 | Valeo SE | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.06% |
| 8 | Outokumpu Oyj | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | Arkema SA | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.06% |
| 10 | WPP PLC | 0.05% | 0.12% | 0.05% |
| 11 | ams-OSRAM AG | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.05% |
| 12 | Finning International Inc | 0.05% | 0.24% | 0.05% |
Only in FNDF
813 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52%
- Shell PLC 2.19%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.69%
- SK hynix Inc 1.37%
- 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%
Only in VSS
4,744 total- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Storebrand ASA 0.24%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
- South Bow Corp 0.22%
- DPM Metals Inc 0.21%
- Aedifica SA 0.21%
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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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