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ETF comparison

IEFA vs SCHC

Both International Developed.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
6.8 %

1,229 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and SCHC would leave roughly 6.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IEFA unmatched 92.8% Shared 6.8% SCHC unmatched 92.4%

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 IEFA only
1,384 positions
Shared
1,229 positions
In SCHC only
996 positions

Side by side

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$190.21B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%
SCHC

Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$5.62B
TTM yield
3.51%
Top-10 conc.
3.4%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
94
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
89
97
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IEFA sub-score SCHC

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

Cost difference

SCHC is 1 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for IEFA.

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 IEFA vs SCHC.

Top shared holdings

1,229 shared in total
# Holding In IEFA In SCHC Overlap
1 STOREBRAND ASA 0.03% 0.29% 0.03%
2 Accelleron Industries AG 0.03% 0.35% 0.03%
3 GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA 0.03% 0.32% 0.03%
4 Games Workshop Group PLC 0.03% 0.33% 0.03%
5 Subsea 7 S.A. 0.03% 0.28% 0.03%
6 RINGKJOEBING LANDBOBANK. AKTIESELSKAB 0.03% 0.23% 0.03%
7 NKT A/S 0.03% 0.32% 0.03%
8 AEDIFICA NV 0.03% 0.26% 0.03%
9 thyssenkrupp AG 0.03% 0.25% 0.03%
10 IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% 0.29% 0.03%
11 LOTTOMATICA GROUP S.P.A. 0.03% 0.26% 0.03%
12 JYSKE BANK A/S 0.03% 0.22% 0.03%

Only in IEFA

1,384 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.20%
  • Novartis AG 1.12%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.00%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
  • SHELL PLC 1.00%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%

Only in SCHC

996 total
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.41%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.40%
  • Finning International Inc 0.37%
  • Eldorado Gold Corp 0.30%
  • Capital Power Corp 0.30%
  • South Bow Corp 0.28%
  • DPM Metals Inc 0.27%
  • Capstone Copper Corp 0.26%
  • NexGen Energy Ltd 0.26%
  • OR Royalties Inc 0.26%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.