ETF comparison
IEFAvsSCHF
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,167 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and SCHF would leave roughly76.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
SCHF is 4 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IEFA vs SCHF.
Top shared holdings
1,167 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.21% | 2.10% | 2.10% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.24% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.13% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.11% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.16% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.03% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.02% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.89% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.79% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.80% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.83% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
Only in IEFA
1,454 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.28%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.16%
- SEA LIMITED0.13%
- Nebius Group N.V.0.12%
- AerCap Holdings N.V.0.09%
- Accelleron Industries AG0.04%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.0.04%
- WISE PLC0.04%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED0.04%
- GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA0.04%
Only in SCHF
309 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd3.32%
- SK hynix Inc2.81%
- Royal Bank of Canada0.90%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.64%
- Shopify Inc0.49%
- Enbridge Inc0.40%
- Bank of Montreal0.39%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd0.36%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.34%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.34%
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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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