ETF comparison
IEFA vs SCHF
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,179 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and SCHF would leave roughly 78.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 the cost calculator pre-filled with IEFA vs SCHF.
Top shared holdings
1,179 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.21% | 1.95% | 1.95% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 1.11% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 3 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.24% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.16% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.03% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.02% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.89% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.89% | 0.71% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.80% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 10 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.83% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.79% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 0.69% | 0.71% | 0.69% |
Only in IEFA
1,442 total- Roche Holding AG 1.13%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.28%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.16%
- SEA LIMITED 0.13%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.12%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.12%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.09%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.04%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.04%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.04%
Only in SCHF
300 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.41%
- SK hynix Inc 1.36%
- Roche Holding AG 1.14%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.81%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.56%
- Shopify Inc 0.50%
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.43%
- Enbridge Inc 0.39%
- Bank of Montreal 0.35%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.32%
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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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