ETF comparison
SCHC vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,210 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHC and VEA would leave roughly 7.7% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 3 bps cheaper than SCHC. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for SCHC.
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 SCHC vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,210 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHC | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aritzia Inc | 0.40% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | Hudbay Minerals Inc | 0.41% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 3 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.35% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.33% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 5 | Finning International Inc | 0.37% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | Capital Power Corp | 0.30% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 7 | NKT A/S | 0.32% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA | 0.32% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | IG Group Holdings PLC | 0.29% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | Subsea 7 SA | 0.28% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | Storebrand ASA | 0.29% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | BlackBerry Ltd | 0.20% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in SCHC
15 total- Atco Ltd/Canada 0.14%
- Seabridge Gold Inc 0.11%
- Taseko Mines Ltd 0.10%
- Worldline SA/France 0.03%
- Electrolux AB 0.02%
- MCJ Co Ltd 0.01%
- Canada Packers Inc 0.01%
- Opthea Ltd 0.01%
- Takara Bio Inc 0.00%
- Citycon Oyj 0.00%
Only in VEA
1,652 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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- SCHC vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 7.2%
- SCHC vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 7.1%
- SCHC vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 6.8%
- SCHC vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 6.2%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.7%
- VEA vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 7.3%
- VEA vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 6.6%
- VEA vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 6.5%
- VEA vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 6.4%
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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