ETF comparison

SCHEvsVWO

Both International Emerging.

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
83.6%

2,136 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHE and VWO would leave roughly83.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHE only 16.5%Shared 83.6%VWO only 11.6%
In SCHE only
40 positions
Shared
2,136 positions
In VWO only
2,854 positions

Side by side

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Schwab · International Emerging

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.00B
TTM yield
2.59%
Top-10 conc.
30.7%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$168.36B
TTM yield
2.31%
Top-10 conc.
29.5%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
70
Concentration
72
Tracking quality
SCHEsub-scoreVWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.060% vs 0.060%).

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 SCHE vs VWO.

Top shared holdings

2,136 shared in total
#HoldingIn SCHEIn VWOOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd17.06%14.61%14.61%
2Tencent Holdings Ltd3.15%3.26%3.15%
3Alibaba Group Holding Ltd2.57%2.55%2.55%
4Delta Electronics Inc1.40%1.17%1.17%
5MediaTek Inc1.88%1.06%1.06%
6Reliance Industries Ltd0.88%0.90%0.88%
7China Construction Bank Corp0.88%0.85%0.85%
8HDFC Bank Ltd0.83%0.80%0.80%
9Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd1.04%0.74%0.74%
10Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.63%0.62%0.62%
11ICICI Bank Ltd0.65%0.61%0.61%
12PDD Holdings Inc0.60%0.66%0.60%

Only in SCHE

40 total
  • State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.52%
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.29%
  • PTT PCL0.12%
  • Advanced Info Service PCL0.10%
  • Gulf Development PCL0.08%
  • CP ALL PCL0.07%
  • Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE0.07%
  • Airports of Thailand PCL0.06%
  • VEDANTA ALUMINIUM METAL0.06%
  • Central Pattana PCL0.05%

Only in VWO

2,854 total
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.24%
  • PTT PCL0.11%
  • Advanced Info Service PCL0.10%
  • Kasikornbank PCL0.08%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd0.08%
  • WinWay Technology Co Ltd0.07%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp0.07%
  • Gulf Development PCL0.07%
  • Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd0.07%
  • Banca Transilvania SA0.07%

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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.