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ETF comparison

SCHF vs VEA

Both International Developed.

Schwab International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
85.9 %

1,471 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VEA would leave roughly 85.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHF unmatched 13.5% Shared 85.9% VEA unmatched 11.6%

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 SCHF only
4 positions
Shared
1,471 positions
In VEA only
2,391 positions

Side by side

SCHF

Schwab International Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$67.95B
TTM yield
3.15%
Top-10 conc.
14.8%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$313.54B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.47%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
77
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
93
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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SCHF sub-score VEA

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 SCHF vs VEA.

Top shared holdings

1,471 shared in total
# Holding In SCHF In VEA Overlap
1 ASML Holding NV 2.10% 2.36% 2.10%
2 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.32% 1.55% 1.55%
3 SK hynix Inc 2.81% 1.39% 1.39%
4 HSBC Holdings PLC 1.08% 1.00% 1.00%
5 Novartis AG 0.97% 0.90% 0.90%
6 Royal Bank of Canada 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
7 Roche Holding AG 0.99% 0.89% 0.89%
8 AstraZeneca PLC 0.93% 0.87% 0.87%
9 Nestle SA 0.88% 0.82% 0.82%
10 Siemens AG 0.77% 0.73% 0.73%
11 Shell PLC 0.80% 0.67% 0.67%
12 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.69% 0.67% 0.67%

Only in SCHF

4 total
  • Telecom Italia SpA/Milano 0.05%
  • Toyota Industries Corp 0.02%
  • Octave Intelligence PLC 0.01%
  • EDP RENOVAVEIS SA 0.00%

Only in VEA

2,391 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
  • Air Liquide SA 0.22%
  • L'Oreal SA 0.18%
  • Engie SA 0.09%
  • Sampo Oyj 0.08%
  • Telecom Italia SpA/Milano 0.05%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.03%
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.03%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.03%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.03%

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.