ETF comparison
SCHFvsVEA
Both International Developed.
Schwab International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,471 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VEA would leave roughly85.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost 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
5 total- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.09%
- Telecom Italia SpA/Milano0.05%
- Toyota Industries Corp0.02%
- Octave Intelligence PLC0.01%
- EDP RENOVAVEIS SA0.00%
Only in VEA
2,391 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.61%
- Air Liquide SA0.22%
- L'Oreal SA0.18%
- Engie SA0.09%
- Sampo Oyj0.08%
- Telecom Italia SpA/Milano0.05%
- Aritzia Inc0.03%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc0.03%
- Accelleron Industries AG0.03%
- Games Workshop Group PLC0.03%
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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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