ETF comparison
SCHF vs VPL
Both International Developed.
Schwab International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
845 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VPL would leave roughly 39.3% 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
SCHF is 4 bps cheaper than VPL. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for VPL.
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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
845 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHF | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 3.32% | 6.61% | 3.32% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc | 2.81% | 5.18% | 2.81% |
| 3 | BHP Group Ltd | 0.74% | 1.77% | 0.74% |
| 4 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.69% | 2.00% | 0.69% |
| 5 | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.68% | 1.66% | 0.68% |
| 6 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.66% | 1.72% | 0.66% |
| 7 | SoftBank Group Corp | 0.62% | 0.96% | 0.62% |
| 8 | Tokyo Electron Ltd | 0.49% | 1.21% | 0.49% |
| 9 | Hitachi Ltd | 0.47% | 1.19% | 0.47% |
| 10 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc | 0.45% | 1.28% | 0.45% |
| 11 | Sony Group Corp | 0.44% | 1.14% | 0.44% |
| 12 | Advantest Corp | 0.40% | 1.18% | 0.40% |
Only in SCHF
630 total- ASML Holding NV 2.10%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.08%
- Roche Holding AG 0.99%
- Novartis AG 0.97%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.93%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Nestle SA 0.88%
- Shell PLC 0.80%
- Siemens AG 0.77%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.64%
Only in VPL
1,492 total- Perseus Mining Ltd 0.04%
- Capricorn Metals Ltd 0.03%
- Greatland Resources Ltd 0.03%
- Fuji Corp/Aichi 0.03%
- Vault Minerals Ltd 0.03%
- Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Inc 0.03%
- Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc 0.03%
- Regis Resources Ltd 0.03%
- Westgold Resources Ltd 0.03%
- Ventia Services Group Pty Ltd 0.03%
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- SCHF vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 25.3%
- SCHF vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 25.3%
- SCHF vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 20.5%
- SCHF vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 17.4%
More comparisons with VPL
- VPL vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 37.5%
- VPL vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 36.6%
- VPL vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 36.2%
- VPL vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 35.8%
- VPL vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 35.5%
- VPL vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 35.1%
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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