ETF comparison
SCHF vs VSS
Both International Developed.
Schwab International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VSS would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · International Developed
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHF is 3 bps cheaper than VSS. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for VSS.
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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHF | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matrix IT Ltd | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in SCHF
1,474 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.32%
- SK hynix Inc 2.81%
- 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%
Only in VSS
4,817 total- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Storebrand ASA 0.24%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
- South Bow Corp 0.22%
- Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
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- SCHF vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 85.9%
- SCHF vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 84.8%
- SCHF vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 84.3%
- SCHF vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 76.4%
- SCHF vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 71.8%
More comparisons with VSS
- VSS vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 70.1%
- VSS vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 47.8%
- VSS vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 31.2%
- VSS vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 24.2%
- VSS vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 21.3%
- VSS vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 18.5%
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.