ETF comparison
SCZ vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,812 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VEA would leave roughly 10.6% 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
VEA is 37 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for SCZ.
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 SCZ vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
1,812 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCZ | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 0.28% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 2 | TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 0.21% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | Niterra Co., Ltd. | 0.24% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 4 | DIPLOMA PLC | 0.37% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 5 | NGK Corporation | 0.21% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 6 | YASKAWA Electric Corporation | 0.19% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 7 | ROHM COMPANY LIMITED | 0.23% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | BEAZLEY PLC | 0.28% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | ASMPT Limited | 0.17% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED | 0.28% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.24% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | IMI PLC | 0.27% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in SCZ
242 total- Global-E Online Ltd 0.12%
- ROSEBANK INDUSTRIES PLC 0.11%
- monday.com Ltd 0.10%
- ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD 0.08%
- WEST AFRICAN RESOURCES LTD 0.06%
- Kitron ASA 0.06%
- WIX.COM LTD 0.05%
- JET2 PLC 0.05%
- Yellow Cake PLC 0.05%
- Cellebrite DI Ltd 0.05%
Only in VEA
2,050 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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- SCZ vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 9.2%
- SCZ vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 8.6%
- SCZ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.9%
- SCZ vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 7.6%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 10.2%
- VEA vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 9.6%
- VEA vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 8.7%
- VEA vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 8.2%
- VEA vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.7%
- VEA vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.7%
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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