ETF comparison
SCZ vs VPL
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,061 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VPL would leave roughly 15.2% 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
VPL is 33 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
1,061 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCZ | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niterra Co., Ltd. | 0.24% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 2 | KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 0.28% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 3 | BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED | 0.28% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | NGK Corporation | 0.21% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc. | 0.23% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | ROHM COMPANY LIMITED | 0.23% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. | 0.21% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | 0.20% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | NEXTDC LIMITED | 0.20% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | CHARTER HALL GROUP | 0.20% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | ALS LIMITED | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in SCZ
993 total- DIPLOMA PLC 0.37%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.28%
- IMI PLC 0.27%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.26%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- STOREBRAND ASA 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA 0.23%
- PSP Swiss Property AG 0.23%
- SPIE SA 0.23%
Only in VPL
1,276 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 2.00%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.77%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.72%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.66%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.28%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.21%
- Hitachi Ltd 1.19%
- Advantest Corp 1.18%
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- SCZ vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 13.0%
- SCZ vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 12.6%
- SCZ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 12.2%
- SCZ vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 10.6%
More comparisons with VPL
- VPL vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 14.3%
- VPL vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 11.9%
- VPL vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 10.5%
- VPL vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.3%
- VPL vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.3%
- VPL vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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