ETF comparison
SCZvsVSS
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,317 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VSS would leave roughly46.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VSS is 34 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with SCZ vs VSS.
Top shared holdings
1,317 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCZ | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 2 | GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 3 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.24% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 4 | Subsea 7 S.A. | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 5 | NKT A/S | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | STOREBRAND ASA | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | Nordex SE | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | NEXANS SA | 0.19% | 0.20% | 0.19% |
| 9 | AEDIFICA NV | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | LOTTOMATICA GROUP S.P.A. | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | SAIPEM S.P.A. | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 12 | IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in SCZ
714 total- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.0.50%
- Resonac Holdings Corporation0.44%
- Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited0.43%
- PLS GROUP LIMITED0.39%
- DIPLOMA PLC0.35%
- ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD0.32%
- BEAZLEY PLC0.29%
- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED0.26%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE)0.26%
- IMI PLC0.26%
Only in VSS
3,483 total- Aritzia Inc0.27%
- Finning International Inc0.26%
- Macronix International Co Ltd0.24%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc0.23%
- WinWay Technology Co Ltd0.23%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp0.22%
- Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd0.21%
- NexGen Energy Ltd0.20%
- Capital Power Corp0.20%
- Eldorado Gold Corp0.20%
Open SCZ or VSS at a brokerage
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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.