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SCZ vs VSS

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
46.6 %

1,317 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VSS would leave roughly 46.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCZ only 52.2% Shared 46.6% VSS only 52.0%
In SCZ only
714 positions
Shared
1,317 positions
In VSS only
3,483 positions

Side by side

SCZ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$14.44B
TTM yield
3.18%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%
VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.81B
TTM yield
3.23%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%

Sub-score comparison

60
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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SCZ sub-score VSS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost 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 Corporation 0.44%
  • Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited 0.43%
  • PLS GROUP LIMITED 0.39%
  • DIPLOMA PLC 0.35%
  • ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD 0.32%
  • BEAZLEY PLC 0.29%
  • BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.26%
  • WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.26%
  • IMI PLC 0.26%

Only in VSS

3,483 total
  • Aritzia Inc 0.27%
  • Finning International Inc 0.26%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd 0.24%
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.23%
  • WinWay Technology Co Ltd 0.23%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.22%
  • Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.21%
  • NexGen Energy Ltd 0.20%
  • Capital Power Corp 0.20%
  • Eldorado Gold Corp 0.20%

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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.