ETF comparison
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
1,310 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VSS would leave roughly 47.8% 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
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
1,310 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCZ | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 2 | STOREBRAND ASA | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 3 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 4 | GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 5 | Subsea 7 S.A. | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | AEDIFICA NV | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | NKT A/S | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | thyssenkrupp AG | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | RINGKJOEBING LANDBOBANK. AKTIESELSKAB | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| 10 | IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | JYSKE BANK A/S | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | AL Sydbank A/S | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in SCZ
744 total- DIPLOMA PLC 0.37%
- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.28%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.28%
- KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.28%
- IMI PLC 0.27%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.26%
- Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.24%
- ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0.23%
- PSP Swiss Property AG 0.23%
- SPIE SA 0.23%
Only in VSS
3,508 total- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- South Bow Corp 0.22%
- DPM Metals Inc 0.21%
- Capital Power Corp 0.21%
- Eldorado Gold Corp 0.20%
- Capstone Copper Corp 0.18%
- Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.18%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SCZ
- SCZ vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 43.2%
- SCZ vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 28.1%
- SCZ vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 25.8%
- SCZ vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 25.4%
- SCZ vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 24.5%
- SCZ vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 21.1%
More comparisons with VSS
- 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%
- VSS vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 15.5%
- VSS vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 14.6%
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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