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SCZ vs VWO

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VWO would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCZ unmatched 99.3% Shared 0.0% VWO unmatched 95.4%

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.

In SCZ only
2,049 positions
Shared
5 positions
In VWO only
4,975 positions

Side by side

SCZ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$12.79B
TTM yield
3.23%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$164.66B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.14%
Top-10 conc.
27.4%

Sub-score comparison

60
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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SCZ sub-score VWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VWO 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 VWO.

Top shared holdings

5 shared in total
# Holding In SCZ In VWO Overlap
1 MOBVISTA INC. 0.02% 0.01% 0.01%
2 HEALTH AND HAPPINESS (H&H) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
3 Yangzijiang Financial Holding Ltd 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
4 YANLORD LAND GROUP LIMITED 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
5 JS GLOBAL LIFESTYLE COMPANY LIMITED 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%

Only in SCZ

2,049 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%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • STOREBRAND ASA 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%

Only in VWO

4,975 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
  • MediaTek Inc 1.36%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%

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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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