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EFA vs SCHF

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
73.3 %

672 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and SCHF would leave roughly 73.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFA only 25.7% Shared 73.3% SCHF only 26.4%
In EFA only
21 positions
Shared
672 positions
In SCHF only
807 positions

Side by side

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.32%
Net assets
$77.22B
TTM yield
3.21%
Top-10 conc.
13.3%
SCHF

Schwab International Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$66.22B
TTM yield
3.07%
Top-10 conc.
12.8%

Sub-score comparison

68
Cost
97
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
95
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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EFA sub-score SCHF

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

Cost difference

SCHF is 29 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for EFA.

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 EFA vs SCHF.

Top shared holdings

672 shared in total
# Holding In EFA In SCHF Overlap
1 ASML Holding N.V. 2.58% 1.95% 1.95%
2 Novartis AG 1.29% 1.11% 1.11%
3 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45% 1.10% 1.10%
4 ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.35% 1.07% 1.07%
5 Nestle S.A. 1.20% 0.94% 0.94%
6 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.84% 0.89% 0.84%
7 SHELL PLC 1.19% 0.81% 0.81%
8 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.04% 0.73% 0.73%
9 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93% 0.71% 0.71%
10 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.97% 0.71% 0.71%
11 SAP SE 0.81% 0.71% 0.71%
12 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.93% 0.69% 0.69%

Only in EFA

21 total
  • Roche Holding AG 1.32%
  • SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.32%
  • TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.19%
  • SEA LIMITED 0.16%
  • SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.14%
  • Nebius Group N.V. 0.14%
  • AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.11%
  • CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.04%
  • GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.04%
  • YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.04%

Only in SCHF

807 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.41%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.36%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.14%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.81%
  • Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.56%
  • Shopify Inc 0.50%
  • Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.43%
  • Enbridge Inc 0.39%
  • Bank of Montreal 0.35%
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.32%

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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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