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ETF comparison

EPP vs SCHF

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.5 %

88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and SCHF would leave roughly 7.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EPP unmatched 91.8% Shared 7.5% SCHF unmatched 92.1%

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 EPP only
5 positions
Shared
88 positions
In SCHF only
1,386 positions

Side by side

EPP

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.47%
Net assets
$2.24B
TTM yield
3.34%
Top-10 conc.
47.1%
SCHF

Schwab International Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$67.70B
TTM yield
3.13%
Top-10 conc.
13.8%

Sub-score comparison

53
Cost
97
76
Tax efficiency
77
72
Liquidity
100
47
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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EPP sub-score SCHF

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

Cost difference

SCHF is 44 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EPP.

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 EPP vs SCHF.

Top shared holdings

88 shared in total
# Holding In EPP In SCHF Overlap
1 BHP GROUP LIMITED 10.07% 0.79% 0.79%
2 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 8.06% 0.63% 0.63%
3 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 5.28% 0.40% 0.40%
4 AIA Group Limited 4.29% 0.34% 0.34%
5 NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 3.57% 0.28% 0.28%
6 WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 3.56% 0.28% 0.28%
7 ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.38% 0.26% 0.26%
8 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 3.41% 0.26% 0.26%
9 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 2.61% 0.21% 0.21%
10 WESFARMERS LIMITED 2.72% 0.21% 0.21%
11 MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 2.77% 0.21% 0.21%
12 CSL LIMITED 2.50% 0.20% 0.20%

Only in EPP

5 total
  • SEA LIMITED 1.80%
  • YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.42%
  • GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.36%
  • Futu Holdings Limited 0.27%
  • HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.23%

Only in SCHF

1,386 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.88%
  • SK hynix Inc 2.23%
  • ASML Holding NV 2.14%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.17%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.01%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.94%
  • Novartis AG 0.94%
  • Shell PLC 0.84%
  • Nestle SA 0.83%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.82%

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/.

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.