ETF comparison
EWG vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and FNDF would leave roughly 7.4% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FNDF is 24 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EWG vs FNDF.
Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 5.59% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 2 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.77% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 9.82% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 4 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 12.19% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 1.96% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 6 | BASF SE | 2.71% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 7 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.96% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 8 | SAP SE | 11.38% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 9 | Continental Aktiengesellschaft | 0.45% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | 1.15% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | E.ON SE | 2.30% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.89% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in EWG
11 total- Qiagen N.V. 0.44%
- Talanx Aktiengesellschaft 0.43%
- Knorr-Bremse Aktiengesellschaft 0.39%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.36%
- HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft 0.35%
- Delivery Hero SE 0.35%
- Scout24 SE 0.31%
- Hensoldt AG 0.30%
- Nemetschek SE 0.23%
- CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA 0.19%
Only in FNDF
845 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.73%
- Shell PLC 2.40%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.68%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.23%
- Glencore PLC 1.12%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.11%
- BP PLC 1.04%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.93%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- Banco Santander SA 0.83%
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- EWG vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 6.6%
- EWG vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 6.6%
- EWG vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 6.5%
- EWG vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 6.5%
More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 7.0%
- FNDF vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 6.1%
- FNDF vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 6.0%
- FNDF vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 5.1%
- FNDF vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 4.4%
- FNDF vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 4.3%
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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