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EWL vs FNDC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.1 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and FNDC would leave roughly 1.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWL unmatched 97.7% Shared 1.1% FNDC unmatched 98.4%

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 EWL only
30 positions
Shared
10 positions
In FNDC only
1,558 positions

Side by side

EWL

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

iShares · International Developed

58 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.02B
TTM yield
1.66%
Top-10 conc.
65.4%
FNDC

Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

74 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.39%
Net assets
$3.04B
TTM yield
3.67%
Top-10 conc.
2.6%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
61
80
Tax efficiency
76
77
Liquidity
78
21
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EWL sub-score FNDC

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

Cost difference

FNDC is 11 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for EWL.

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 EWL vs FNDC.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In EWL In FNDC Overlap
1 Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 1.39% 0.22% 0.22%
2 Avolta AG 0.56% 0.13% 0.13%
3 VAT Group AG 1.29% 0.13% 0.13%
4 Straumann Holding AG 0.94% 0.12% 0.12%
5 Swiss Prime Site AG 0.87% 0.11% 0.11%
6 EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG 0.68% 0.10% 0.10%
7 Galderma Group AG 2.18% 0.10% 0.10%
8 Belimo Holding AG 0.83% 0.08% 0.08%
9 BKW AG 0.39% 0.07% 0.07%
10 Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 0.55% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in EWL

30 total
  • Roche Holding AG 13.64%
  • Novartis AG 12.34%
  • Nestle S.A. 11.05%
  • ABB Ltd 5.75%
  • COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 5.21%
  • UBS Group AG 5.13%
  • Zurich Insurance Group AG 4.33%
  • Swiss Re AG 2.78%
  • Lonza Group AG 2.75%
  • Holcim AG 2.44%

Only in FNDC

1,558 total
  • Ibiden Co Ltd 0.45%
  • Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 0.29%
  • Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd 0.26%
  • Samsung E&A Co Ltd 0.24%
  • GS Engineering & Construction Corp 0.23%
  • easyJet PLC 0.23%
  • Tower Semiconductor Ltd 0.22%
  • Baytex Energy Corp 0.22%
  • DL E&C Co Ltd 0.21%
  • Edenred SE 0.21%

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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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