ETF comparison
EWL vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and FNDF would leave roughly 4.4% 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 25 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWL | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 13.64% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 11.05% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 12.34% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 5.13% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 5 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.33% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 6 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 5.21% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | ABB Ltd | 5.75% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | Swiss Re AG | 2.78% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 9 | Holcim AG | 2.44% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Sika AG | 2.13% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Sandoz Group AG | 1.99% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Kuehne + Nagel International AG | 0.98% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in EWL
10 total- Galderma Group AG 2.18%
- Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 1.39%
- VAT Group AG 1.29%
- Straumann Holding AG 0.94%
- Swiss Prime Site AG 0.87%
- Belimo Holding AG 0.83%
- EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG 0.68%
- Avolta AG 0.56%
- Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 0.55%
- BKW AG 0.39%
Only in FNDF
856 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%
- Banco Santander SA 0.83%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.74%
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- FNDF vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 3.0%
- FNDF vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 2.4%
- FNDF vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 2.4%
- FNDF vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 1.1%
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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