ETF comparison
EWS vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Singapore ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWS and FNDF would leave roughly 0.7% 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 EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 EWS vs FNDF.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWS | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 23.81% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 22.28% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 3 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 4.12% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 4 | WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 3.71% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 3.47% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED | 3.86% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | KEPPEL LTD. | 4.32% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in EWS
10 total- SEA LIMITED 4.92%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 4.68%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.82%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 3.75%
- SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 3.73%
- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 3.30%
- SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD 3.29%
- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 2.72%
- CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED 1.17%
- BNP Paribas 0.52%
Only in FNDF
879 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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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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