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EWU vs FNDC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.3 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and FNDC would leave roughly 1.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWU unmatched 97.8% Shared 1.3% FNDC unmatched 98.3%

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 EWU only
58 positions
Shared
10 positions
In FNDC only
1,558 positions

Side by side

EWU

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares · International Developed

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.73B
TTM yield
3.12%
Top-10 conc.
52.4%
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
77
Tax efficiency
76
81
Liquidity
78
39
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EWU 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for EWU.

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 EWU vs FNDC.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In EWU In FNDC Overlap
1 SCHRODERS PLC 0.19% 0.17% 0.17%
2 SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.48% 0.16% 0.16%
3 INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC 0.70% 0.15% 0.15%
4 LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.21% 0.15% 0.15%
5 HALMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.55% 0.15% 0.15%
6 SPIRAX GROUP PLC 0.22% 0.13% 0.13%
7 AIRTEL AFRICA PLC 0.10% 0.15% 0.10%
8 DIPLOMA PLC 0.41% 0.10% 0.10%
9 ENDEAVOUR MINING PLC 0.41% 0.08% 0.08%
10 FRESNILLO PLC 0.24% 0.07% 0.07%

Only in EWU

58 total
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 10.95%
  • SHELL PLC 7.93%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 7.59%
  • ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 5.28%
  • UNILEVER PLC 4.33%
  • BP P.L.C. 3.49%
  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 3.46%
  • RIO TINTO PLC 3.40%
  • GSK PLC 3.17%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 2.80%

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%
  • Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 0.22%
  • DL E&C Co Ltd 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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