ETF comparison
FNDC vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
527 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDC and VGK would leave roughly 10.9% 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
VGK is 33 bps cheaper than FNDC. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for FNDC.
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 FNDC vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
527 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDC | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adyen NV | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.16% |
| 2 | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.22% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 4 | VAT Group AG | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | Saab AB | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.11% |
| 6 | Halma PLC | 0.15% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Segro PLC | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Ferrovial NV | 0.11% | 0.18% | 0.11% |
| 9 | FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA | 0.10% | 0.16% | 0.10% |
| 11 | Euronext NV | 0.12% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | BE Semiconductor Industries NV | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
Only in FNDC
1,041 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%
- Tower Semiconductor Ltd 0.22%
- Baytex Energy Corp 0.22%
- DL E&C Co Ltd 0.21%
- INFRONEER Holdings Inc 0.20%
- Sims Ltd 0.19%
Only in VGK
701 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Siemens AG 1.49%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SAP SE 1.17%
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- FNDC vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 9.7%
- FNDC vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 9.6%
- FNDC vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 9.5%
- FNDC vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 8.4%
More comparisons with VGK
- VGK vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 9.2%
- VGK vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.5%
- VGK vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.5%
- VGK vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 5.7%
- VGK vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 5.5%
- VGK vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 3.2%
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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