ETF comparison
FNDE vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and KSA would leave roughly 2.1% 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
FNDE is 36 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 FNDE vs KSA.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 0.70% | 10.83% | 0.70% |
| 2 | Saudi Telecom Co | 0.30% | 5.43% | 0.30% |
| 3 | Saudi Basic Industries Corp | 0.30% | 2.89% | 0.30% |
| 4 | Saudi National Bank/The | 0.23% | 8.77% | 0.23% |
| 5 | Al Rajhi Bank | 0.19% | 13.98% | 0.19% |
| 6 | Saudi Energy Co | 0.12% | 1.14% | 0.12% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabian Mining Co | 0.11% | 4.84% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank | 0.11% | 3.21% | 0.11% |
Only in FNDE
339 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.86%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.78%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2.71%
- China Construction Bank Corp 2.60%
- Vale SA 2.58%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.49%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.35%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.84%
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 1.58%
- JD.com Inc 1.51%
Only in KSA
109 total- ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.96%
- ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.76%
- Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.70%
- Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC 2.10%
- Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC 1.98%
- Almarai Company SJSC 1.86%
- SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.81%
- Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company 1.61%
- Arab National Bank SJSC 1.58%
- BANK ALBILAD SJSC 1.51%
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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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