ETF comparison
FNDE vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
327 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and VWO would leave roughly 43.2% 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
VWO is 33 bps cheaper than FNDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for FNDE.
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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
327 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.86% | 15.56% | 5.86% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.78% | 2.41% | 2.41% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.84% | 3.31% | 1.84% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 1.45% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 5 | China Construction Bank Corp | 2.60% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 6 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 2.71% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 7 | Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.86% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 1.58% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 9 | ICICI Bank Ltd | 0.57% | 0.69% | 0.57% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.53% | 0.59% | 0.53% |
| 11 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.50% | 0.78% | 0.50% |
| 12 | ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd | 0.92% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
Only in FNDE
20 total- JD.com Inc 1.51%
- Lenovo Group Ltd 0.91%
- PTT PCL 0.91%
- BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd 0.28%
- JBS NV 0.23%
- PTT Global Chemical PCL 0.23%
- Midea Group Co Ltd 0.21%
- PTT Exploration & Production PCL 0.18%
- Thai Oil PCL 0.15%
- Orient Overseas International Ltd 0.15%
Only in VWO
4,653 total- Elite Material Co Ltd 0.36%
- Naspers Ltd 0.35%
- JD.com Inc 0.35%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.33%
- Bajaj Finance Ltd 0.28%
- Accton Technology Corp 0.28%
- Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd 0.22%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.20%
- Chroma ATE Inc 0.20%
- Asia Vital Components Co Ltd 0.19%
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- FNDE vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 38.8%
- FNDE vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 35.2%
- FNDE vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 35.2%
- FNDE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 34.4%
More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 28.0%
- VWO vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 26.8%
- VWO vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
- VWO vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
- VWO vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 24.3%
- VWO vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 24.1%
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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