ETF comparison
FNDF vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
713 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDF and IEFA would leave roughly 57.3% 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
IEFA is 18 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for FNDF.
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 FNDF vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
713 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDF | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.11% | 1.42% | 1.11% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 2.40% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 0.89% | 1.20% | 0.89% |
| 4 | BHP Group Ltd | 1.23% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 5 | Banco Santander SA | 0.83% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 6 | Nestle SA | 0.71% | 1.00% | 0.71% |
| 7 | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.93% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 8 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.68% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | Novartis AG | 0.62% | 1.12% | 0.62% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 0.74% | 0.56% |
| 11 | Siemens AG | 0.53% | 0.95% | 0.53% |
| 12 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 0.52% | 0.61% | 0.52% |
Only in FNDF
173 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.73%
- SK hynix Inc 0.72%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.53%
- Suncor Energy Inc 0.51%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.50%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.46%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The 0.39%
- Cenovus Energy Inc 0.37%
- Enbridge Inc 0.36%
Only in IEFA
1,900 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- argenx SE 0.21%
- SEA LIMITED 0.16%
- Galderma Group AG 0.16%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.15%
- Ferrovial N.V. 0.13%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.11%
- Adyen N.V. 0.11%
- BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA S.P.A. 0.10%
- BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 0.10%
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More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 56.9%
- FNDF vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 52.3%
- FNDF vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 50.2%
- FNDF vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 50.2%
- FNDF vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 47.4%
- FNDF vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 45.4%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 57.0%
- IEFA vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 56.3%
- IEFA vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 55.5%
- IEFA vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 54.8%
- IEFA vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 54.6%
- IEFA vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 52.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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