ETF comparison
FNDF vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
838 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDF and VEA would leave roughly 59.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 22 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
838 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDF | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 4.73% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.00% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 3 | Shell PLC | 2.09% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 0.80% | 1.05% | 0.80% |
| 5 | Toyota Motor Corp | 1.14% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 6 | Novartis AG | 0.69% | 1.01% | 0.69% |
| 7 | Nestle SA | 0.69% | 0.87% | 0.69% |
| 8 | BHP Group Ltd | 1.13% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 9 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.48% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 10 | Banco Santander SA | 0.81% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 11 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.46% | 0.78% | 0.46% |
| 12 | Toronto-Dominion Bank/The | 0.45% | 0.54% | 0.45% |
Only in FNDF
37 total- Roche Holding AG 0.93%
- Medtronic PLC 0.35%
- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd 0.15%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.15%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.14%
- Aptiv PLC 0.12%
- BioNTech SE 0.10%
- Rogers Communications Inc 0.10%
- NXP Semiconductors NV 0.10%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.10%
Only in VEA
3,043 total- Roche Holding AG 0.96%
- Investor AB 0.24%
- Air Liquide SA 0.23%
- L'Oreal SA 0.19%
- Cameco Corp 0.16%
- Argenx SE 0.15%
- Galderma Group AG 0.12%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
- Celestica Inc 0.11%
- Engie SA 0.11%
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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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