ETF comparison
SCHF vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Schwab International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,470 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VEA would leave roughly 85.1% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 SCHF vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
1,470 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHF | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 2.14% | 2.36% | 2.14% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 2.88% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc | 2.23% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.17% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 0.94% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 6 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.94% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 7 | Roche Holding AG | 1.01% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 8 | Nestle SA | 0.83% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 9 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.80% | 0.87% | 0.80% |
| 10 | Siemens AG | 0.80% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 11 | Shell PLC | 0.84% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.82% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
Only in SCHF
4 total- Fresenius SE & Co KGaA 0.07%
- Delek Yizum Nechasim Ltd 0.00%
- Hanwha Machinery & Service Holdings Co Ltd 0.00%
- Hanwha Machinery & Service Holdings Co Ltd 0.00%
Only in VEA
2,392 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Air Liquide SA 0.22%
- L'Oreal SA 0.18%
- Engie SA 0.09%
- Sampo Oyj 0.08%
- Fresenius SE & Co KGaA 0.06%
- Aritzia Inc 0.03%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.03%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.03%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.03%
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- SCHF vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 73.1%
- SCHF vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 72.9%
- SCHF vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 71.2%
- SCHF vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 69.5%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 85.0%
- VEA vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 83.2%
- VEA vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 75.3%
- VEA vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 71.7%
- VEA vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 71.3%
- VEA vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 71.3%
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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