ETF comparison
SCHF vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Schwab International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,473 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VEA would leave roughly 87.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
1,473 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHF | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 2.41% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 2 | ASML Holding NV | 1.95% | 1.77% | 1.77% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc | 1.36% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.11% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 5 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.07% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 6 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.10% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 7 | Nestle SA | 0.94% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 8 | Shell PLC | 0.81% | 0.90% | 0.81% |
| 9 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.81% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 10 | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.89% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 11 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.71% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.71% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
Only in SCHF
6 total- Roche Holding AG 1.14%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.11%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.10%
- Toyota Industries Corp 0.07%
- SCSK Corp 0.00%
- Fujitec Co Ltd 0.00%
Only in VEA
2,408 total- Roche Holding AG 0.96%
- Air Liquide SA 0.23%
- L'Oreal SA 0.19%
- Engie SA 0.11%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.09%
- Sampo Oyj 0.08%
- Toromont Industries Ltd 0.04%
- Equinox Gold Corp 0.04%
- First Majestic Silver Corp 0.04%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.03%
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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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