ETF comparison
SCHF vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
495 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHF and VGK would leave roughly 47.7% 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
SCHF is 3 bps cheaper than VGK. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for VGK.
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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
495 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHF | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 2.14% | 3.95% | 2.14% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.17% | 2.27% | 1.17% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.01% | 1.91% | 1.01% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.94% | 1.81% | 0.94% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 0.83% | 1.60% | 0.83% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.80% | 1.59% | 0.80% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 0.80% | 1.49% | 0.80% |
| 8 | SAP SE | 0.75% | 1.17% | 0.75% |
| 9 | Banco Santander SA | 0.71% | 1.28% | 0.71% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.66% | 1.18% | 0.66% |
| 11 | Schneider Electric SE | 0.61% | 1.13% | 0.61% |
| 12 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.57% | 1.04% | 0.57% |
Only in SCHF
979 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.88%
- SK hynix Inc 2.23%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.94%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.82%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.79%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.69%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.66%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.63%
- Shopify Inc 0.59%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 0.52%
Only in VGK
733 total- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.20%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- Fresenius SE & Co KGaA 0.13%
- L'Oreal SA 0.11%
- Air Liquide SA 0.09%
- Storebrand ASA 0.05%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.05%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.05%
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- VGK vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 46.2%
- VGK vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 46.1%
- VGK vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 45.4%
- VGK vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 44.9%
- VGK vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 42.9%
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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