Which returned more over the last year, FDT or SCHC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDT returned +26.6% and SCHC +12.9%.

Which is cheaper, FDT or SCHC?

SCHC is cheaper, by 0.74 percentage points a year. That is about $74 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FDT and SCHC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FDT and 0% of SCHC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FDT vs SCHC: Differences, Returns & Fees

FDT and SCHC hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and FDT returned +26.6% over the year. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund, and $5.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF.

SCHC costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points.

	FDT	SCHC
Expense ratio	0.80%	0.06%
Net assets, FDT as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHC as of May 31, 2026	$1.4bn	$5.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.6%	+12.9%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.6%	3.4%
Below its high	7.0%, high on Jun 1, 2026	4.6%, high on Aug 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.6%

FDT total return, 1 year

+12.9%

SCHC total return, 1 year

0.80%

FDT expense ratio

0.06%

SCHC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FDT and SCHC hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FDT SCHC

Aurubis AG 0.53% 0.31%

OceanaGold Corporation 0.36% 0.25%

Finning International Inc. 0.25% 0.37%

DPM Metals Inc. 0.24% 0.27%

SSR Mining Inc 0.37% 0.24%

Saipem SpA 0.58% 0.23%

B2Gold Corp. 0.35% 0.23%

Nordex SE 0.31% 0.23%

Aberdeen Group PLC 0.39% 0.22%

Eldorado Gold Corporation 0.22% 0.30%

ISS A/S 0.24% 0.21%

Balfour Beatty Plc 0.36% 0.20%

Only in FDT

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. 1.67%

Kingboard Laminates Holdings Limited 1.04%

SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.99%

SK Hynix Inc. 0.92%

Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. 0.88%

Kingboard Holdings Limited 0.86%

LG Innotek Co., Ltd. 0.86%

SoftBank Group Corp. 0.83%

Only in SCHC

Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.41%

Aritzia Inc 0.40%

Accelleron Industries AG 0.35%

Games Workshop Group PLC 0.33%

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.32%

Capital Power Corp 0.30%

IG Group Holdings PLC 0.29%

AIXTRON SE 0.29%

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On the same fields

FDT

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

SCHC

Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +26.6% +12.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.3 pts −4.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.80% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 298 2230

Net assets, FDT as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHC as of May 31, 2026 $1.4bn $5.6bn

FDT and SCHC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FDT in plain words

FDT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 298 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHC in plain words

SCHC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,230 positions, with the top ten at 3.4%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FDT or SCHC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDT returned +26.6% and SCHC +12.9%.
Which is cheaper, FDT or SCHC?: SCHC is cheaper, by 0.74 percentage points a year. That is about $74 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FDT and SCHC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FDT and 0% of SCHC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FDT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FDT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FDT ↗SCHC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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