FEOE vs SCHF: Differences, Returns & Fees

FEOE and SCHF hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and FEOE returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets on May 31, 2026: $1.3bn for First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF and $66.5bn for Schwab International Equity ETF.

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SCHF costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; SCHF is far larger, $66.5bn against $1.3bn.

FEOE vs SCHF: Differences, Returns & Fees
FEOESCHF
Expense ratio0.50%0.03%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026$1.3bn$66.5bn
Total return, 1 year+20.2%+17.3%
What it tracksnot publishedFTSE Developed ex US Index
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.4%14.8%
Below its high5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+20.2%
FEOE total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SCHF total return, 1 year
0.50%
FEOE expense ratio
0.03%
SCHF expense ratio

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FEOE and SCHF are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. FEOE follows not published and SCHF follows FTSE Developed ex US Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 12% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FEOE returned +20.2% and SCHF +17.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.9 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEOE and SCHF hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FEOE SCHF
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52% 3.32%
Nestle SA 1.89% 0.88%
Shell PLC 3.95% 0.80%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 2.71% 0.47%
British American Tobacco PLC 3.80% 0.44%
Unilever PLC 1.59% 0.41%
Cie Financiere Richemont SA 2.32% 0.38%
AIA Group Ltd 1.00% 0.37%
Keyence Corp 1.53% 0.32%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.51% 0.31%
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1.28% 0.27%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp 1.38% 0.27%
Only in FEOE
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 2.25%
TSMC 1.94%
Ambev SA 1.68%
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 1.55%
Newmont Corp 1.47%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.25%
Willis Towers Watson PLC 1.12%
Itausa SA 0.99%
Only in SCHF
SK hynix Inc 2.81%
ASML Holding NV 2.10%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.08%
Roche Holding AG 0.99%
Novartis AG 0.97%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.93%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
Siemens AG 0.77%

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On the same fields

FEOE
First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF
SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Equity fund Tracks an index of International Equity
Total return, 1 year +20.2% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.5% (EEM) +12.5% (EFA)
Gap to its benchmark +2.6 pts vs EEM +4.8 pts vs EFA
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 3.4% 0.0%
Holdings 75 1476
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026 $1.3bn $66.5bn

FEOE and SCHF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FEOE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 3% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 75 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%.

About SCHF

SCHF tracks an index of International Equity. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +12.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 1,476 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEOE or SCHF?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and SCHF +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, FEOE or SCHF?
SCHF is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEOE and SCHF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 3% of FEOE and 0% of SCHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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