Which returned more over the last year, FNDF or VYMI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNDF returned +28.5% and VYMI +24.1%.

Which is cheaper, FNDF or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FNDF and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 1% of FNDF and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FNDF vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

FNDF and VYMI hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and FNDF returned +28.5% over the year. Net assets: $24.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF, and $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYMI costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

	FNDF	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, FNDF as of May 31, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026	$24.6bn	$21.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+28.5%	+24.1%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common	45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	13.6%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.3%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+28.5%

FNDF total return, 1 year

+24.1%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.25%

FNDF expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FNDF and VYMI hold 45% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FNDF VYMI

Shell PLC 2.19% 1.32%

BHP Group Ltd 1.22% 1.23%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00% 1.80%

Toyota Motor Corp 0.89% 1.08%

TotalEnergies SE 1.69% 0.87%

Roche Holding AG 0.82% 1.57%

Banco Santander SA 0.73% 1.11%

Nestle SA 0.67% 1.28%

Novartis AG 0.59% 1.45%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.62% 0.58%

British American Tobacco PLC 0.58% 0.58%

BP PLC 1.08% 0.57%

Only in FNDF

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.51%

SK hynix Inc 1.37%

Mitsubishi Corp 0.62%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.59%

Panasonic Holdings Corp 0.50%

Hyundai Motor Co 0.50%

Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.47%

Siemens AG 0.47%

Only in VYMI

MediaTek Inc 0.93%

SLBBH1142 0.82%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.55%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.49%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.40%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.28%

Vale SA 0.27%

Al Rajhi Bank 0.27%

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On the same fields

FNDF

Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF

VYMI

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Schwab Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +28.5% +24.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +11.3 pts +6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.7% 0.0%

Holdings 889 1574

Net assets, FNDF as of May 31, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $24.6bn $21.4bn

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

FNDF in plain words

FNDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 889 positions, with the top ten at 17.0%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,574 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FNDF or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNDF returned +28.5% and VYMI +24.1%.
Which is cheaper, FNDF or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FNDF and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 1% of FNDF and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FNDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FNDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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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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