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MFSI vs SCHF: Differences, Returns & Fees

MFSI and SCHF hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and SCHF returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets on May 31, 2026: $1.1bn for MFS Active International ETF and $66.5bn for Schwab International Equity ETF.

SCHF costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points; SCHF is far larger, $66.5bn against $1.1bn.

MFSISCHF
Expense ratio0.59%0.03%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026$1.1bn$66.5bn
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+20.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Developed ex US Index
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.9%14.8%
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 10, 20264.6%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+11.3%
MFSI total return, 1 year
+20.3%
SCHF total return, 1 year
0.59%
MFSI expense ratio
0.03%
SCHF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MFSI and SCHF hold 21% 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.

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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding MFSI SCHF
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.02% 3.32%
Roche Holding AG 1.87% 0.99%
Novartis AG 1.80% 0.97%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.66% 0.90%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.74% 0.64%
SAP SE 1.25% 0.62%
Nestle SA 0.60% 0.88%
Schneider Electric SE 1.99% 0.57%
TotalEnergies SE 1.69% 0.53%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.78% 0.51%
UBS Group AG 1.20% 0.50%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 0.89% 0.47%
Only in MFSI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 7.86%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.26%
AIA Group Ltd 1.41%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 1.32%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.28%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.17%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.12%
Credicorp Ltd 0.85%
Only in SCHF
SK hynix Inc 2.81%
ASML Holding NV 2.10%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.08%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.93%
Shell PLC 0.80%
Siemens AG 0.77%
BHP Group Ltd 0.74%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.69%

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On the same fields

MFSI
MFS Active International ETF
SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer MFS Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of International Equity
Total return, 1 year +11.3% +20.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −6.0 pts +3.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 93 1476
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026 $1.1bn $66.5bn

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

MFSI in plain words

MFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 93 positions, with the top ten at 27.9%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 10, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHF in plain words

SCHF tracks an index of International Equity. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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 4.6% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MFSI or SCHF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MFSI returned +11.3% and SCHF +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, MFSI or SCHF?
SCHF is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MFSI and SCHF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MFSI and 0% of SCHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
MFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗MFS website ↗SCHF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHF 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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