Schwab Intl Small-Cap Equity
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Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-US Liquid Index. |
Category | International Equities |
Fund Sponsor | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc |
Website | www.schwabetfs.com |
Inception date | Jan 13, 2010 |
Assets (mns) | $2,419 |
Currency | USD |
Expense ratio | 12 bp |
Distributions | Annually |
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Custodian | State Street Bank & Trust |
Weighting | Market Cap |
Index replication | Optimized |
Uses derivatives | No |
Options available | Yes |
No. of constituents | 2072 |
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) | $2,085 |
Large cap (>$10bn) | 1.3% |
Mid cap ($2-10bn) | 46.7% |
Small cap (<$2bn) | 51.9% |
Developed mkts | 94.9% |
Emerging mkts | 5.1% |
OPEN TEXT CORP | 0.6 % |
EMERA INC | 0.5 % |
KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD LTD. | 0.5 % |
CAE INC | 0.4 % |
GENIVAR INC | 0.4 % |
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES | 0.4 % |
CAN APARTMENT PROP REAL ESTA | 0.4 % |
CCL INDUSTRIES INC - CL B | 0.3 % |
FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD | 0.3 % |
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC | 0.3 % | Total | 4.1 % |
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CANADA | 17.2 % |
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JAPAN | 15.0 % |
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BRITAIN | 12.2 % |
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AUSTRALIA | 4.7 % |
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GERMANY | 3.9 % |
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SWEDEN | 3.7 % |
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SOUTH KOREA | 3.4 % |
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SWITZERLAND | 3.3 % |
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ITALY | 2.2 % |
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FRANCE | 2.2 % |
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 

Custom date range | Compare to | ||
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Year-to-date | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Incep. |
17.2% | 9.7% | 5.0% | -- | 6.5% |
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P500 | 0.86 | 72% |
MSCI EAFE | 1.05 | 90% |
MSCI Emg. Mkts. | 0.77 | 76% |
Recent close | $34.17 |
30d moving avg. | $33.59 |
Annualized volatility | 12.2% |
Short interest (ETF) | 0.5% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 70 |
Avg. volume (thou.) | 162 |
Turnover | 0.2% |
Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.06% |
ADV underlying (mns) | $6,939 |
FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS
Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the Schwab Intl Small-Cap Equity ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with SCHC. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.
Benchmark ticker: | SCHC | Expense: | 12 bp | ALTAR Score™: | 6.4% |
Ticker | Fund Name |
Overlap1 vs SCHC (%) |
Expense ratio (bp) |
Savings vs SCHC (bp) |
ALTAR Score™ (%) |
ALTAR vs SCHC (%) |
VSS | Vanguard FTSE All World ex-US Small Cap | 61.4 | 12 | 0 | 6.5 | +0.1 |
SCZ | iShares MSCI EAFE Small Cap | 44.4 | 39 | -27 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
PDN | Invesco FTSE RAFI Developed Mkts ex-US Small-Mid Cap | 40.0 | 49 | -37 | 6.4 | +0.0 |
GWX | SPDR International SmallCap | 38.7 | 40 | -28 | 4.6 | -1.8 |
FNDC | Schwab Fundamental Intl Small Cap | 38.4 | 39 | -27 | 4.5 | -1.9 |
IEUS | iShares MSCI Europe Small Cap | 38.1 | 40 | -28 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
DDLS | WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Int'l SmallCap | 26.1 | 43 | -31 | 8.3 | +1.9 |
DLS | WisdomTree Int'l SmallCap Dividend | 24.0 | 58 | -46 | 8.1 | +1.7 |
ISDS | Invesco Strategic Developed ex-US Small Company | 22.7 | 35 | -23 | 5.1 | -1.3 |
TLTD | FlexShares Mngstr Developed Mkts ex-US Factor Tilt | 19.2 | 39 | -27 | 8.3 | +1.9 |
ISCF | iShares FactorSelect MSCI Intl Small-Cap | 17.0 | 40 | -28 | 6.9 | +0.5 |
AVDV | Avantis International Small Cap Value | 15.4 | 36 | -24 | 7.0 | +0.6 |
SCJ | iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap | 14.6 | 47 | -35 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
AVDE | Avantis International Equity | 13.4 | 23 | -11 | 7.5 | +1.1 |
DFE | WisdomTree Europe Small Cap Dividend | 12.7 | 58 | -46 | 8.7 | +2.4 |
DFJ | WisdomTree Japan Small Cap Dividend | 12.7 | 58 | -46 | 7.8 | +1.4 |
DXJS | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Small | 12.7 | 58 | -46 | 7.9 | +1.5 |
EWUS | iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap | 12.3 | 59 | -47 | 7.3 | +1.0 |
EUSC | WisdomTree Europe Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund | 11.4 | 58 | -46 | 7.4 | +1.0 |
FDTS | First Trust Dev Mkts ex-US Small Cap Alpha | 11.3 | 80 | -68 | 9.1 | +2.7 |
1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.
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RESULTS & ESTIMATES
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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS
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Asset turnover | **% | Assets-to-equity | **x |
*Six months ago = 100 |
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VALUATION METRICS
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UNDERWEIGHT |
Below average appreciation potential. A rating of UNDERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 2nd quintile (ranking higher than only 20%-40%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at relatively expensive valuations and/or having below-average fundamentals. |
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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY
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CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS
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