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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.

FUND BASICS
Category	International Equities
Fund Sponsor	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc
Website	www.schwabetfs.com
Inception date	Jan 13, 2010
Assets (mns)	$2,521
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	12 bp
Distributions	Annually

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	State Street Bank & Trust
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication	Optimized
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	2118
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$2,144
Large cap (>$10bn)	1.3%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	49.6%
Small cap (<$2bn)	49.0%
Developed mkts	94.7%
Emerging mkts	5.3%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	4.1 %
OPEN TEXT CORP	0.6 %
EMERA INC	0.5 %
KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD LTD.	0.4 %
CAE INC	0.4 %
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES	0.4 %
GENIVAR INC	0.4 %
FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD	0.3 %
CAN APARTMENT PROP REAL ESTA	0.3 %
CCL INDUSTRIES INC - CL B	0.3 %
ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V.	0.3 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	CANADA	17.0 %
	JAPAN	14.2 %
	BRITAIN	11.9 %
	AUSTRALIA	4.8 %
	GERMANY	3.9 %
	SWEDEN	3.8 %
	SOUTH KOREA	3.5 %
	SWITZERLAND	3.5 %
	FRANCE	2.2 %
	ITALY	2.2 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
23.0%	23.0%	6.4%	--	7.0%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.87	71%
MSCI EAFE	1.08	90%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.76	78%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$34.68
30d moving avg.	$34.35
Annualized volatility	12.5%
Short interest (ETF)	0.6%
Relative strength (RSI)	60

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	254
Turnover	0.4%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.07%
ADV underlying (mns)	$6,149

Distributions

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™:

6.3%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH SCHC
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	61.7	12	0	6.2	-0.1
SCZ	iShares MSCI EAFE Small Cap	44.7	39	-27	6.0	-0.3
PDN	Invesco FTSE RAFI Developed Mkts ex-US Small-Mid Cap	39.9	49	-37	6.3	+0.0
GWX	SPDR International SmallCap	38.6	40	-28	4.5	-1.8
IEUS	iShares MSCI Europe Small Cap	38.3	40	-28	6.1	-0.2
FNDC	Schwab Fundamental Intl Small Cap	37.9	39	-27	4.4	-1.9
DDLS	WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Int'l SmallCap	26.0	43	-31	8.0	+1.7
DLS	WisdomTree Int'l SmallCap Dividend	24.1	58	-46	8.0	+1.7
ISDS	Invesco Strategic Developed ex-US Small Company	22.6	35	-23	5.0	-1.3
TLTD	FlexShares Mngstr Developed Mkts ex-US Factor Tilt	19.0	39	-27	8.1	+1.8
ISCF	iShares FactorSelect MSCI Intl Small-Cap	17.0	40	-28	7.0	+0.7
AVDV	Avantis International Small Cap Value	15.5	36	-24	7.1	+0.8
SCJ	iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap	13.6	47	-35	6.1	-0.2
AVDE	Avantis International Equity	13.5	23	-11	7.3	+1.0
DFE	WisdomTree Europe Small Cap Dividend	13.0	58	-46	8.6	+2.3
EWUS	iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap	12.3	59	-47	7.3	+1.0
DXJS	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Small	11.8	58	-46	7.7	+1.4
DFJ	WisdomTree Japan Small Cap Dividend	11.8	58	-46	7.9	+1.6
EUSC	WisdomTree Europe Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund	11.4	58	-46	7.4	+1.1
FDTS	First Trust Dev Mkts ex-US Small Cap Alpha	11.3	80	-68	8.7	+2.4

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

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
Sales per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Earnings per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	Schwab Intl Small-Cap Equity
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

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.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	8.0	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.3	x
Less: Expense ratio	12	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	6.3	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.59	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.63

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.