EWC vs SCHF overlap - what they share and where they differ

EWC and SCHF share 10.1% of their weight across 75 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

EWC and SCHF

10.1%

75 shared positions

EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 83 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 44.1%·Holdings of EWC

SCHF

Schwab International Equity ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 1,375 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 15.1%·Holdings of SCHF

Reported positions cover EWC 100%, SCHF 99% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

SCHF vs EWC side by side

EWCiShares MSCI Canada ETF

83

stock positions reported to the SEC

3.7% of its weight is in 8 names SCHF does not hold

SCHFSchwab International Equity ETF

1,375

stock positions reported to the SEC

88.2% of its weight is in 1,300 names EWC does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

EWC
SCHF
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Financial Services
28.3%
9.0%
Basic Materials
15.6%
3.4%
Energy
14.1%
4.1%
Technology
7.8%
8.3%
Industrials
6.3%
0.0%
Healthcare
0.0%
4.0%

The widest gap is Financial Services: EWC has 19.3 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EWCSCHF
Filing dateAug 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported831,375
Weight of the ten largest44.1%15.1%
Largest positionRY 9.0%SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3.3%
Held alone8 positions, 3.7%1,300 positions, 88.2%
Covered by stock positions100%99%

Holdings they share

StockIn EWCIn SCHFCounted
RYROYAL BANK OF CANADA8.98%0.90%0.90%
TDTHE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK6.30%0.64%0.64%
SHOPSHOPIFY INC.5.68%0.49%0.49%
ENBEnbridge Inc.3.47%0.40%0.40%
BMOBANK OF MONTREAL3.69%0.39%0.39%
CMCANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE3.28%0.34%0.34%
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA3.55%0.34%0.34%
BROOKFIELD CORPBrookfield Corporation2.59%0.32%0.32%
AEMAGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED3.24%0.31%0.31%
CNQCANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED3.29%0.31%0.31%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in EWC

CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE INC.1.43%
LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED0.76%
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.0.42%
METRO INC.0.38%
CCL INDUSTRIES INC.0.31%
CANADIAN UTILITIES LIMITED0.15%
BRHC HOLDINGS LTD.0.14%
EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED0.12%

Only in SCHF

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Samsung Electronics Co Ltd3.32%
SKHYSK hynix Inc2.81%
ASMLASML Holding NV2.10%
HSBCHSBC Holdings PLC1.08%
MUFGMitsubishi Corp1.04%
ROCHE HOLDING AG1.03%
NVSNovartis AG0.97%
AZNAstraZeneca PLC0.93%
NESTLE S.A.Nestle SA0.88%
SHELShell PLC0.80%

Questions people ask

Is EWC the same as SCHF?

10.1% of their weight sits in the same 75 holdings. EWC also reports CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE INC., LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED, ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC., which the other does not. SCHF also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, ASML, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EWC and SCHF measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of EWC and 99% of SCHF, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, SCHF or EWC?

EWC reports 83 stock positions and SCHF reports 1,375. 3.7% of EWC's weight sits in names SCHF does not hold, and 88.2% of SCHF's weight in names EWC does not hold. The ten largest positions are 44.1% of EWC and 15.1% of SCHF.

How do EWC and SCHF differ by sector?

The widest gap is Financial Services: EWC has 19.3 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.