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Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index Fund
mutual fund
SFENX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$9.72
+0.08
+0.83%
primary theme
Emerging Markets Equity
share class
SFENX (Mutual Fund)
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index Fund
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$9.72
+0.08
+0.83%
primary theme
Emerging Markets Equity
share class
SFENX (Mutual Fund)
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index Fund
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$9.72
+0.08
+0.83%
primary theme
Emerging Markets Equity
share class
Name
As of 12/03/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.
Exp Ratio
Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
Watchlist
$9.72
$932 M
4.42%
$0.43
0.39%
Vitals
YTD Return
14.2%
1 yr return
20.0%
3 Yr Avg Return
4.1%
5 Yr Avg Return
5.5%
Net Assets
$932 M
Holdings in Top 10
26.6%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
$9.6
N/A
N/A
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 0.39%
SALES FEES
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover 32.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
$0
IRA
N/A
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
Name
As of 12/03/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.
Exp Ratio
Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
Watchlist
$9.72
$932 M
4.42%
$0.43
0.39%
SFENX - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return 14.2%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 4.1%
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 5.5%
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
- Net Income Ratio 3.75%
- Dividend Yield 4.4%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual
Fund Details
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Legal NameSchwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index Fund
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Fund Family NameSCHFLFSETF
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Inception DateJan 31, 2008
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Shares Outstanding79779023
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Share ClassOther
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
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ManagerChuck Craig
Fund Description
To pursue its goal, the fund generally invests in stocks that are included in the RAFI Fundamental High Liquidity Emerging Markets Index†. The index selects, ranks, and weights securities by fundamental measures of company size – adjusted sales, retained operating cash flow, and dividends plus buybacks – rather than market capitalization. The index measures the performance of the large company size segment by fundamental overall company scores (scores), which are created using as the universe the emerging markets companies in the RAFI Global Equity Investable Universe (the parent universe). Securities are grouped in order of decreasing score and each company receives a weight based on its percentage of the total scores of the emerging markets companies within the parent universe. The index is comprised of the largest emerging markets companies by fundamental size. The top 87.5% of the companies by cumulative fundamental score are included in the index. The companies included in the index, and their respective
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Index ownership – The RAFI Fundamental High Liquidity Emerging Markets Index (the Index) is a service mark of RAFI Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively, RAFI) and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. The intellectual and other property rights to the Index are owned by or licensed to RAFI. The Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by RAFI, its agents or service providers (collectively, the RAFI Parties). The RAFI Parties: (i) make no representation or warranty as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Index or otherwise; and (ii) shall not be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index. For full disclaimer, please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
weights, are determined annually and are implemented using a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments and each segment is rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis. The method of calculating the components of the index is subject to change.
It is the fund’s policy that, under normal circumstances, it will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) in stocks included in the index, including depositary receipts representing securities of the index; which may be in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs). The fund will notify its shareholders at least 60 days before changing this policy. The fund may sell securities that are represented in the index in anticipation of their removal from the index, or buy securities that are not yet represented in the index in anticipation of their addition to the index. The fund does not hedge its exposure to foreign currencies. However, the fund may use forward contracts to lock in exchange rates for the portfolio securities purchased or sold, but awaiting settlement. These transactions establish a rate of exchange that can be expected to be received upon settlement of the securities.
Under normal circumstances, the fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities not included in the index. The principal types of these investments include, but are not limited to, those that the investment adviser believes will help the fund track the index, such as investments in (a) securities that are not represented in the index but the investment adviser anticipates will be added to the index or as necessary to reflect various corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs), (b) other investment companies, and (c) derivatives, principally futures contracts. The fund may use futures contracts and other derivatives primarily to (a) seek returns on the fund’s otherwise uninvested cash assets to help it better track the index and (b) obtain exposure substantially similar to that provided by certain securities included in the index which the fund may not be able to purchase or hold directly due to restrictions and/or regulations on investments in the applicable local markets. The fund may also invest in cash and cash equivalents, including money market funds, and may lend its securities to minimize the difference in performance that naturally exists between an index fund and its corresponding index.
Because it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the stocks in the index, the investment adviser seeks to track the total return of the index by using sampling techniques. Sampling techniques involve investing in a limited number of index securities which, when taken together, are expected to perform similarly to the index as a whole. These techniques are based on a variety of factors, including performance attributes, tax considerations, capitalization, dividend yield, price/earnings ratio, industry factors, risk factors and other characteristics. The fund generally expects that its portfolio will hold less than the total number of securities in the index, but reserves the right to hold as many securities as it believes necessary to achieve the fund’s investment objective. The fund generally expects that its portfolio characteristics will be similar to those of the index.
The investment adviser seeks to achieve, over time, a correlation between the fund’s performance and that of the index, before fees
and expenses, of 95% or better. However, there can be no guarantee that the fund will achieve a high degree of correlation with the index. A number of factors may affect the fund’s ability to achieve a high correlation with the index, including the number of index securities held by the fund as part of the sampling techniques. The correlation between the performance of the fund and the index may also diverge due to transaction costs, asset valuations, corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs), timing variances, and differences between the fund’s portfolio and the index resulting from legal restrictions (such as diversification requirements) that apply to the fund but not to the index.
The fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its assets) in a particular industry, group of industries or sector to approximately the extent that the index the fund is designed to track is also so concentrated.
SFENX - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
| Period | SFENX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | 14.2% | -11.8% | 37.0% | 9.42% |
| 1 Yr | 20.0% | -8.2% | 39.5% | 9.84% |
| 3 Yr | 4.1%* | -11.0% | 11.8% | 8.42% |
| 5 Yr | 5.5%* | -5.1% | 12.1% | 23.93% |
| 10 Yr | 5.3%* | -1.8% | 6.6% | 11.87% |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
| Period | SFENX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.2% | -6.5% | 35.5% | 46.02% |
| 2022 | -19.9% | -50.1% | -2.4% | 16.86% |
| 2021 | 8.8% | -33.1% | 22.5% | 5.12% |
| 2020 | -5.8% | -22.1% | 80.1% | 97.89% |
| 2019 | 15.0% | -0.7% | 42.0% | 73.61% |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
| Period | SFENX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | 14.2% | -11.8% | 37.0% | 9.42% |
| 1 Yr | 20.0% | -8.2% | 39.5% | 9.84% |
| 3 Yr | 4.1%* | -11.0% | 11.8% | 8.42% |
| 5 Yr | 5.5%* | -5.1% | 12.1% | 23.93% |
| 10 Yr | 5.3%* | -1.8% | 6.6% | 11.87% |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
| Period | SFENX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.9% | -1.0% | 42.0% | 26.14% |
| 2022 | -15.5% | -42.2% | 1.9% | 11.88% |
| 2021 | 13.9% | -32.5% | 33.1% | 8.23% |
| 2020 | -3.0% | -20.0% | 81.6% | 97.73% |
| 2019 | 19.5% | 2.3% | 42.0% | 60.00% |
NAV & Total Return History
SFENX - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
| SFENX | Category Low | Category High | SFENX % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets | 932 M | 682 K | 103 B | 37.73% |
| Number of Holdings | 376 | 2 | 7534 | 17.30% |
| Net Assets in Top 10 | 233 M | 290 K | 23.8 B | 42.27% |
| Weighting of Top 10 | 26.57% | 2.9% | 101.1% | 80.82% |
Top 10 Holdings
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.29%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 4.30%
- China Construction Bank Corp 3.48%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.53%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.32%
- Industrial Commercial Bank of China Ltd 1.94%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA 1.86%
- Vale SA 1.84%
- China Petroleum Chemical Corp 1.52%
- Bank of China Ltd 1.49%
Asset Allocation
| Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SFENX % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stocks | 94.39% | 0.00% | 103.28% | 79.29% |
| Preferred Stocks | 3.87% | 0.00% | 13.31% | 9.36% |
| Cash | 1.75% | -2.03% | 100.35% | 51.06% |
| Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.40% | 91.71% |
| Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 95.13% | 92.48% |
| Other | -0.01% | -1.11% | 39.53% | 98.30% |
Stock Sector Breakdown
| Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SFENX % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 30.47% | 0.00% | 48.86% | 4.45% |
| Energy | 14.73% | 0.00% | 24.80% | 1.29% |
| Technology | 14.11% | 0.00% | 47.50% | 90.52% |
| Basic Materials | 11.10% | 0.00% | 30.03% | 21.26% |
| Communication Services | 8.88% | 0.00% | 39.29% | 50.72% |
| Consumer Cyclical | 6.33% | 0.00% | 48.94% | 94.97% |
| Consumer Defense | 3.96% | 0.00% | 25.90% | 81.90% |
| Industrials | 3.77% | 0.00% | 43.53% | 82.76% |
| Utilities | 3.09% | 0.00% | 39.12% | 19.97% |
| Real Estate | 2.76% | 0.00% | 17.15% | 21.70% |
| Healthcare | 0.81% | 0.00% | 16.53% | 93.39% |
Stock Geographic Breakdown
| Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SFENX % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non US | 93.72% | 0.00% | 100.52% | 16.31% |
| US | 0.68% | 0.00% | 100.95% | 95.32% |
SFENX - Expenses
Operational Fees
| SFENX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expense Ratio | 0.39% | 0.03% | 29.98% | 94.17% |
| Management Fee | 0.39% | 0.00% | 2.00% | 7.95% |
| 12b-1 Fee | N/A | 0.00% | 1.00% | N/A |
| Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.01% | 0.85% | N/A |
Sales Fees
| SFENX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front Load | N/A | 3.50% | 5.75% | N/A |
| Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 5.00% | N/A |
Trading Fees
| SFENX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 1.00% | 2.00% | 55.65% |
Related Fees
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
| SFENX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 32.00% | 0.00% | 189.00% | 29.02% |
SFENX - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
| SFENX | Category Low | Category High | SFENX % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | 4.42% | 0.00% | 9.74% | 5.82% |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
| SFENX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Distribution Frequency | Annual | Annual | Quarterly | Annual |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
| SFENX | Category Low | Category High | SFENX % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income Ratio | 3.75% | -1.98% | 17.62% | 2.80% |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
| SFENX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Annually | Annually |
Distributions History
| Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2023 | $0.426 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 16, 2022 | $0.425 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 17, 2021 | $0.449 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 18, 2020 | $0.264 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 20, 2019 | $0.363 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 28, 2018 | $0.005 | ExtraDividend |
| Dec 21, 2018 | $0.234 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 29, 2017 | $0.006 | ExtraDividend |
| Dec 18, 2017 | $0.218 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 19, 2016 | $0.165 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 21, 2015 | $0.191 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 22, 2014 | $0.215 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 23, 2013 | $0.178 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 13, 2012 | $0.244 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 08, 2011 | $0.095 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
| Dec 08, 2011 | $0.076 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
| Dec 08, 2011 | $0.224 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 09, 2010 | $0.206 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
| Dec 09, 2010 | $0.152 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
| Dec 09, 2010 | $0.153 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 10, 2009 | $0.081 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 10, 2008 | $0.155 | OrdinaryDividend |
SFENX - Fund Manager Analysis
Managers
Chuck Craig
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Apr 26, 2017
5.1
5.1%
Chuck Craig, CFA, is s Senior Portfolio Manager for Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. Prior to joining CSIM in 2012, Mr. Craig worked at Guggenheim Funds (formerly Claymore Group), where he spent over five years as a managing director of portfolio management & supervision, and three years as vice president of product research and development. Prior to that, he worked as an equity research analyst at First Trust Portfolios (formerly Niké Securities), and a trader and analyst at PMA Securities, Inc.
Christopher Bliss
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Apr 26, 2017
5.1
5.1%
Christopher Bliss, CFA, Vice President and Head of the Passive Equity Team, leads the portfolio management team for Schwab’s Passive Equity Funds and ETFs. Prior to joining CSIM in 2016, Mr. Bliss spent twelve years at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) managing and leading institutional index teams, most recently as a Managing Director and Head of Americas Institutional Index team. Prior to BlackRock, he worked as an equity analyst and portfolio manager for Harris Bretall and before that, as a research analyst for JP Morgan.
David Rios
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Apr 26, 2017
5.1
5.1%
David Rios, Portfolio Manager, has joined Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. in 2008 and became a Portfolio Manager in September 2014. Prior to this role, Mr. Rios served as an Associate Portfolio Manager on the Passive Equity Strategies team for four years. His first role with CSIM was as a trade operation specialist. He also previously worked as a senior fund accountant at Investors Bank & Trust (subsequently acquired by State Street Corporation).
Jane Qin
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Apr 26, 2017
5.1
5.1%
Jane Qin, Portfolio Manage. joined Charles Schwab Investment Management in 2012. Prior to joining CSIM, Ms. Qin spent more than four years at The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. During that time, Ms. Qin spent more than two years as an associate equity portfolio manager and nearly two years as a performance analyst. She also worked at Wells Fargo Funds Management as a mutual fund analyst and at CIGNA Reinsurance in Risk Management group as a risk analyst.
Tenure Analysis
| Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.09 | 33.71 | 6.67 | 13.42 |
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