ETF comparison
EPP vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
42 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and ESGD would leave roughly 10.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGD is 27 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for EPP.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EPP vs ESGD.
Top shared holdings
42 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 3 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 4 | TRANSURBAN GROUP | 1.46% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 5 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 8 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 1.83% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 9 | BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 1.01% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 10 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 11 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 12 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
Only in EPP
51 total- RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.19%
- GOODMAN GROUP 2.03%
- WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED 1.36%
- SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1.11%
- CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 1.07%
- TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 0.96%
- COLES GROUP LIMITED 0.91%
- CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.72%
- TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED 0.64%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.62%
Only in ESGD
317 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.11%
- Novartis AG 1.58%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.38%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.24%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Nestle S.A. 1.13%
- ABB Ltd 1.13%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.10%
- SAP SE 1.03%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.00%
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- EPP vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 7.9%
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- ESGD vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 8.6%
- ESGD vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 6.5%
- ESGD vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 4.2%
- ESGD vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 4.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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