ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWA
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI Australia ETF
Holdings overlap
26 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWA would leave roughly 6.5% 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 30 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 ESGD vs EWA.
Top shared holdings
26 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.92% | 15.69% | 0.92% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.90% | 13.76% | 0.90% |
| 3 | TRANSURBAN GROUP | 0.46% | 2.32% | 0.46% |
| 4 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 0.41% | 6.14% | 0.41% |
| 5 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 0.35% | 2.89% | 0.35% |
| 6 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 0.34% | 4.31% | 0.34% |
| 7 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 0.30% | 5.71% | 0.30% |
| 8 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.25% | 5.30% | 0.25% |
| 9 | ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED | 0.24% | 1.38% | 0.24% |
| 10 | QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED | 0.22% | 1.70% | 0.22% |
| 11 | BRAMBLES LIMITED | 0.20% | 1.12% | 0.20% |
| 12 | THE LOTTERY CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.19% | 0.60% | 0.19% |
Only in ESGD
333 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%
Only in EWA
20 total- RIO TINTO LIMITED 3.45%
- GOODMAN GROUP 3.22%
- WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED 2.14%
- COLES GROUP LIMITED 1.45%
- TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED 1.02%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.99%
- ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED 0.93%
- INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED 0.90%
- COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED 0.90%
- LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED 0.87%
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More comparisons with EWA
- EWA vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 6.4%
- EWA vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 6.3%
- EWA vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 5.7%
- EWA vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 5.0%
- EWA vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 4.7%
- EWA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 4.3%
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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