ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWL
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWL would leave roughly 9.7% 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 EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 EWL.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis AG | 1.58% | 13.56% | 1.58% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 14.03% | 1.20% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 1.13% | 12.34% | 1.13% |
| 4 | ABB Ltd | 1.13% | 5.41% | 1.13% |
| 5 | UBS Group AG | 0.67% | 5.13% | 0.67% |
| 6 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.63% | 4.44% | 0.63% |
| 7 | Lonza Group AG | 0.36% | 2.35% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Alcon AG | 0.32% | 1.77% | 0.32% |
| 9 | Swiss Prime Site AG | 0.28% | 0.87% | 0.28% |
| 10 | Swiss Life Holding AG | 0.26% | 1.69% | 0.26% |
| 11 | Swiss Re AG | 0.24% | 2.32% | 0.24% |
| 12 | Givaudan SA | 0.22% | 1.83% | 0.22% |
Only in ESGD
335 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.11%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.38%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.24%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.10%
- SAP SE 1.03%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.00%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.92%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.90%
- SHELL PLC 0.88%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.85%
Only in EWL
16 total- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 4.78%
- Sandoz Group AG 1.93%
- Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 1.37%
- Partners Group Holding AG 1.32%
- Swisscom AG 1.29%
- Schindler Holding AG 0.84%
- Straumann Holding AG 0.83%
- Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 0.78%
- Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 0.68%
- The Swatch Group Ltd 0.62%
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- EWL vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 9.3%
- EWL vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 9.1%
- EWL vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 8.8%
- EWL vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 8.1%
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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