ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWU
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
45 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWU would leave roughly 13.4% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
45 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.38% | 10.06% | 1.38% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.10% | 8.98% | 1.10% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 0.88% | 7.51% | 0.88% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.61% | 4.71% | 0.61% |
| 5 | UNILEVER PLC | 0.60% | 3.83% | 0.60% |
| 6 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 0.55% | 2.49% | 0.55% |
| 7 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.47% | 2.55% | 0.47% |
| 8 | RELX PLC | 0.45% | 1.85% | 0.45% |
| 9 | GSK PLC | 0.42% | 3.21% | 0.42% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.40% | 2.64% | 0.40% |
| 11 | LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC | 0.39% | 1.73% | 0.39% |
| 12 | DIAGEO PLC | 0.38% | 1.42% | 0.38% |
Only in ESGD
314 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.11%
- Novartis AG 1.58%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.24%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Nestle S.A. 1.13%
- ABB Ltd 1.13%
- SAP SE 1.03%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.00%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.92%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.90%
Only in EWU
27 total- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 4.20%
- COMPASS GROUP PLC 1.70%
- EXPERIAN PLC 0.99%
- IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC 0.85%
- HALMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.75%
- INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC 0.69%
- BT GROUP PLC 0.52%
- RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC 0.47%
- UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC 0.42%
- Coca-Cola HBC AG 0.39%
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- ESGD vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 10.1%
- ESGD vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.7%
- ESGD vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 9.4%
- 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%
More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 13.4%
- EWU vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 13.0%
- EWU vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 12.8%
- EWU vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.2%
- EWU vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 10.7%
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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