ETF comparison
ESGD vs HEDJ
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
Holdings overlap
47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and HEDJ would leave roughly 16.9% 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 38 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $380/yr more in fees for HEDJ.
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 HEDJ.
Top shared holdings
47 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In HEDJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 3.11% | 7.50% | 3.11% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.24% | 4.19% | 1.24% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 1.03% | 1.40% | 1.03% |
| 4 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.00% | 1.88% | 1.00% |
| 5 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.81% | 0.88% | 0.81% |
| 6 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 0.61% | 6.34% | 0.61% |
| 7 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.59% | 4.84% | 0.59% |
| 8 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.58% | 3.96% | 0.58% |
| 9 | L'OREAL SA | 0.50% | 3.05% | 0.50% |
| 10 | Airbus SE | 0.45% | 0.97% | 0.45% |
| 11 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA | 0.44% | 2.62% | 0.44% |
| 12 | DANONE SA | 0.43% | 1.45% | 0.43% |
Only in ESGD
312 total- Novartis AG 1.58%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.38%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Nestle S.A. 1.13%
- ABB Ltd 1.13%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.10%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.92%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.90%
- SHELL PLC 0.88%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.85%
Only in HEDJ
83 total- BASF SE 1.94%
- DAIMLER TRUCK HOLDING AG 1.63%
- TENARIS SA 1.48%
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SA 1.46%
- MAPFRE SA 1.21%
- FERROVIAL NV 1.18%
- KONE CORP 1.16%
- KONINKLIJKE AHOLD DELHAIZE NV 1.14%
- KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV 0.96%
- TALANX AG 0.95%
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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%
More comparisons with HEDJ
- HEDJ vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 16.8%
- HEDJ vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 16.2%
- HEDJ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 15.4%
- HEDJ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 13.5%
- HEDJ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 12.7%
- HEDJ vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 12.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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