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ESGD vs HEFA

Both International Developed.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and HEFA would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGD unmatched 99.0% Shared 0.0% HEFA unmatched 101.2%

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.

In ESGD only
359 positions
Shared
0 positions
In HEFA only
1 positions

Side by side

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$11.87B
TTM yield
3.35%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%
HEFA

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$7.47B
TTM yield
4.05%
Top-10 conc.
100.0%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
65
76
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
94
94
Concentration
94
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Tracking quality
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ESGD sub-score HEFA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ESGD is 15 bps cheaper than HEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for HEFA.

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 HEFA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in ESGD

359 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 HEFA

1 total
  • iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 101.20%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.