ETF comparison
ESGD vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
358 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and IEFA would leave roughly 60.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEFA is 13 bps cheaper than ESGD. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for ESGD.
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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
358 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 2.80% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.36% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 3 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.22% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.76% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 1.17% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 6 | Siemens AG | 1.11% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 7 | Shell PLC | 0.85% | 1.02% | 0.85% |
| 8 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.93% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.76% | 0.80% | 0.76% |
| 10 | BHP Group Ltd | 0.76% | 0.79% | 0.76% |
| 11 | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.80% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 12 | Banco Santander SA | 0.81% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
Only in ESGD
4 total- Roche Holding AG 0.98%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.16%
- JDE Peet's NV 0.09%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.07%
Only in IEFA
2,263 total- Roche Holding AG 1.13%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.50%
- RIO TINTO PLC 0.45%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.41%
- MITSUI & CO., LTD. 0.37%
- VINCI SA 0.29%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- BASF SE 0.23%
- Deutsche Post AG 0.21%
- COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.19%
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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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