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 63.6% 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
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 N.V. | 3.11% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.38% | 1.42% | 1.38% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.58% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.13% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.10% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.24% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 8 | SHELL PLC | 0.88% | 1.00% | 0.88% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.92% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.82% | 0.93% | 0.82% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.90% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 1.03% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
Only in ESGD
1 total- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 0.09%
Only in IEFA
2,255 total- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.49%
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA 0.49%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.48%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation 0.34%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- MITSUI & CO., LTD. 0.28%
- VINCI SA 0.26%
- Deutsche Post AG 0.24%
- COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.21%
- BASF SE 0.20%
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- IEFA vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 59.9%
- IEFA vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 59.5%
- IEFA vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 59.4%
- IEFA vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 57.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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