ETF comparison
ESGDvsIEFA
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 roughly62.5%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 thecost 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% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.38% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.58% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.10% | 1.16% | 1.10% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.13% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.24% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 8 | SHELL PLC | 0.88% | 1.02% | 0.88% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.90% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.82% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.92% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 1.03% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
Only in ESGD
1 total- OCTAVE INTELLIGENCE PLC0.02%
Only in IEFA
2,263 total- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.0.50%
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA0.49%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA0.41%
- MITSUI & CO., LTD.0.37%
- VINCI SA0.29%
- Investor Aktiebolag0.29%
- BASF SE0.23%
- Deutsche Post AG0.21%
- COMPASS GROUP PLC0.19%
- RWE Aktiengesellschaft0.18%
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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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