ETF comparison
ESGD vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
352 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and VEA would leave roughly 50.7% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 17 bps cheaper than ESGD. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
352 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 3.11% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.38% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.58% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.10% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.13% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.24% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | SHELL PLC | 0.88% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.82% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.81% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.92% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.59% | 0.62% | 0.59% |
Only in ESGD
7 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.26%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.14%
- SEA LIMITED 0.09%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.09%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.08%
- OCTAVE INTELLIGENCE PLC 0.02%
- CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD 0.02%
Only in VEA
3,510 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.63%
- Kioxia Holdings Corp 0.60%
- British American Tobacco PLC 0.39%
- Bank of Montreal 0.39%
- Cie Financiere Richemont SA 0.38%
- Enbridge Inc 0.37%
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- VEA vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 46.6%
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- VEA vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 43.3%
- VEA vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 40.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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