ETF comparison
EFA vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
349 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and ESGD would leave roughly 71.8% 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
ESGD is 12 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for EFA.
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 EFA vs ESGD.
Top shared holdings
349 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 3.14% | 2.90% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 1.47% | 1.30% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 1.23% | 1.10% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 8 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 10 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 0.96% | 0.95% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.08% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 0.87% | 1.21% | 0.87% |
Only in EFA
325 total- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.58%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.55%
- RIO TINTO PLC 0.47%
- MITSUI & CO., LTD. 0.33%
- VINCI SA 0.30%
- BASF SE 0.24%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 0.22%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 0.20%
- RWE Aktiengesellschaft 0.19%
- SUMITOMO CORPORATION 0.19%
Only in ESGD
2 total- DIPLOMA PLC 0.11%
- Isracard Ltd. 0.00%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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