ETF comparison
EPP vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and ESGD would leave roughly 10.2% 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
ESGD is 27 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for EPP.
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 EPP vs ESGD.
Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 10.07% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.06% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 5.28% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 4 | AIA Group Limited | 4.29% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 5 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.57% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 6 | TRANSURBAN GROUP | 1.34% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.56% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 8 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.61% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 3.41% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 10 | BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 1.05% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 11 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.77% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 12 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 1.86% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
Only in EPP
52 total- RIO TINTO LIMITED 1.96%
- SEA LIMITED 1.80%
- GOODMAN GROUP 1.66%
- WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED 1.48%
- CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 1.01%
- TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 1.00%
- COLES GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- FORTESCUE LTD 0.86%
- SANTOS LIMITED 0.79%
- CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.70%
Only in ESGD
310 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.14%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.55%
- Novartis AG 1.47%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.23%
- SAP SE 1.21%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Allianz SE 1.07%
- Nestle S.A. 1.07%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.99%
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- ESGD vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 8.7%
- ESGD vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 6.6%
- ESGD vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 4.6%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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