ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWL
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF
Holdings overlap
25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWL would leave roughly 10.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGD is 30 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 EWL.
Top shared holdings
25 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis AG | 1.76% | 14.11% | 1.76% |
| 2 | Nestle SA | 1.17% | 12.46% | 1.17% |
| 3 | ABB Ltd | 1.07% | 5.11% | 1.07% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.98% | 14.78% | 0.98% |
| 5 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.71% | 4.11% | 0.71% |
| 6 | UBS Group AG | 0.60% | 5.54% | 0.60% |
| 7 | Lonza Group AG | 0.36% | 2.44% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Alcon AG | 0.35% | 2.20% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Swiss Prime Site AG | 0.33% | 0.94% | 0.33% |
| 10 | Swiss Re AG | 0.31% | 2.60% | 0.31% |
| 11 | Swiss Life Holding AG | 0.28% | 1.70% | 0.28% |
| 12 | Givaudan SA | 0.23% | 1.88% | 0.23% |
Only in ESGD
337 total- ASML Holding NV 2.80%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.36%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.22%
- Siemens AG 1.11%
- SAP SE 1.06%
- Schneider Electric SE 1.01%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.93%
- Shell PLC 0.85%
- Iberdrola SA 0.85%
- Banco Santander SA 0.81%
Only in EWL
15 total- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 3.91%
- Sandoz Group AG 1.93%
- Swisscom AG 1.35%
- Partners Group Holding AG 1.33%
- Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 1.32%
- Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 0.99%
- Schindler Holding AG 0.91%
- Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 0.90%
- Schindler Holding AG 0.59%
- The Swatch Group Ltd 0.55%
Open ESGD or EWL at a brokerage
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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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