ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWS
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWS would leave roughly 1.8% 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 30 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 EWS.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.65% | 23.81% | 0.65% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.35% | 22.28% | 0.35% |
| 3 | SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED | 0.25% | 0.52% | 0.25% |
| 4 | KEPPEL LTD. | 0.14% | 4.32% | 0.14% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 0.14% | 3.47% | 0.14% |
| 6 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 0.10% | 4.12% | 0.10% |
| 7 | SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD | 0.10% | 3.29% | 0.10% |
| 8 | WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0.10% | 3.71% | 0.10% |
Only in ESGD
343 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%
Only in EWS
9 total- SEA LIMITED 4.92%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 4.68%
- SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED 3.86%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.82%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 3.75%
- SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 3.73%
- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 3.30%
- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 2.72%
- CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED 1.17%
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- EWS vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 1.7%
- EWS vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 1.6%
- EWS vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 1.6%
- EWS vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 1.6%
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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