ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWU
Both International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWU would leave roughly 13.7% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGD is 30 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 10.95% | 1.55% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 7.93% | 1.00% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.96% | 7.59% | 0.96% |
| 4 | UNILEVER PLC | 0.77% | 4.33% | 0.77% |
| 5 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.68% | 5.28% | 0.68% |
| 6 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 0.64% | 2.44% | 0.64% |
| 7 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.52% | 2.50% | 0.52% |
| 8 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.45% | 2.67% | 0.45% |
| 9 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.44% | 2.80% | 0.44% |
| 10 | DIAGEO PLC | 0.43% | 1.59% | 0.43% |
| 11 | GSK PLC | 0.41% | 3.17% | 0.41% |
| 12 | RELX PLC | 0.36% | 1.97% | 0.36% |
Only in ESGD
311 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.14%
- 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%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.99%
- ABB Ltd 0.99%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.96%
Only in EWU
28 total- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 3.46%
- RIO TINTO PLC 3.40%
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.91%
- IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC 0.78%
- NEXT PLC 0.74%
- INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC 0.70%
- HALMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.55%
- BT GROUP PLC 0.49%
- UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC 0.44%
- Coca-Cola HBC AG 0.38%
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- ESGD vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.6%
- ESGD vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 9.4%
- 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%
More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 13.6%
- EWU vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 13.2%
- EWU vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.1%
- EWU vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 10.7%
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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