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ETF comparison

ESGD vs IEMG

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and IEMG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGD unmatched 98.9% Shared 0.0% IEMG unmatched 99.5%

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.

In ESGD only
351 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IEMG only
2,901 positions

Side by side

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$11.77B
TTM yield
3.30%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$145.91B
TTM yield
2.44%
Top-10 conc.
32.7%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
91
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
94
Concentration
68
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Tracking quality
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ESGD sub-score IEMG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEMG is 11 bps cheaper than ESGD. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for ESGD.

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 IEMG.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in ESGD

351 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 IEMG

2,901 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.17%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.28%
  • SK hynix Inc. 4.76%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.52%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.27%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.80%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.77%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.73%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.68%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.