ETF comparison
ESGD vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
210 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and VGK would leave roughly 52.2% 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
VGK is 14 bps cheaper than ESGD. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
210 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 3.14% | 3.95% | 3.14% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 2.27% | 1.55% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.47% | 1.81% | 1.47% |
| 4 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.23% | 1.49% | 1.23% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 1.91% | 1.20% |
| 6 | SAP SE | 1.21% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 7 | Allianz SE | 1.07% | 1.18% | 1.07% |
| 8 | Nestle S.A. | 1.07% | 1.60% | 1.07% |
| 9 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.96% | 1.59% | 0.96% |
| 10 | ABB Ltd | 0.99% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 11 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.86% | 1.13% | 0.86% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.85% | 1.05% | 0.85% |
Only in ESGD
141 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.96%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.96%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.89%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.87%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.83%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.82%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.82%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.73%
- Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.72%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 0.67%
Only in VGK
1,018 total- Cie Financiere Richemont SA 0.78%
- British American Tobacco PLC 0.77%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.63%
- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- Vinci SA 0.43%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- BASF SE 0.32%
- RWE AG 0.29%
- Cie de Saint-Gobain SA 0.26%
- Orange SA 0.25%
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- ESGD vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 49.2%
- ESGD vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 48.6%
- ESGD vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 46.8%
More comparisons with VGK
- VGK vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 47.7%
- VGK vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 47.7%
- VGK vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 47.7%
- VGK vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 46.9%
- VGK vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 46.2%
- VGK vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 46.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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