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ETF comparison

ESGD vs VPL

Both International Developed.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
29.6 %

131 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and VPL would leave roughly 29.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGD unmatched 69.3% Shared 29.6% VPL unmatched 69.8%

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
220 positions
Shared
131 positions
In VPL only
2,206 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%
VPL

Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$12.66B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
2.30%
Top-10 conc.
23.8%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
93
76
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
94
Concentration
80
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Tracking quality
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ESGD sub-score VPL

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

Cost difference

VPL is 13 bps cheaper than ESGD. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 VPL.

Top shared holdings

131 shared in total
# Holding In ESGD In VPL Overlap
1 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.96% 1.77% 0.96%
2 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.96% 1.72% 0.96%
3 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.89% 2.00% 0.89%
4 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.87% 1.28% 0.87%
5 Tokyo Electron Limited 0.83% 1.21% 0.83%
6 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.82% 1.66% 0.82%
7 Sony Group Corporation 0.82% 1.14% 0.82%
8 Hitachi, Ltd. 0.73% 1.19% 0.73%
9 Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.72% 0.88% 0.72%
10 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 0.67% 1.01% 0.67%
11 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.66% 1.18% 0.66%
12 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.65% 0.96% 0.65%

Only in ESGD

220 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 VPL

2,206 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
  • SK hynix Inc 5.18%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.83%
  • Mitsui & Co Ltd 0.62%
  • SK Square Co Ltd 0.51%
  • Japan Tobacco Inc 0.40%
  • Rio Tinto Ltd 0.36%
  • Sumitomo Corp 0.35%
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.35%
  • Goodman Group 0.34%

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.