ETF comparison
ESGE vs VEA
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and VEA would leave roughly 5.3% 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
VEA is 22 bps cheaper than ESGE. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for ESGE.
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 ESGE vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.25% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.55% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 3 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.94% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.65% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 5 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.70% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.12% |
| 7 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.60% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. | 0.56% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.22% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION | 0.26% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Lenovo Group Limited | 1.05% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in ESGE
247 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 15.08%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.56%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.71%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.41%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.19%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.09%
- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. 1.05%
- Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.84%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.82%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.80%
Only in VEA
3,822 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
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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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