Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or ESGD?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and ESGD +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, CGIC or ESGD?

ESGD is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGIC and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGIC vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and ESGD hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and CGIC returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF.

ESGD costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

	CGIC	ESGD
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.20%
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026	$2.6bn	$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+13.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.0%	14.2%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.8%

CGIC total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ESGD total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIC expense ratio

0.20%

ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and ESGD hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIC ESGD

ASML Holding NV 2.74% 3.49%

Nestle SA 1.03% 1.03%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 0.98%

TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.89%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76% 1.47%

DBS Group Holdings Ltd 0.94% 0.70%

BNP Paribas SA 0.68% 0.73%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.67% 0.63%

Iberdrola SA 0.55% 0.82%

ITOCHU Corp 0.54% 0.73%

AIA Group Ltd 0.92% 0.53%

CaixaBank SA 0.92% 0.51%

Only in CGIC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.83%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.98%

MediaTek Inc 2.83%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.46%

SK hynix Inc 2.25%

UniCredit SpA 1.39%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.25%

Barrick Mining Corp 1.04%

Only in ESGD

NOVARTIS AG 1.45%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17%

SIEMENS N AG 1.15%

ALLIANZ 1.01%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.96%

INTESA SANPAOLO 0.96%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.94%

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On the same fields

CGIC

Capital Group International Core Equity ETF

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.8% +13.4%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts −3.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%

Holdings 192 337

Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.6bn $11.8bn

CGIC and ESGD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGIC in plain words

CGIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 2% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 192 positions, with the top ten at 26.0%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

ESGD in plain words

ESGD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 337 positions, with the top ten at 14.2%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or ESGD?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or ESGD?: ESGD is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGIC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGIC ↗ESGD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGD ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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