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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and ESGD +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, CGIE 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 CGIE and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CGIE vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and ESGD hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and ESGD returned +13.4% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International 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 4.9 points.

	CGIE	ESGD
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.20%
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026	$2.4bn	$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.5%	+13.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.7%	14.2%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+8.5%

CGIE total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ESGD total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIE expense ratio

0.20%

ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and ESGD hold 26% 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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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIE ESGD

ASML Holding NV 4.72% 3.49%

SAP SE 1.72% 1.22%

ABB Ltd 1.69% 1.06%

Nestle SA 1.43% 1.03%

AstraZeneca PLC 2.69% 0.98%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 0.97%

TotalEnergies SE 3.55% 0.89%

Hitachi Ltd 1.36% 0.83%

Sony Group Corp 1.05% 0.83%

Iberdrola SA 1.80% 0.82%

Schneider Electric SE 1.15% 0.78%

BNP Paribas SA 0.93% 0.73%

Only in CGIE

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.92%

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.14%

RWE AG 2.13%

UniCredit SpA 1.99%

SK hynix Inc 1.97%

DSV A/S 1.77%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 1.63%

Only in ESGD

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%

NOVARTIS AG 1.45%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17%

SIEMENS N AG 1.15%

SHELL 1.14%

ALLIANZ 1.01%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.96%

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On the same fields

CGIE

Capital Group International 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 +8.5% +13.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts −3.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 337

Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.4bn $11.8bn

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

CGIE in plain words

CGIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.5% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 27.7%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 13, 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, CGIE or ESGD?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE 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 CGIE and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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