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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and ESGD +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, CORO or ESGD?

ESGD is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CORO vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORO and ESGD hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and CORO returned +22.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $13.1bn for iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF and $11.8bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF.

ESGD costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points; CORO is 1.1 times larger.

	CORO	ESGD
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.20%
Net assets	$13.1bn	$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.5%	+13.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	77.4%	14.2%
Below its high	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+22.5%

CORO total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ESGD total return, 1 year

0.55%

CORO expense ratio

0.20%

ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORO and ESGD hold 1% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CORO ESGD

ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 0.59% 3.49%

Only in CORO

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN ETF 19.62%

ISHARES MSCI CANADA ETF 13.40%

ISHARES MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF 8.76%

ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF 6.16%

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN CAP ETF 6.07%

ISHARES MSCI SWEDEN ETF 5.23%

ISHARES MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF 5.22%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.85%

Only in ESGD

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%

NOVARTIS AG 1.45%

SAP 1.22%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17%

SIEMENS N AG 1.15%

SHELL 1.14%

ABB LTD 1.06%

NESTLE SA 1.03%

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On the same fields

CORO

iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +22.5% +13.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.2 pts −3.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 27 337

Net assets $13.1bn $11.8bn

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

CORO in plain words

CORO is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% 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 27 positions, with the top ten at 77.4%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 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, CORO or ESGD?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, CORO or ESGD?: ESGD is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CORO and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CORO and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CORO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CORO ↗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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