Which returned more over the last year, CRBN or FEGE?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CRBN returned +13.4% and FEGE +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, CRBN or FEGE?

CRBN is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CRBN and FEGE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of CRBN and 45% of FEGE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CRBN vs FEGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

CRBN and FEGE hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and FEGE returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Low Carbon Optimized MSCI ACWI ETF, and $1.9bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Global Equity ETF.

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CRBN costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.1 points.

CRBN vs FEGE: Differences, Returns & Fees
	CRBN	FEGE
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.50%
Net assets, CRBN as of Oct 20, 2026 and FEGE as of May 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+18.5%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target Index	not published
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.6%	23.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+13.4%

CRBN total return, 1 year

+18.5%

FEGE total return, 1 year

0.20%

CRBN expense ratio

0.50%

FEGE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CRBN and FEGE hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CRBN FEGE

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.10% 3.05%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.53% 1.97%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.75% 4.07%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.62% 0.82%

MERCK & CO INC 0.39% 1.70%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.39% 1.33%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.26% 0.92%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.24% 0.89%

MICROSOFT 3.72% 0.24%

ORACLE 0.22% 2.20%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.21% 2.69%

SALESFORCE 0.20% 1.40%

Only in CRBN

APPLE 5.00%

NVIDIA 4.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.53%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.83%

BROADCOM INC 1.49%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

TESLA INC 1.07%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.03%

Only in FEGE

Weyerhaeuser Co 1.45%

Noble Corp PLC 1.41%

TSMC 1.40%

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 1.38%

Imperial Oil Ltd 1.32%

SMC Corp 1.32%

Shell PLC 1.24%

Unilever PLC 1.09%

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On the same fields

CRBN

iShares Low Carbon Optimized MSCI ACWI ETF

FEGE

First Eagle Global Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Eagle

What it is Tracks an index Equity fund

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +18.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.1% (ACWI) +14.9% (URTH)

Gap to its benchmark −1.7 pts vs ACWI +3.6 pts vs URTH

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 60.8% 44.7%

Holdings 1046 94

Net assets, CRBN as of Oct 20, 2026 and FEGE as of May 31, 2026 $1.2bn $1.9bn

CRBN and FEGE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CRBN

CRBN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.1% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,046 positions, with the top ten at 25.6%.

About FEGE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI WORLD INDEX Net. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 94 positions, with the top ten at 23.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CRBN or FEGE?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CRBN returned +13.4% and FEGE +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, CRBN or FEGE?: CRBN is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CRBN and FEGE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of CRBN and 45% of FEGE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CRBN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CRBN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CRBN ↗FEGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Eagle website ↗

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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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