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CWI vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

CWI and ESGD hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and CWI returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF, and $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF.

ESGD costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

CWIESGD
Expense ratio0.30%0.20%
Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026$2.9bn$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+13.4%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund16.1%14.2%
Below its high3.9%, high on Sep 4, 20264.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.8%
CWI total return, 1 year
+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
0.30%
CWI expense ratio
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CWI and ESGD hold 44% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CWI ESGD
ASML HOLDING NV 2.00% 3.49%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.93% 1.47%
ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.85% 1.17%
SHELL PLC 0.78% 1.14%
NOVARTIS AG REG 0.72% 1.45%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.98%
NESTLE SA REG 0.65% 1.03%
SIEMENS AG REG 0.65% 1.15%
SAP SE 0.62% 1.22%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.60% 0.94%
BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.59% 0.57%
ALLIANZ SE REG 0.55% 1.01%
Only in CWI
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 3.38%
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.64%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.96%
SK HYNIX INC 1.88%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.85%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.84%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.69%
TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.63%
Only in ESGD
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%
HENKEL AG 0.35%
HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.33%
INFORMA PLC 0.32%
MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.32%
ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.30%

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On the same fields

CWI
State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF
ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street iShares
What it is Tracks an index 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 +0.6 pts −3.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 1110 337
Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.9bn $11.8bn

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

CWI in plain words

CWI tracks an 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 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,110 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 3.9% 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, CWI or ESGD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, CWI or ESGD?
ESGD is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CWI and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CWI and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗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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