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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBEF returned +18.5% and ESGD +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, DBEF or ESGD?

ESGD is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DBEF vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

DBEF and ESGD hold 66% of their weight in the same names, and DBEF returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $9.2bn for Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF and $11.8bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF.

ESGD costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.1 points; ESGD is 1.3 times larger.

	DBEF	ESGD
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.20%
Net assets	$9.2bn	$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.5%	+13.4%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE US Dollar Hedged Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	66%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.3%	14.2%
Below its high	3.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.5%

DBEF total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ESGD total return, 1 year

0.35%

DBEF expense ratio

0.20%

ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DBEF and ESGD hold 66% 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 29, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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66% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DBEF ESGD

ASML HOLDING NV 2.82% 3.49%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45% 1.47%

NOVARTIS AG 1.24% 1.45%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33% 1.17%

SHELL PLC 1.06% 1.14%

SIEMENS AG 1.05% 1.15%

NESTLE' SA/AG 1.18% 1.03%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.26% 0.98%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.03% 0.94%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89% 0.96%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.91% 0.86%

SAP SE 0.85% 1.22%

Only in DBEF

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.66%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC 0.56%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.52%

RIO TINTO PLC 0.51%

MITSUI & CO. LTD 0.35%

INVESTOR AB 0.32%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AG 0.31%

VINCI SA 0.31%

Only in ESGD

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.32%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.30%

SVENSKA CELLULOSA B 0.29%

WARTSILA 0.22%

SAAB CLASS B 0.17%

AJINOMOTO 0.15%

CARLSBERG AS CL B 0.14%

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On the same fields

DBEF

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Xtrackers iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.5% +13.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.3 pts −3.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 677 337

Net assets $9.2bn $11.8bn

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

DBEF in plain words

DBEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 677 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 3.1% 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, DBEF or ESGD?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBEF returned +18.5% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, DBEF or ESGD?: ESGD is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DBEF and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DBEF and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DBEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DBEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers 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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