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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, ESGD or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ESGD vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and IEFA hold 63% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $11.8bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF and $189.5bn for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; IEFA is 16.1 times larger.

	ESGD	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.07%
Net assets	$11.8bn	$189.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+13.9%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.2%	12.2%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+13.4%

ESGD total return, 1 year

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.20%

ESGD expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and IEFA hold 63% 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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63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGD IEFA

ASML HOLDING 3.49% 2.87%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47% 1.26%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17% 1.20%

SHELL 1.14% 1.17%

NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 1.05%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98% 0.96%

NESTLE SA 1.03% 0.95%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.94% 0.88%

SIEMENS N AG 1.15% 0.87%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 0.95%

SAP 1.22% 0.85%

ADVANTEST 0.86% 0.77%

Only in ESGD

HKD/USD 0.00%

JPY/USD 0.00%

Only in IEFA

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.45%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.44%

RIO TINTO 0.40%

MITSUI 0.29%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.28%

NORDEA BANK 0.23%

VINCI SA 0.23%

BASF N 0.21%

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On the same fields

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +13.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.9 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 337 2628

Net assets $11.8bn $189.5bn

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

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.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGD and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 0% of IEFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ESGD and IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGD ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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