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ESGD vs ILOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and ILOW hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and ESGD returned +13.4% over the year. Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF, and $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF.

ESGD costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

ESGDILOW
Expense ratio0.20%0.50%
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026$11.8bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+13.4%+9.0%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.2%20.7%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 20264.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and ILOW hold 22% 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 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGD ILOW
ASML HOLDING 3.49% 2.87%
NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 1.95%
SHELL 1.14% 1.33%
ABB LTD 1.06% 1.77%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98% 1.67%
SAP 1.22% 0.95%
TOTALENERGIES 0.89% 1.08%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 1.51%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 1.45%
HITACHI 0.83% 1.34%
SONY GROUP 0.83% 1.33%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.78% 2.10%
Only in ESGD
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15%
NESTLE SA 1.03%
ALLIANZ 1.01%
TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99%
TOKYO ELECTRON 0.97%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.96%
Only in ILOW
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50%
Prysmian SpA 2.13%
Enel SpA 1.71%
Tryg A/S 1.66%
Euronext NV 1.63%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.55%
KBC Group NV 1.50%

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On the same fields

ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares AllianceBernstein
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +13.4% +9.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.9 pts −8.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.6%
Holdings 337 84
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 $11.8bn $1.8bn

ESGD and ILOW 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.

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or ILOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and ILOW +9.0%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or ILOW?
ESGD 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 ESGD and ILOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 1% of ILOW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGD ↗ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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