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ESGD vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and SPDW hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points.

ESGDSPDW
Expense ratio0.20%0.03%
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026$11.8bn$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year+13.4%+19.7%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQS&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common49%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.2%12.9%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 20264.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
+19.7%
SPDW total return, 1 year
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio
0.03%
SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and SPDW hold 49% 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.

half

49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGD SPDW
ASML HOLDING 3.49% 2.15%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47% 0.95%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17% 0.90%
SHELL 1.14% 0.88%
NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 0.79%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98% 0.74%
NESTLE SA 1.03% 0.72%
TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99% 0.67%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.94% 0.66%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15% 0.66%
SAP 1.22% 0.64%
ADVANTEST 0.86% 0.61%
Only in ESGD
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%
HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.33%
MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.32%
ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.30%
SVENSKA CELLULOSA B 0.29%
WARTSILA 0.22%
Only in SPDW
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%
SK HYNIX INC 2.21%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81%
SHOPIFY INC CLASS A 0.61%
TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.57%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GR 0.49%
NOVO NORDISK A/S B 0.36%

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On the same fields

ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
SPDW
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +13.4% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.9 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 337 2448
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $11.8bn $40.5bn

ESGD and SPDW 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.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or SPDW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or SPDW?
SPDW is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGD and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 0% of SPDW 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 ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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