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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, ESGD or VEA?

VEA 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 VEA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ESGD vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and VEA hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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

	ESGD	VEA
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.03%
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$11.8bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	49%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.2%	13.0%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+13.4%

ESGD total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.20%

ESGD expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and VEA 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGD VEA

ASML HOLDING 3.49% 1.96%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47% 1.05%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17% 0.92%

NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 0.85%

SHELL 1.14% 0.77%

NESTLE SA 1.03% 0.75%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 0.74%

SIEMENS N AG 1.15% 0.73%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98% 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.94% 0.72%

SAP 1.22% 0.68%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99% 0.63%

Only in ESGD

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%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.25%

ORIENTAL LAND 0.24%

WARTSILA 0.22%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.01%

SLBBH1142 1.25%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.61%

Shopify Inc 0.54%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.43%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA 0.38%

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On the same fields

ESGD

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

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 +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 337 3898

Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $231.6bn

ESGD and VEA 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.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. 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 as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or VEA?: VEA 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 VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 0% of VEA 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 ↗VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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