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ESGD vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and VIGI hold 18% 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 $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.

ESGDVIGI
Expense ratio0.20%0.07%
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026$11.8bn$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year+13.4%+7.3%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.2%35.4%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 20264.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
+7.3%
VIGI total return, 1 year
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio
0.07%
VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and VIGI hold 18% 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.

half

18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGD VIGI
NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 3.35%
SAP 1.22% 3.84%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17% 3.40%
NESTLE SA 1.03% 3.52%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 4.63%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 2.81%
HITACHI 0.83% 2.63%
SONY GROUP 0.83% 2.60%
IBERDROLA 0.82% 2.48%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.78% 3.18%
AIA GROUP 0.53% 1.73%
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0.49% 1.41%
Only in ESGD
ASML HOLDING 3.49%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15%
SHELL 1.14%
ABB LTD 1.06%
ALLIANZ 1.01%
TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98%
Only in VIGI
Royal Bank of Canada 4.61%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 3.46%
Novo Nordisk A/S 2.47%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.79%
Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%
Canadian National Railway Co 1.16%
National Bank of Canada 1.01%
Franco-Nevada Corp 0.87%

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On the same fields

ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
VIGI
Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +13.4% +7.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.9 pts −10.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 337 343
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $8.8bn

ESGD and VIGI 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.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% 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 as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or VIGI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or VIGI?
VIGI 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 VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 0% of VIGI 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 ↗VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗

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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