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ESGD vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and VSGX hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.

ESGDVSGX
Expense ratio0.20%0.10%
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$11.8bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+13.4%+19.5%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.2%17.1%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 20263.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and VSGX hold 35% 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

35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGD VSGX
ASML HOLDING 3.49% 1.93%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17% 0.90%
NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 0.84%
NESTLE SA 1.03% 0.74%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 0.73%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15% 0.72%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98% 0.71%
SAP 1.22% 0.67%
TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99% 0.62%
ALLIANZ 1.01% 0.59%
BANCO SANTANDER 0.57% 0.64%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.96% 0.56%
Only in ESGD
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%
SHELL 1.14%
ABB LTD 1.06%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.94%
TOTALENERGIES 0.89%
HITACHI 0.83%
IBERDROLA 0.82%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.78%
Only in VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%
SK hynix Inc 1.98%
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
MediaTek Inc 0.53%
Shopify Inc 0.53%

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On the same fields

ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock 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% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.9 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 337 6631
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $6.7bn

ESGD and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGD and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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