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ESGD vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGD and VXUS hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and VXUS returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF, and $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

ESGDVXUS
Expense ratio0.20%0.05%
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026$11.8bn$163.2bn
Total return, 1 year+13.4%+17.8%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.2%14.1%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 20263.9%, 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
+17.8%
VXUS total return, 1 year
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio
0.05%
VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGD and VXUS hold 36% 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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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGD VXUS
ASML HOLDING 3.49% 1.43%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47% 0.77%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17% 0.67%
NOVARTIS AG 1.45% 0.62%
SHELL 1.14% 0.56%
NESTLE SA 1.03% 0.55%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86% 0.54%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15% 0.53%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.98% 0.53%
SAP 1.22% 0.49%
BANCO SANTANDER 0.57% 0.47%
TOYOTA MOTOR 0.99% 0.46%
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 VXUS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.98%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.90%
SLCMT1142 1.83%
SK hynix Inc 1.46%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.78%
MKTLIQ 0.65%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.62%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.59%

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On the same fields

ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
VXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Total International Stock
Total return, 1 year +13.4% +17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.9 pts +0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 337 8802
Net assets, ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $163.2bn

ESGD and VXUS 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.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 8,802 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGD or VXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGD returned +13.4% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGD or VXUS?
VXUS is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGD and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGD and 0% of VXUS 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 ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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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