Which returned more over the last year, ESGE or FNDE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +26.7% and FNDE +23.8%.

Which is cheaper, ESGE or FNDE?

ESGE is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ESGE and FNDE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ESGE vs FNDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGE and FNDE hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and ESGE returned +26.7% over the year. Net assets: $6.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF, and $9.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

ESGE costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; FNDE is 1.4 times larger.

	ESGE	FNDE
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.39%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$4.5bn	$6.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.7%	+23.8%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.6%	27.4%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+26.7%

ESGE total return, 1 year

+23.8%

FNDE total return, 1 year

0.25%

ESGE expense ratio

0.39%

FNDE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGE and FNDE hold 27% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGE FNDE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.07% 6.48%

MEDIATEK 1.76% 1.79%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.61% 2.71%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.34% 1.51%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.14% 0.77%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71% 1.20%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.68% 3.31%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 0.64% 2.48%

LENOVO GROUP 0.45% 0.73%

HDFC BANK 0.78% 0.44%

ICICI BANK 0.53% 0.42%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.39% 0.80%

Only in ESGE

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.53%

SK HYNIX 5.80%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.21%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.05%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.69%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.68%

SK SQUARE 0.67%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.64%

Only in FNDE

Vale SA 3.03%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.34%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 1.28%

PetroChina Co Ltd 1.25%

Bank of China Ltd 1.19%

United Microelectronics Corp 1.15%

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp 0.95%

PTT PCL 0.82%

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On the same fields

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

FNDE

Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +26.7% +23.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.4 pts +6.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 296 354

Net assets, ESGE as of Oct 9, 2026 and FNDE as of May 31, 2026 $6.9bn $9.6bn

ESGE and FNDE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ESGE in plain words

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 296 positions, with the top ten at 39.6%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FNDE in plain words

FNDE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 354 positions, with the top ten at 27.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGE or FNDE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +26.7% and FNDE +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGE or FNDE?: ESGE is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGE and FNDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGE and 0% of FNDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ESGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGE ↗FNDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FNDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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