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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +15.6% and FRDM +33.5%.

Which is cheaper, ESGE or FRDM?

ESGE is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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ESGE vs FRDM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ESGE returned +15.6% to FRDM's +33.5%; 29% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $6.3bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF, and $3.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+15.6%

ESGE total return, 1 year

+33.5%

FRDM total return, 1 year

0.25%

ESGE expense ratio

0.49%

FRDM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ESGE costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.9 points.

ESGE vs FRDM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ESGE	FRDM
Return
Measure	ESGE	FRDM
Total return, 1 year	+15.6%	+33.5%
Drawdown
Measure	ESGE	FRDM
Below its high	12.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	17.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ESGE	FRDM
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index	not read by ETFIQ
Cost and size
Measure	ESGE	FRDM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.49%
Net assets, ESGE as of Nov 4, 2026 and FRDM as of Jun 30, 2026	$6.3bn	$3.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ESGE	FRDM
Holdings in common	29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.0%	56.6%

Method

What they share

29%

By the books each fund has filed, ESGE and FRDM hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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29% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ESGE FRDM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.50% 8.52%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.94% 13.07%

SK HYNIX 5.31% 12.28%

MEDIATEK 1.47% 5.46%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.79% 3.08%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.72% 2.50%

SK SQUARE 0.64% 1.25%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.62% 1.51%

CHUNGHWA TELECOM LTD 1.23% 0.60%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.56% 0.79%

GOLD FIELDS 0.49% 0.52%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 0.40% 0.59%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ESGE

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.49%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.70%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.02%

HDFC BANK 0.92%

AXIS BANK 0.85%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.80%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.72%

Only in FRDM

Latam Airlines Group SA 3.77%

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA 2.66%

Vale SA 2.65%

Banco de Chile 2.59%

Falabella SA 2.17%

Malayan Banking Bhd 1.67%

Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA 1.44%

United Microelectronics Corp 1.43%

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Side by side

ESGE iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF FRDM Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Life + Liberty

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +15.6% +33.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (EEM) +14.3% (GSEE)

Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs EEM +19.2 pts vs GSEE

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 305 126

Net assets, ESGE as of Nov 4, 2026 and FRDM as of Jun 30, 2026 $6.3bn $3.6bn

ESGE and FRDM on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ESGE

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 305 positions, with the top ten at 38.0%. It sat 12.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

FRDM

FRDM tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +33.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 126 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%. It sat 17.7% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGE or FRDM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +15.6% and FRDM +33.5%.
Which is cheaper, ESGE or FRDM?: ESGE is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGE and FRDM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGE and 0% of FRDM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ESGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ESGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ESGE ↗

FRDM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FRDM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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