iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
ESGD NASDAQ
The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics as identified by the index provider while...
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- Fund size
- 1.58B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.20% per year
- Dividend yield
- 3.35% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 16.0% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.74 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 87.42107.78
How ESGD has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, ESGD returned +18.1% with dividends reinvested — −35.6 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±16% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −11.7% on Mar 27, 2026 — 30 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 12% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, ESGD delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.74 means ESGD has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average102.96 −0.7%
- 26-day average103.82 −1.5%
- 50-day average104.20 −1.9%
- 200-day average100.21 +2.0%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Developed Markets (ex-US) · Sustainability Commitments — tracking the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus Index.
- Assets under management1.58BUSD
- Expense ratio0.20%per year
- Holdings493
- Risk score3.9Low
Launched June 2016. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 33 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.42
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Jun 15, 2026
Last 12 months
3.42 USD / shareWhere ESGD shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold ESGD. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
- 21st Century Trends / ESG CommitmentsESG International Markets (ex-U.S.)
- 21st Century Trends / ESG CommitmentsESG Thematic ETFs
- Funds by Region / Developed Markets ETFs (ex-US)ex-U.S. Developed Mkts - Factor weighted ETFs
- Funds by Region / Developed Markets ETFs (ex-US)ex U.S. Large Cap Equities Line-up
About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics as identified by the index provider while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the parent index.
- Featured in 4 curated themes
- 493 holdings
- Ticker
- ESGD
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US46435G5163
- CUSIP
- 46435G516
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Developed Markets (ex-US)
- Industry
- Sustainability Commitments
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.