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AVUS vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVUS and ESGU hold 64% of their weight in the same names, and AVUS returned +21.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $14.9bn for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF and $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; ESGU is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AVUS vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
AVUSESGU
Expense ratio0.15%0.15%
Net assets$14.9bn$18.3bn
Total return, 1 year+21.0%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common64%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.6%37.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+21.0%
AVUS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
0.15%
AVUS expense ratio
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and ESGU hold 64% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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64% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding AVUS ESGU
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.82% 7.87%
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.74% 7.25%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.55% 5.67%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.38% 3.69%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.46% 2.16%
ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 2.04% 1.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.42% 1.69%
ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.65% 3.50%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 1.32% 1.28%
ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 1.08% 1.37%
BROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK 0.99% 2.46%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.78% 1.50%
Only in AVUS
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COMMON STOCK USD.0033 0.67%
WALMART INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.58%
TJX COMPANIES INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.40%
EOG RESOURCES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.31%
SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.30%
CHUBB LTD COMMON STOCK 0.27%
FREEPORT MCMORAN INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.27%
ROSS STORES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.26%
Only in ESGU
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.42%
AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.36%
EQUINIX REIT 0.35%
PROLOGIS REIT 0.28%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES 0.24%
WELLTOWER 0.22%
CROWN CASTLE INC 0.20%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.19%

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On the same fields

AVUS
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF
ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Avantis iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +21.0% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published
Gap to its benchmark +4.3 pts vs IWV not available
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 84.1% 97.4%
Holdings 1944 269
Net assets $14.9bn $18.3bn

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

About AVUS

AVUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,944 positions, with the top ten at 30.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.0% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000.

About ESGU

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 269 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or ESGU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +21.0% and ESGU +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or ESGU?
Neither: AVUS and ESGU both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUS and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Avantis website ↗ESGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗

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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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