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BDYN vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees

BDYN and ESGU hold 51% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.2bn for iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF and $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.

ESGU costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; ESGU is 5.8 times larger.

BDYN vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
BDYNESGU
Expense ratio0.39%0.15%
Net assets$3.2bn$18.3bn
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.6%37.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+13.2%
BDYN total return, 1 year
+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
0.39%
BDYN expense ratio
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BDYN and ESGU hold 51% 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 9, 2026.

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51% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BDYN ESGU
APPLE 5.76% 7.25%
NVIDIA 4.36% 7.87%
MICROSOFT 3.68% 5.67%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.42% 3.50%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.79% 3.69%
BROADCOM INC 1.80% 2.46%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.79% 2.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.90% 1.69%
ELI LILLY 1.97% 1.37%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.14% 1.50%
TESLA INC 1.01% 1.60%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.89% 1.28%
Only in BDYN
SPDR GOLD SHARES 2.18%
ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 1.34%
BOEING 1.09%
UNICREDITO SPA UNSPONSORED ITALY A 1.03%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP ADS 0.96%
ING GROEP ADR REP 0.87%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.76%
FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 0.75%
Only in ESGU
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.60%
COCA-COLA 0.56%
HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP 0.56%
MORGAN STANLEY 0.44%
RTX 0.43%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.42%
NISOURCE 0.42%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.40%

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On the same fields

BDYN
iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF
ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +13.2% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.2% (URTH) not published
Gap to its benchmark −3.0 pts vs URTH not available
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 67.3% 97.4%
Holdings 371 269
Net assets $3.2bn $18.3bn

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

About BDYN

BDYN is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.2% for its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 67% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 371 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%.

About ESGU

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. 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, BDYN or ESGU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BDYN returned +13.2% and ESGU +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BDYN or ESGU?
ESGU 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 BDYN and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 67% of BDYN and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BDYN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BDYN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BDYN ↗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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