Which returned more over the last year, DSI or ESGU?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSI returned +18.7% and ESGU +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, DSI or ESGU?

ESGU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DSI and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DSI and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DSI vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSI and ESGU hold 56% of their weight in the same names, and DSI returned +18.7% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $5.6bn for iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF and $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.

ESGU costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; ESGU is 3.3 times larger.

DSI vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DSI	ESGU
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.15%
Net assets	$5.6bn	$18.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.7%	+17.3%
What it tracks	MSCI KLD 400 Social Index	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common	56%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	46.2%	37.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+18.7%

DSI total return, 1 year

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

0.25%

DSI expense ratio

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSI and ESGU hold 56% 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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56% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DSI ESGU

NVIDIA 14.42% 7.87%

MICROSOFT 10.33% 5.67%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45% 3.50%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.64% 1.93%

TESLA INC 3.00% 1.60%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.71% 1.50%

VISA CLASS A 1.75% 1.20%

ABBVIE 1.34% 0.81%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.28% 0.75%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.10% 0.74%

LAM RESEARCH 1.09% 0.73%

INTEL CORPORATION 1.26% 0.69%

Only in DSI

PEPSICO 0.47%

CHARLES SCHWAB 0.44%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.35%

CHUBB 0.33%

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.22%

ILLINOIS TOOL INC 0.20%

SLB 0.20%

HCA HEALTHCARE 0.19%

Only in ESGU

APPLE 7.25%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%

BROADCOM INC 2.46%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69%

ELI LILLY 1.37%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75%

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On the same fields

DSI

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.7% +17.3%

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 96.9% 97.4%

Holdings 403 269

Net assets $5.6bn $18.3bn

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

About DSI

DSI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 403 positions, with the top ten at 46.2%.

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, DSI or ESGU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSI returned +18.7% and ESGU +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, DSI or ESGU?: ESGU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSI and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DSI and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DSI and ESGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DSI ↗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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