DSPY vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
DSPY and ESGU hold 68% of their weight in the same names, and DSPY returned +18.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.0bn for Tema S&P 500 Historical Weight ETF Strategy and $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.
ESGU costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; ESGU is 17.8 times larger.
| DSPY | ESGU | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.15% |
| Net assets | $1.0bn | $18.3bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.1% | +17.3% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index |
| Holdings in common | 68% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 21.7% | 37.8% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DSPY and ESGU hold 68% 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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68% in common
On the same fields
DSPY and ESGU on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About DSPY
DSPY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Total Return Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 21.7%.
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, DSPY or ESGU?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSPY returned +18.1% and ESGU +17.3%.
- Which is cheaper, DSPY or ESGU?
- ESGU is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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