A
vs
B
Share
Compare their flowsAsk IQ about these two funds

EFIV vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFIV and ESGU hold 57% of their weight in the same names, and EFIV returned +19.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.0bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF, and $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.

EFIV costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; ESGU is 17.8 times larger.

EFIV vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
EFIVESGU
Expense ratio0.10%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.0bn$18.1bn
Total return, 1 year+19.0%+17.3%
What it tracksS&P 500 Scored & Screened Index ?MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common57%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.5%37.8%

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

+19.0%
EFIV total return, 1 year
+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
0.10%
EFIV expense ratio
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFIV and ESGU hold 57% 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.

half

57% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EFIV ESGU
NVIDIA CORP 13.62% 7.87%
MICROSOFT CORP 9.47% 5.67%
ALPHABET INC CL C 4.00% 3.50%
ALPHABET INC CL A 4.99% 1.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.85% 1.69%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.29% 1.37%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.56% 1.20%
ABBVIE INC 1.18% 0.81%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.10% 0.75%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.99% 0.74%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.98% 0.73%
INTEL CORP 1.30% 0.69%
Only in EFIV
WALMART INC 1.20%
PEPSICO INC 0.43%
SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP 0.39%
TJX COMPANIES INC 0.37%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.31%
CHUBB LTD 0.29%
MEDTRONIC PLC 0.27%
CVS HEALTH CORP 0.27%
Only in ESGU
APPLE 7.25%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%
BROADCOM INC 2.46%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75%

Check overlap with more funds →

On the same fields

EFIV
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF
ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +19.0% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +19.1% (SNPE) not published
Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SNPE not available
Expense ratio 0.10% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 97.4%
Holdings 325 269
Net assets, EFIV as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.0bn $18.3bn

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

About EFIV

EFIV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.0% with distributions reinvested, against +19.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 325 positions, with the top ten at 42.5%.

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, EFIV or ESGU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFIV returned +19.0% and ESGU +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, EFIV or ESGU?
EFIV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFIV and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of EFIV and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
Other comparisons
EFIV vs VOOEFIV vs SPHQEFIV vs MTUMEFIV vs IWVESGU vs SPHBESGU vs VOTEESGU vs STXFESGU vs LCTU
EFIV on its own →ESGU on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
EFIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗ESGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, EFIV against ESGU, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/efiv-vs-esgu

Open data

Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.