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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and EUSA +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or EUSA?

EUSA is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 84% of EUSA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ESGU vs EUSA: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and EUSA hold 43% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $1.9bn for iShares MSCI USA Equal Weighted ETF.

EUSA costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; ESGU is 9.7 times larger.

ESGU vs EUSA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	EUSA
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.09%
Net assets	$18.3bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+12.7%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	MSCI USA Equal Weighted Index
Holdings in common	43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	2.8%
Below its high		4.2%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+12.7%

EUSA total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.09%

EUSA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and EUSA hold 43% 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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43% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU EUSA

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.31% 0.28%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 0.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 0.26%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 0.26% 0.27%

SYNOPSYS 0.27% 0.26%

ARISTA NETWORKS 0.34% 0.24%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 0.38% 0.24%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.55% 0.24%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61% 0.24%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.27% 0.23%

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS 0.28% 0.23%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.69% 0.23%

Only in ESGU

Only in EUSA

STRATEGY INC CLASS A 0.30%

EVERPURE INC CLASS A 0.28%

ILLUMINA INC 0.28%

PTC 0.26%

NATERA 0.25%

ROBLOX CLASS A 0.25%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.25%

ASTERA LABS 0.24%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

EUSA

iShares MSCI USA Equal Weighted ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +12.7%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 84.2%

Holdings 269 517

Net assets $18.3bn $1.9bn

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

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%.

About EUSA

EUSA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 517 positions, with the top ten at 2.8%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or EUSA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and EUSA +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or EUSA?: EUSA is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and EUSA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 84% of EUSA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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