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ESGU vs FELC: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and FELC hold 53% of their weight in the same names, and FELC returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $8.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF.

ESGU costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; ESGU is 2.1 times larger.

ESGU vs FELC: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUFELC
Expense ratio0.15%0.18%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$17.9bn$8.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+19.2%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common53%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%38.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+19.2%
FELC total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.18%
FELC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and FELC hold 53% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

53% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU FELC
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.95%
APPLE 7.25% 7.00%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.03%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.90%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 3.69%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 3.19%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.19%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 2.40%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 2.11%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 0.86%
ABBVIE 0.81% 1.16%
Only in ESGU
ELI LILLY 1.37%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.60%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.55%
Only in FELC
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 1.94%
JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 1.54%
ELI LILLY and CO 1.44%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.18%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.02%
AMPHENOL CORPORATION NEW 0.92%
SCHWAB CHARLES CORP 0.77%
WELLS FARGO and CO 0.77%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
FELC
Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Fidelity
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +19.2%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 93.9%
Holdings 269 252
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and FELC as of Sep 30, 2026 $18.3bn $8.6bn

ESGU and FELC 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 FELC

FELC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 252 positions, with the top ten at 38.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or FELC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and FELC +19.2%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or FELC?
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.
How much do ESGU and FELC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 94% of FELC 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 ↗FELC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FELC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Fidelity website ↗

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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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