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ESGU vs FFLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and FFLC hold 37% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $1.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Fundamental Large Cap Core ETF.

ESGU costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; ESGU is 14.9 times larger.

ESGU vs FFLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUFFLC
Expense ratio0.15%0.38%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$17.9bn$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+15.3%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common37%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%39.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+15.3%
FFLC total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.38%
FFLC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and FFLC hold 37% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU FFLC
NVIDIA 7.87% 8.35%
APPLE 7.25% 4.18%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 5.55%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 7.10%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 2.60%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.48%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.94%
VISA CLASS A 1.20% 1.90%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 0.75%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71% 1.96%
HOME DEPOT 0.57% 0.82%
COCA-COLA 0.56% 0.73%
Only in ESGU
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ELI LILLY 1.37%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%
ABBVIE 0.81%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
Only in FFLC
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD 2.40%
BOEING CO 1.84%
ELI LILLY and CO 1.67%
WELLS FARGO and CO 1.57%
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECH CORP 1.37%
SHELL PLC 1.21%
CHUBB LTD 0.99%
BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.91%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
FFLC
Fidelity Fundamental 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% +15.3%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.38%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 82.9%
Holdings 269 115
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and FFLC as of Sep 30, 2026 $18.3bn $1.2bn

ESGU and FFLC 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 FFLC

FFLC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 83% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 115 positions, with the top ten at 39.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or FFLC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and FFLC +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or FFLC?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and FFLC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 83% of FFLC 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 ↗FFLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FFLC 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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