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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and FVAL +20.9%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or FVAL?

Neither: ESGU and FVAL both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 92% of FVAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ESGU vs FVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and FVAL hold 47% of their weight in the same names, and FVAL returned +20.9% over the year. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $1.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Value Factor ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; ESGU is 13.3 times larger.

ESGU vs FVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	FVAL
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$17.9bn	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+20.9%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	Fidelity U.S. Value Factor Index
Holdings in common	47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	42.3%

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

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+20.9%

FVAL total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.15%

FVAL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and FVAL hold 47% 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.

50%

half

47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU FVAL

NVIDIA 7.87% 7.71%

APPLE 7.25% 7.24%

MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.65%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 4.39%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 5.63%

BROADCOM INC 2.46% 3.42%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.96%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 2.67%

VISA CLASS A 1.20% 1.45%

ABBVIE 0.81% 1.14%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71% 1.11%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.59% 1.00%

Only in ESGU

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%

TESLA INC 1.60%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50%

ELI LILLY 1.37%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%

Only in FVAL

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 1.86%

ELI LILLY and CO 1.76%

JOHNSON and JOHNSON 1.36%

WALMART INC 0.95%

MERCK and CO INC 0.94%

HP INC 0.89%

TRAVELERS COS INC 0.77%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.75%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

FVAL

Fidelity Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Fidelity

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +20.9%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 91.8%

Holdings 269 124

Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and FVAL as of Sep 30, 2026 $18.3bn $1.4bn

ESGU and FVAL 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 FVAL

FVAL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.9% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 124 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or FVAL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and FVAL +20.9%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or FVAL?: Neither: ESGU and FVAL both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and FVAL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 92% of FVAL 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 ↗FVAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FVAL 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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