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ESGU vs GSEW: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and GSEW hold 42% 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 $2.1bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF.

GSEW costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; ESGU is 8.5 times larger.

ESGU vs GSEW: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUGSEW
Expense ratio0.15%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$18.1bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+13.9%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexSolactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR)
Holdings in common42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%3.3%
Below its high3.3%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+13.9%
GSEW total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.09%
GSEW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and GSEW hold 42% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU GSEW
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.31% 0.31%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61% 0.30%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 0.29%
SERVICENOW 0.36% 0.27%
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 0.26% 0.35%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 0.26%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 0.34% 0.26%
QUALCOMM 0.26% 0.25%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 0.24%
SANDISK 0.31% 0.24%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 0.38% 0.24%
ORACLE 0.37% 0.23%
Only in ESGU
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%
F5 0.17%
OKTA CLASS A 0.16%
MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%
JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC 0.14%
BEST BUY 0.10%
CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.09%
DECKERS OUTDOOR 0.09%
Only in GSEW
ASTERA LABS INC 0.33%
AST SPACEMOBILE INC 0.32%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 0.28%
FORD MOTOR CO 0.28%
IONQ INC 0.27%
HP INC 0.25%
DEXCOM INC 0.24%
ATLASSIAN CORP 0.24%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
GSEW
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Goldman Sachs
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +13.9%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 83.8%
Holdings 269 499
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and GSEW as of Oct 8, 2026 $18.3bn $2.1bn

ESGU and GSEW 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 GSEW

GSEW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 499 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 3.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or GSEW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and GSEW +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or GSEW?
GSEW 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 GSEW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 84% of GSEW 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 ↗GSEW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GSEW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Goldman Sachs 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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