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

In the year to Oct 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +20.5% and IVV +20.5%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ESGU vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and IVV hold 79% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $18.2bn on Oct 12, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

IVV costs 0.12 points a year less; both returned +20.5% over a year; IVV is far larger, $896.4bn against $18.3bn.

ESGU vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	IVV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 9, 2026	$18.3bn	$896.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.5%	+20.5%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	S&P 500
Holdings in common	79%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+20.5%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+20.5%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and IVV hold 79% 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.

50%

half

79% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU IVV

NVIDIA 7.87% 8.23%

APPLE 7.25% 7.29%

MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.89%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.82%

BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.55%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.45%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.35%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.06%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.72%

TESLA INC 1.60% 1.60%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.47%

ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.40%

Only in ESGU

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.26%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.18%

SNOWFLAKE 0.17%

OKTA CLASS A 0.16%

MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%

ZSCALER 0.13%

ROYALTY PHARMA PLC CLASS A 0.11%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.11%

Only in IVV

WALMART 0.74%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.47%

PEPSICO 0.25%

CHARLES SCHWAB 0.23%

TJX 0.23%

BOEING 0.22%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.19%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.18%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +20.5% +20.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +20.4% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not available +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 99.8%

Holdings 269 505

Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 12, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 $18.2bn $896.4bn

ESGU and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ESGU

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 12, 2026 it returned +20.5% 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 IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 12, 2026 it returned +20.5% with distributions reinvested, against +20.4% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or IVV?: In the year to Oct 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +20.5% and IVV +20.5%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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