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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IWB +16.6%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or IWB?

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

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

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

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ESGU vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and IWB hold 76% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $49.6bn for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; IWB is 2.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ESGU vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	IWB
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets	$18.3bn	$49.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+16.6%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	Russell 1000 Index
Holdings in common	76%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	36.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+16.6%

IWB total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and IWB hold 76% 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

76% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU IWB

NVIDIA 7.87% 7.44%

APPLE 7.25% 6.77%

MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.53%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.54%

BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.34%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.30%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.20%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 2.85%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.61%

TESLA INC 1.60% 1.56%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.38%

ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.31%

Only in ESGU

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.26%

MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.12%

TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.11%

Only in IWB

WALMART 0.68%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.44%

PEPSICO 0.24%

CHARLES SCHWAB 0.22%

TJX 0.21%

BOEING 0.20%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.17%

CHUBB 0.17%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

IWB

iShares Russell 1000 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the Russell 1000

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.8% (VONE)

Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs VONE

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 91.7%

Holdings 269 1025

Net assets $18.3bn $49.6bn

ESGU and IWB 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 IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or IWB?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IWB +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or IWB?: Neither: ESGU and IWB both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and IWB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 92% of IWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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