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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IWL +16.8%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or IWL?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 99% of IWL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ESGU vs IWL: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and IWL hold 75% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $2.3bn for iShares Russell Top 200 ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; ESGU is 8.0 times larger.

ESGU vs IWL: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	IWL
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets	$18.3bn	$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+16.8%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	Russell Top 200 Index
Holdings in common	75%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	44.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+16.8%

IWL total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.15%

IWL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and IWL hold 75% 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

75% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU IWL

NVIDIA 7.87% 9.18%

APPLE 7.25% 8.35%

MICROSOFT 5.67% 6.82%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 4.37%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.84%

BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.89%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.71%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.52%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.99%

TESLA INC 1.60% 1.92%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.70%

ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.62%

Only in ESGU

HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP 0.56%

NISOURCE 0.42%

STERIS 0.32%

EXELON CORP 0.31%

CHURCH AND DWIGHT INC 0.29%

IDEXX LABORATORIES 0.27%

WW GRAINGER INC 0.27%

CARDINAL HEALTH 0.26%

Only in IWL

WALMART 0.84%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.54%

PEPSICO 0.30%

CHARLES SCHWAB 0.27%

TJX 0.26%

BOEING 0.25%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.21%

CHUBB 0.21%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

IWL

iShares Russell Top 200 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.8%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 99.2%

Holdings 269 202

Net assets $18.3bn $2.3bn

ESGU and IWL 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 IWL

IWL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 202 positions, with the top ten at 44.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or IWL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IWL +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or IWL?: Neither: ESGU and IWL both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and IWL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 99% of IWL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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