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ESGU vs IWV: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and IWV hold 73% 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 $20.6bn for iShares Russell 3000 ETF.

ESGU costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; IWV is 1.1 times larger.

ESGU vs IWV: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUIWV
Expense ratio0.15%0.20%
Net assets$18.3bn$20.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.7%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexRussell 3000 Index
Holdings in common73%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%34.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+16.7%
IWV total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.20%
IWV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and IWV hold 73% 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.

half

73% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU IWV
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.15%
APPLE 7.25% 6.51%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.32%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.40%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.25%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.21%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.11%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 2.74%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.55%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.49%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.32%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.26%
Only in ESGU
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.26%
MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.12%
TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.11%
Only in IWV
WALMART 0.65%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.42%
PEPSICO 0.23%
CHARLES SCHWAB 0.21%
TJX 0.20%
BOEING 0.19%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.17%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.16%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
IWV
iShares Russell 3000 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% +16.7%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.8% (VTHR)
Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs VTHR
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 87.8%
Holdings 269 2600
Net assets $18.3bn $20.6bn

ESGU and IWV 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 IWV

IWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,600 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or IWV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IWV +16.7%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or IWV?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and IWV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 88% of IWV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGU and IWV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗IWV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWV ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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