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ESGU vs IYY: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and IYY hold 76% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $3.1bn for iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF.

ESGU costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; ESGU is 6.0 times larger.

ESGU vs IYY: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUIYY
Expense ratio0.15%0.20%
Net assets$18.3bn$3.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.8%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexDow Jones U.S. Index
Holdings in common76%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%36.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+16.8%
IYY total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.20%
IYY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and IYY 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.

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76% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU IYY
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.68%
APPLE 7.25% 6.80%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.50%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.56%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.38%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.29%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.19%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 2.86%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.61%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.49%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.37%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.31%
Only in ESGU
MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%
Only in IYY
WALMART 0.69%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.43%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.31%
PEPSICO 0.24%
CHARLES SCHWAB 0.22%
BOEING 0.21%
TJX 0.21%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.17%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
IYY
iShares Dow Jones U.S. 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% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 92.0%
Holdings 269 941
Net assets $18.3bn $3.1bn

ESGU and IYY 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 IYY

IYY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. 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 941 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or IYY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IYY +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or IYY?
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 IYY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 92% of IYY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGU and IYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗IYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYY ↗

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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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