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ESGU vs IYZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and IYZ hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and IYZ returned +31.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $1.1bn for iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF.

ESGU costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; ESGU is 17.4 times larger.

ESGU vs IYZ: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUIYZ
Expense ratio0.15%0.37%
Net assets$18.3bn$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+31.6%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexRussell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22
Holdings in common2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%71.3%
Below its high6.4%, high on Jun 2, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+31.6%
IYZ total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.37%
IYZ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and IYZ hold 2% 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

2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU IYZ
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 24.08%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.49% 9.46%
ARISTA NETWORKS 0.34% 12.31%
AT&T 0.23% 3.93%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS 0.13% 3.82%
CIENA 0.11% 4.12%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 0.09% 3.30%
Only in ESGU
NVIDIA 7.87%
APPLE 7.25%
MICROSOFT 5.67%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50%
BROADCOM INC 2.46%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%
Only in IYZ
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 3.94%
UBIQUITI 3.27%
VIAVI SOLUTIONS 3.10%
COMCAST CLASS A 2.98%
T MOBILE US INC 2.96%
ECHOSTAR CLASS A 2.81%
ROKU CLASS A 2.79%
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS 2.69%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
IYZ
iShares U.S. Telecommunications 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% +31.6%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.37%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 71.2%
Holdings 269 23
Net assets $18.3bn $1.1bn

ESGU and IYZ 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 IYZ

IYZ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +31.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 71% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 71.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or IYZ?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and IYZ +31.6%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or IYZ?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and IYZ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 71% of IYZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGU and IYZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗IYZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYZ ↗

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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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