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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +14.3% and JHML +17.2%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or JHML?

ESGU is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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ESGU vs JHML: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ESGU returned +14.3% to JHML's +17.2%; 55% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $18.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $1.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+17.2%

JHML total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.29%

JHML expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ESGU costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points.

ESGU vs JHML: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ESGU	JHML
Return
Measure	ESGU	JHML
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+17.2%
Benchmark
Measure	ESGU	JHML
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	John Hancock Dimensional Large Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	ESGU	JHML
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.29%
Net assets, ESGU as of Nov 4, 2026 and JHML as of Jun 30, 2026	$18.1bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	ESGU	JHML
Holdings in common	55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	36.2%	23.0%

Method

What they share

55%

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and JHML hold 55% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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55% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ESGU JHML

NVIDIA 7.34% 4.02%

APPLE 7.39% 3.99%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.65% 2.74%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.89% 2.65%

MICROSOFT 5.71% 2.51%

BROADCOM INC 2.33% 1.75%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.93% 1.57%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.45% 1.62%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.24% 1.04%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.59% 0.84%

TESLA INC 1.72% 0.80%

VISA CLASS A 1.35% 0.63%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ESGU

ELI LILLY 1.70%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.35%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.79%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.66%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.57%

MERCK & CO INC 0.52%

GE AEROSPACE 0.48%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.43%

Only in JHML

JPMorgan Chase and Co. 1.13%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.08%

Applied Materials Inc. 0.73%

Johnson and Johnson 0.72%

Walmart Inc. 0.67%

Seagate Technology Holdings Public Limited Company 0.47%

The Procter and Gamble Company 0.44%

Wells Fargo and Company 0.43%

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Side by side

ESGU iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF JHML John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares John Hancock

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +17.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.5% (MLRG) +14.5% (IWB)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs MLRG +2.7 pts vs IWB

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 96.7% 92.1%

Holdings 268 780

Net assets, ESGU as of Nov 4, 2026 and JHML as of Jun 30, 2026 $18.1bn $1.2bn

ESGU and JHML on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ESGU

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 268 positions, with the top ten at 36.2%.

JHML

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +14.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

JHML tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 780 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or JHML?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +14.3% and JHML +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or JHML?: ESGU is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and JHML overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 92% of JHML by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ESGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ESGU ↗

JHML filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JHML prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

John Hancock website ↗

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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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