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ESGU vs JPEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and JPEF hold 42% 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 $2.1bn for JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF.

ESGU costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; ESGU is 8.8 times larger.

ESGU vs JPEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUJPEF
Expense ratio0.15%0.44%
Net assets$18.3bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+12.4%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%45.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+12.4%
JPEF total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.44%
JPEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and JPEF hold 42% 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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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU JPEF
NVIDIA 7.87% 9.40%
APPLE 7.25% 5.61%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.14%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 4.62%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 6.31%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.82%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.12%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 2.31%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 2.66%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75% 3.12%
LAM RESEARCH 0.73% 1.09%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71% 2.60%
Only in ESGU
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ELI LILLY 1.37%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%
VISA CLASS A 1.20%
ABBVIE 0.81%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
Only in JPEF
HCA HEALTHCARE INC 2.44%
LOEWS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.43%
M&T BANK CORP COMMON 2.35%
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD 1.70%
DOORDASH INC COMMON 0.91%
NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES 0.70%
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC 0.65%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.24%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
JPEF
JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares JPMorgan
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +12.4%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark not available −4.9 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.44%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 93.7%
Holdings 269 40
Net assets $18.3bn $2.1bn

ESGU and JPEF 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 JPEF

JPEF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.44% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 40 positions, with the top ten at 45.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or JPEF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and JPEF +12.4%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or JPEF?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and JPEF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 94% of JPEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗JPEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JPEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan 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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