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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and OEF +16.8%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or OEF?

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 OEF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of OEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ESGU vs OEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and OEF hold 68% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $20.8bn for iShares S&P 100 ETF.

ESGU costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; OEF is 1.1 times larger.

ESGU vs OEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	OEF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.20%
Net assets	$18.3bn	$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+16.8%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	S&P 100
Holdings in common	68%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	52.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+16.8%

OEF total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.20%

OEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and OEF hold 68% 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.

50%

half

68% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU OEF

NVIDIA 7.87% 11.11%

APPLE 7.25% 9.84%

MICROSOFT 5.67% 7.96%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 5.16%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 3.31%

BROADCOM INC 2.46% 3.45%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 3.17%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 4.13%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 2.33%

TESLA INC 1.60% 2.16%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.99%

ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.89%

Only in ESGU

HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP 0.56%

NISOURCE 0.42%

ECOLAB 0.39%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.39%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 0.38%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 0.35%

CUMMINS INC 0.35%

EQUINIX REIT 0.35%

Only in OEF

WALMART 0.99%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.63%

PEPSICO 0.34%

CHARLES SCHWAB 0.31%

BOEING 0.30%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.24%

MEDTRONIC PLC 0.23%

CVS HEALTH 0.22%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

OEF

iShares S&P 100 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% 99.9%

Holdings 269 102

Net assets $18.3bn $20.8bn

ESGU and OEF 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 OEF

OEF 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, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 52.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or OEF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and OEF +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or OEF?: 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 OEF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of OEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ESGU and OEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗OEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for OEF ↗

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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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