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ESGU vs QDF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and QDF hold 38% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF.

ESGU costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; ESGU is 8.0 times larger.

ESGU vs QDF: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUQDF
Expense ratio0.15%0.39%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$17.8bn$2.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.4%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNorthern Trust Quality Dividend Index
Holdings in common38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%39.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.39%
QDF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and QDF hold 38% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU QDF
APPLE 7.25% 8.67%
NVIDIA 7.87% 6.33%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 3.97%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 4.01%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.40%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 1.95%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 2.56%
ABBVIE 0.81% 2.94%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 2.96%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75% 2.81%
LAM RESEARCH 0.73% 2.57%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 0.71%
Only in ESGU
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.69%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61%
Only in QDF
Philip Morris International, Inc. 1.90%
Altria Group, Inc. 0.80%
Expedia Group, Inc. 0.70%
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 0.66%
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 0.63%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 0.62%
Comcast Corp. 0.61%
Vertiv Holdings Co. 0.61%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Northern Trust
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.4%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.39%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 85.9%
Holdings 269 123
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 $18.3bn $2.2bn

ESGU and QDF 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 QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or QDF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and QDF +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or QDF?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and QDF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 86% of QDF 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 ↗QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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