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ESGU vs QDPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and QDPL hold 72% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $1.8bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF.

ESGU costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; ESGU is 9.9 times larger.

ESGU vs QDPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUQDPL
Expense ratio0.15%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$18.1bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.3%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexMetaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Index Series 400
Holdings in common72%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%34.2%

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+16.3%
QDPL total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.60%
QDPL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and QDPL hold 72% 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

72% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU QDPL
NVIDIA 7.87% 6.87%
APPLE 7.25% 6.41%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.88%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.75%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.60%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.38%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 2.95%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.73%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.31%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.28%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 1.33%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.24%
Only in ESGU
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.26%
CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.18%
SNOWFLAKE 0.17%
OKTA CLASS A 0.16%
MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%
BLOOM ENERGY CLASS A 0.13%
TWILIO CLASS A 0.13%
ZSCALER 0.13%
Only in QDPL
US TREASURY N/B 0.88%
US TREASURY N/B 0.85%
US TREASURY N/B 0.83%
US TREASURY N/B 0.82%
US TREASURY N/B 0.82%
US TREASURY N/B 0.82%
US TREASURY N/B 0.81%
US TREASURY N/B 0.81%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
QDPL
Pacer Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Pacer
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.3%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 89.9%
Holdings 269 513
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and QDPL as of Oct 2, 2026 $18.3bn $1.8bn

ESGU and QDPL 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 QDPL

QDPL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 513 positions, with the top ten at 34.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or QDPL?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and QDPL +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or QDPL?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and QDPL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 90% of QDPL 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 ↗QDPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer 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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