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ESGU vs QLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and QLC hold 54% of their weight in the same names, and QLC returned +19.8% over the year. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF.

ESGU costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; ESGU is 17.5 times larger.

ESGU vs QLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUQLC
Expense ratio0.15%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$17.8bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+19.8%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap Index
Holdings in common54%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%37.6%

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.25%
QLC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and QLC hold 54% 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.

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54% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU QLC
APPLE 7.25% 7.33%
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.10%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.25%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 4.09%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 2.59%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.94%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.66%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.40%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 1.98%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.12%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.09%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 1.85%
Only in ESGU
VISA CLASS A 1.20%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.66%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.59%
COCA-COLA 0.56%
HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP 0.56%
Only in QLC
Applied Materials, Inc. 1.15%
Valero Energy Corp. 0.73%
Altria Group, Inc. 0.71%
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 0.63%
EOG Resources, Inc. 0.62%
Tapestry, Inc. 0.61%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 0.59%
Simon Property Group, Inc. 0.58%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap 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% +19.8%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 96.4%
Holdings 269 177
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 $18.3bn $1.0bn

ESGU and QLC 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 QLC

QLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 177 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or QLC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and QLC +19.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or QLC?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and QLC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 96% of QLC 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 ↗QLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLC 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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