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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and QUS +15.2%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or QUS?

Neither: ESGU and QUS both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ESGU and QUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ESGU vs QUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and QUS hold 55% 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 $1.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; ESGU is 11.5 times larger.

ESGU vs QUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	QUS
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$18.1bn	$1.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+15.2%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	MSCI USA Factor Mix A-Series Capped Index ?
Holdings in common	55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	23.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+15.2%

QUS total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.15%

QUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and QUS hold 55% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

50%

half

55% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU QUS

MICROSOFT 5.67% 3.77%

APPLE 7.25% 3.26%

NVIDIA 7.87% 2.87%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.62%

ELI LILLY 1.37% 2.21%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 1.32%

VISA CLASS A 1.20% 1.98%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 1.17%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 1.02%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 0.99%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 1.39%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75% 1.86%

Only in ESGU

SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INC 0.10%

HOLOGIC INC 0.00%

S&P500 EMINI DEC 26 0.00%

Only in QUS

WALMART INC 1.27%

TJX COMPANIES INC 0.70%

PEPSICO INC 0.66%

CHUBB LTD 0.64%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.54%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 0.52%

SOUTHERN CO/THE 0.51%

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC 0.46%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

QUS

State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +15.2%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 96.6%

Holdings 269 514

Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and QUS as of Oct 8, 2026 $18.3bn $1.6bn

ESGU and QUS 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 QUS

QUS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 514 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or QUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and QUS +15.2%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or QUS?: Neither: ESGU and QUS both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and QUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 97% of QUS 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 ↗QUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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