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ESGU vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and RDVY hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $25.5bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

ESGU costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; RDVY is 1.4 times larger.

ESGU vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGURDVY
Expense ratio0.15%0.47%
Net assets$18.3bn$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+20.2%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Holdings in common26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and RDVY hold 26% 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.

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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU RDVY
MICROSOFT 5.67% 2.23%
NVIDIA 7.87% 2.23%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.20%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 1.98%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 2.21%
APPLE 7.25% 1.66%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 2.00%
VISA CLASS A 1.20% 2.16%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74% 2.62%
LAM RESEARCH 0.73% 2.55%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.66% 0.98%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.59% 1.89%
Only in ESGU
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50%
BROADCOM INC 2.46%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50%
ELI LILLY 1.37%
ABBVIE 0.81%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75%
Only in RDVY
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.09%
Chubb Limited 2.02%
Ross Stores, Inc. 2.02%
The Allstate Corporation 1.97%
Cincinnati Financial Corporation 1.89%
Regions Financial Corporation 1.85%
Snap-on Incorporated 1.85%
Aflac Incorporated 1.47%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +20.2%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 94.3%
Holdings 269 72
Net assets $18.3bn $25.5bn

ESGU and RDVY 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 RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 23.2%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or RDVY?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 94% of RDVY 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 ↗RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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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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