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ESGU vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and SCHB hold 69% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $43.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

SCHB costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; SCHB is 2.4 times larger.

ESGU vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUSCHB
Expense ratio0.15%0.03%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025$13.7bn$32.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.8%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexDow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Holdings in common69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%34.9%

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+16.8%
SCHB total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.03%
SCHB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and SCHB hold 69% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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69% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU SCHB
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.02%
APPLE 7.25% 6.26%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.57%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.62%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 3.03%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.90%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 2.41%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.89%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.68%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.49%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.20%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.15%
Only in ESGU
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71%
HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP 0.56%
GE AEROSPACE 0.45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%
AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.36%
EQUINIX REIT 0.35%
WILLIAMS 0.34%
Only in SCHB
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.83%
Walmart Inc 0.69%
Applied Materials Inc 0.49%
General Electric Co 0.46%
Texas Instruments Inc 0.38%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.38%
Sandisk Corp/DE 0.34%
McDonald's Corp 0.27%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US broad market
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.8%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 88.8%
Holdings 269 2405
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026 $18.3bn $43.3bn

ESGU and SCHB 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 SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,405 positions, with the top ten at 34.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or SCHB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SCHB +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or SCHB?
SCHB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 89% of SCHB 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 ↗SCHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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