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ESGU vs SFLR: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and SFLR hold 63% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $2.3bn for Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF.

ESGU costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; ESGU is 8.0 times larger.

ESGU vs SFLR: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUSFLR
Expense ratio0.15%0.89%
Net assets$18.3bn$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+9.9%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%37.9%

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+9.9%
SFLR total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.89%
SFLR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and SFLR hold 63% 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

63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU SFLR
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.35%
APPLE 7.25% 7.04%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.96%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 4.19%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.83%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.96%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.27%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.78%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.74%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.48%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.39%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.70%
Only in ESGU
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP 0.50%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.49%
RTX 0.43%
NISOURCE 0.42%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.40%
ECOLAB 0.39%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%
Only in SFLR
Walmart Inc 0.95%
Lockheed Martin Corp 0.47%
Illumina Inc 0.39%
Ross Stores Inc 0.38%
HP Inc 0.37%
Regions Financial Corp 0.37%
United Parcel Service Inc 0.36%
Public Storage 0.36%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
SFLR
Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Innovator
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +9.9%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.89%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 90.9%
Holdings 269 188
Net assets $18.3bn $2.3bn

ESGU and SFLR 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 SFLR

SFLR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.89% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 188 positions, with the top ten at 37.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or SFLR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SFLR +9.9%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or SFLR?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.74 percentage points a year. That is about $74 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and SFLR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 91% of SFLR 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 ↗SFLR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SFLR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator page for SFLR ↗

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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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