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ESGU vs SPHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and SPHB hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and SPHB returned +37.4% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $1.0bn for Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF.

ESGU costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.1 points; ESGU is 18.3 times larger.

ESGU vs SPHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUSPHB
Expense ratio0.15%0.25%
Net assets$18.3bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+37.4%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexS&P 500 High Beta Index
Holdings in common22%
Holdings datedOct 9, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%20.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+37.4%
SPHB total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.25%
SPHB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and SPHB hold 22% 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.

half

22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU SPHB
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.93%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 2.01%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.31%
NVIDIA 7.87% 0.98%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 0.94%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 0.88%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 0.75%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74% 1.26%
LAM RESEARCH 0.73% 1.58%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 0.69%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.69% 1.46%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.59% 0.80%
Only in ESGU
APPLE 7.25%
MICROSOFT 5.67%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%
ELI LILLY 1.37%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28%
VISA CLASS A 1.20%
ABBVIE 0.81%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75%
Only in SPHB
Moderna Inc 3.07%
Super Micro Computer Inc 1.99%
Coinbase Global Inc 1.86%
Teradyne Inc 1.63%
Flex Ltd 1.34%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc 1.19%
ON Semiconductor Corp 1.13%
Vertiv Holdings Co 1.13%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
SPHB
Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +37.4%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 100.0%
Holdings 269 101
Net assets $18.3bn $1.0bn

ESGU and SPHB 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 SPHB

SPHB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +37.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or SPHB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SPHB +37.4%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or SPHB?
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 SPHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of SPHB 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 ↗SPHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHB ↗

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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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