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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SPHQ +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, ESGU or SPHQ?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ESGU vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and SPHQ hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $19.1bn for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points.

ESGU vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ESGU	SPHQ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets	$18.3bn	$19.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+18.0%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index	S&P 500 Quality Index
Holdings in common	21%
Holdings dated	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.8%	43.7%
Below its high		4.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

+18.0%

SPHQ total return, 1 year

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

0.15%

SPHQ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and SPHQ hold 21% 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.

50%

half

21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGU SPHQ

APPLE 7.25% 5.65%

VISA CLASS A 1.20% 5.84%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 3.81%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74% 2.62%

LAM RESEARCH 0.73% 4.30%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.66% 5.90%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.60% 2.96%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.59% 3.96%

GE AEROSPACE 0.45% 3.37%

GE VERNOVA 0.40% 4.17%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.39% 0.96%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38% 2.27%

Only in ESGU

NVIDIA 7.87%

MICROSOFT 5.67%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50%

BROADCOM INC 2.46%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69%

Only in SPHQ

TJX Cos Inc/The 1.39%

Valero Energy Corp 1.16%

Lockheed Martin Corp 0.96%

Airbnb Inc 0.77%

Illinois Tool Works Inc 0.75%

Ross Stores Inc 0.67%

Allstate Corp/The 0.67%

Ameriprise Financial Inc 0.65%

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On the same fields

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

SPHQ

Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500 Quality

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +18.0%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 100.0%

Holdings 269 102

Net assets $18.3bn $19.1bn

ESGU and SPHQ 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 SPHQ

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. 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 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or SPHQ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SPHQ +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or SPHQ?: Neither: ESGU and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of SPHQ 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 ↗SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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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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