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ESGU vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and SPYM hold 79% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.13 points a year less; both returned +17.3% over a year; SPYM is 9.8 times larger.

ESGU vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUSPYM
Expense ratio0.15%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$18.1bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.3%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common79%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and SPYM hold 79% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

79% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU SPYM
NVIDIA 7.87% 8.33%
APPLE 7.25% 7.42%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.72%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.56%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.45%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.37%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.05%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.51%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.40%
Only in ESGU
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.26%
CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.18%
SNOWFLAKE 0.17%
OKTA CLASS A 0.16%
MERCADOLIBRE 0.15%
ZSCALER 0.13%
ROYALTY PHARMA PLC CLASS A 0.11%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.11%
Only in SPYM
WALMART INC 0.74%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.47%
PEPSICO INC 0.26%
SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP 0.23%
TJX COMPANIES INC 0.23%
BOEING CO/THE 0.22%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.19%
CHUBB LTD 0.18%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 99.8%
Holdings 269 506
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $18.3bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

ESGU and SPYM 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 SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of SPYM 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 ↗SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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