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ESGU vs SPYX: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and SPYX hold 78% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF.

ESGU costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; ESGU is 6.3 times larger.

ESGU vs SPYX: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUSPYX
Expense ratio0.15%0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$18.1bn$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.4%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexS&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free Index
Holdings in common78%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%40.4%

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+16.4%
SPYX total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.20%
SPYX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and SPYX hold 78% 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

78% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU SPYX
NVIDIA 7.87% 8.63%
APPLE 7.25% 7.68%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 6.00%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.86%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.54%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.65%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.46%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.81%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.63%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.56%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.45%
Only in ESGU
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71%
GE VERNOVA 0.40%
SANDISK 0.31%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.28%
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.26%
DIAMONDBACK ENERGY 0.24%
CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.18%
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP 0.17%
Only in SPYX
WALMART INC 0.76%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.48%
PEPSICO INC 0.27%
SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP 0.24%
TJX COMPANIES INC 0.24%
BOEING CO/THE 0.23%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.20%
CHUBB LTD 0.19%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
SPYX
State Street SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.4%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 99.8%
Holdings 269 488
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYX as of Oct 8, 2026 $18.3bn $2.9bn

ESGU and SPYX 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 SPYX

SPYX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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 488 positions, with the top ten at 40.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or SPYX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and SPYX +16.4%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or SPYX?
ESGU is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and SPYX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 100% of SPYX 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 ↗SPYX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYX 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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