ESGU vs TILT: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and TILT hold 57% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, and $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt ETF.

ESGU costs 0.10 points a year less; both returned +17.3% over a year; ESGU is 8.1 times larger.

ESGU vs TILT: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUTILT
Expense ratio0.15%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$17.8bn$2.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.3%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexMorningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index
Holdings in common57%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%25.6%

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and TILT hold 57% 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.

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57% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU TILT
NVIDIA 7.87% 4.86%
APPLE 7.25% 4.67%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 3.56%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 2.75%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.14%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 1.87%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 1.73%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.56%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 1.22%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 1.18%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 0.95%
TESLA INC 1.60% 0.90%
Only in ESGU
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%
AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.36%
EQUINIX REIT 0.35%
WILLIAMS 0.34%
LOWES COMPANIES INC 0.32%
CHURCH AND DWIGHT INC 0.29%
CRH PUBLIC LIMITED PLC 0.28%
Only in TILT
Walmart, Inc. 0.50%
Applied Materials, Inc. 0.41%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 0.38%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.26%
McDonald's Corp. 0.24%
PepsiCo, Inc. 0.24%
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) 0.22%
Boeing Co. (The) 0.18%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
TILT
Northern Trust Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.3%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 72.7%
Holdings 269 1923
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and TILT as of Jul 31, 2026 $18.3bn $2.2bn

ESGU and TILT 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 TILT

TILT tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,923 positions, with the top ten at 25.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or TILT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and TILT +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or TILT?
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 TILT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 73% of TILT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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