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ESGU vs USCL: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and USCL hold 76% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $2.9bn for iShares Climate Conscious & Transition MSCI USA ETF.

USCL costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; ESGU is 6.2 times larger.

ESGU vs USCL: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUUSCL
Expense ratio0.15%0.08%
Net assets$18.3bn$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+12.9%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexMSCI USA Extended Climate Action Index
Holdings in common76%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%46.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+12.9%
USCL total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.08%
USCL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and USCL hold 76% 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.

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76% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU USCL
NVIDIA 7.87% 9.57%
APPLE 7.25% 8.97%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 6.85%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 4.61%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.95%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.97%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 2.86%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.74%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.99%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.80%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.71%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 1.20%
Only in ESGU
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.42%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%
STERIS 0.32%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.31%
SANDISK 0.31%
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.26%
KINDER MORGAN 0.26%
RAYMOND JAMES 0.22%
Only in USCL
WALMART 0.88%
PEPSICO 0.31%
CHARLES SCHWAB 0.29%
CHUBB 0.16%
EMERSON ELECTRIC 0.16%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.16%
BLACKSTONE 0.15%
CVS HEALTH 0.15%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
USCL
iShares Climate Conscious & Transition MSCI USA ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +12.9%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.08%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 98.0%
Holdings 269 392
Net assets $18.3bn $2.9bn

ESGU and USCL 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 USCL

USCL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 392 positions, with the top ten at 46.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or USCL?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and USCL +12.9%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or USCL?
USCL is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and USCL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 98% of USCL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGU and USCL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU and USCL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗iShares page for USCL ↗

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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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