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ESGU vs USPX: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and USPX hold 77% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $2.1bn for Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF.

USPX costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; ESGU is 8.8 times larger.

ESGU vs USPX: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUUSPX
Expense ratio0.15%0.03%
Net assets$18.3bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.9%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexLinked Morningstar US Target Market Exposure Index ††
Holdings in common77%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%36.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+16.9%
USPX total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.03%
USPX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and USPX hold 77% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

77% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU USPX
NVIDIA 7.87% 7.29%
APPLE 7.25% 6.59%
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.31%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69% 3.64%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50% 2.59%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 2.73%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93% 3.25%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16% 1.92%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69% 2.02%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.84%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50% 1.48%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 1.50%
Only in ESGU
CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 0.19%
OKTA CLASS A 0.16%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS 0.14%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 0.12%
BUNGE GLOBAL SA 0.11%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.11%
BEST BUY 0.10%
CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE 0.10%
Only in USPX
WALMART INC 0.77%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 0.44%
PEPSICO INC 0.29%
BOEING COMPANY (THE) 0.27%
TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.26%
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (THE) 0.23%
CVS HEALTH CORP 0.20%
VERTIV HOLDINGS COMPANY 0.20%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
USPX
Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Franklin
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.9%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.9% (BBUS)
Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs BBUS
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 97.9%
Holdings 269 468
Net assets $18.3bn $2.1bn

ESGU and USPX 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 USPX

USPX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the Linked Morningstar US Target Market Exposure Index ††. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 468 positions, with the top ten at 36.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or USPX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and USPX +16.9%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or USPX?
USPX is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and USPX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 98% of USPX 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 ↗USPX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗USPX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Franklin 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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