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ESGU vs USXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and USXF hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and USXF returned +20.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $18.3bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF and $1.5bn for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF.

USXF costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; ESGU is 12.3 times larger.

ESGUUSXF
Expense ratio0.15%0.10%
Net assets$18.3bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+20.0%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexMSCI USA Choice ESG Screened Index
Holdings in common44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.9%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+20.0%
USXF total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.10%
USXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and USXF hold 44% 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.

half

44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU USXF
NVIDIA 7.97% 13.09%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 6.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.71% 4.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.55% 3.96%
VISA CLASS A 1.17% 2.44%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.75% 1.58%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.74% 1.77%
LAM RESEARCH 0.74% 1.57%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.71% 1.84%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.65% 1.82%
HOME DEPOT 0.58% 1.15%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.58% 1.27%
Only in ESGU
APPLE 7.38%
MICROSOFT 5.58%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.60%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.49%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.18%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.92%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ELI LILLY 1.37%
Only in USXF
CHARLES SCHWAB 0.63%
TJX 0.60%
CHUBB 0.47%
COMCAST CLASS A 0.30%
ILLINOIS TOOL INC 0.28%
OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC 0.28%
ROSS STORES INC 0.28%
CINTAS 0.27%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
USXF
iShares ESG Advanced 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% +20.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.1 pts +2.8 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 95.6%
Holdings 269 283
Net assets $18.3bn $1.5bn

ESGU and USXF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ESGU in plain words

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 269 positions, with the top ten at 37.9%.

USXF in plain words

USXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 283 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or USXF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and USXF +20.0%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or USXF?
USXF 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 USXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 96% of USXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGU and USXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU and USXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗iShares page for USXF ↗

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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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