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ESGU vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGU and VIG hold 41% 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 $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; VIG is 6.1 times larger.

ESGU vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGUVIG
Expense ratio0.15%0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$17.9bn$109.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+12.0%
What it tracksMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus IndexS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common41%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.8%33.5%

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

+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGU and VIG hold 41% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGU VIG
MICROSOFT 5.67% 4.67%
APPLE 7.25% 4.50%
BROADCOM INC 2.46% 4.34%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 3.90%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.28% 4.07%
VISA CLASS A 1.20% 2.50%
ABBVIE 0.81% 1.93%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.75% 1.86%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.75% 2.73%
LAM RESEARCH 0.73% 1.61%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71% 2.84%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.66% 2.03%
Only in ESGU
NVIDIA 7.87%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.69%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.50%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.50%
Only in VIG
Walmart Inc 1.96%
PepsiCo Inc 0.82%
Chubb Ltd 0.52%
Medtronic PLC 0.50%
Lockheed Martin Corp 0.48%
General Dynamics Corp 0.40%
Emerson Electric Co 0.36%
Waste Management Inc 0.34%

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On the same fields

ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
VIG
Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +12.0%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 97.4% 92.6%
Holdings 269 335
Net assets, ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $18.3bn $109.1bn

ESGU and VIG 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 VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGU or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGU returned +17.3% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, ESGU or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGU and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of ESGU and 93% of VIG 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 ↗VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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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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