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ESGV vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGV and SPY hold 82% of their weight in the same names, and SPY returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $13.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; SPY is far larger, $809.2bn against $13.4bn.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ESGV vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGVSPY
Expense ratio0.09%0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$13.4bn$809.2bn
Total return, 1 year+16.7%+17.3%
What it tracksFTSE US All Cap Choice IndexS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common82%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund41.3%39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+16.7%
ESGV total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.09%
ESGV expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGV and SPY hold 82% 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 8, 2026.

half

82% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGV SPY
NVIDIA Corp 8.61% 8.34%
Apple Inc 7.65% 7.42%
Microsoft Corp 6.30% 5.80%
Amazon.com Inc 4.21% 3.73%
Alphabet Inc 3.30% 3.06%
Broadcom Inc 2.88% 2.56%
Alphabet Inc 2.67% 2.45%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.10% 2.38%
Micron Technology Inc 1.81% 1.75%
Tesla Inc 1.80% 1.58%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.54% 1.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.59% 1.32%
Only in ESGV
Snowflake Inc 0.18%
MKTLIQ 0.16%
Cloudflare Inc 0.16%
MercadoLibre Inc 0.15%
Spotify Technology SA 0.14%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.12%
Corteva Inc 0.10%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 0.08%
Only in SPY
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.92%
WALMART INC 0.74%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 0.68%
CHEVRON CORP 0.62%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.55%
GENERAL ELECTRIC 0.47%

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On the same fields

ESGV
Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Vanguard State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +16.7% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 90.1% 99.8%
Holdings 1227 504
Net assets, ESGV as of Sep 30, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $13.4bn $817.2bn

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

About ESGV

ESGV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,227 positions, with the top ten at 41.3%.

About SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGV or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGV returned +16.7% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, ESGV or SPY?
Neither: ESGV and SPY both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGV and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 90% of ESGV and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for ESGV ↗SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗State Street 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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