ETF comparison
ESGUvsSPY
US Total Market vs US Large Cap.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
269 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGU and SPY would leave roughly76.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPY is 6 bps cheaper than ESGU. On a $100,000 position that's about $56/yr more in fees for ESGU.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with ESGU vs SPY.
Top shared holdings
269 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGU | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 7.77% | 8.29% | 7.77% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.83% | 7.22% | 6.83% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.73% | 5.68% | 4.73% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.82% | 3.80% | 3.80% |
| 5 | BROADCOM INC. | 3.07% | 2.53% | 2.53% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 4.72% | 2.40% | 2.40% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.94% | 2.01% | 1.94% |
| 8 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.66% | 1.62% | 1.62% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.85% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.33% | 1.37% | 1.33% |
| 11 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.33% | 3.01% | 1.33% |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.17% | 1.45% | 1.17% |
Only in ESGU
18 total- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION0.69%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION0.47%
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.0.20%
- ROCKET LAB CORPORATION0.18%
- BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION0.18%
- TWILIO INC.0.16%
- MercadoLibre, Inc.0.15%
- OKTA, INC.0.13%
- SNOWFLAKE INC.0.13%
- CLOUDFLARE, INC.0.11%
Only in SPY
235 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP1.01%
- WALMART INC0.71%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL0.43%
- SANDISK CORP0.35%
- BOEING CO/THE0.25%
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES C0.22%
- CHUBB LTD0.19%
- MEDTRONIC PLC0.18%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC0.17%
- MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP0.17%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.