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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
76.4%

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.

ESGU only 23.5%Shared 76.4%SPY only 23.4%
In ESGU only
18 positions
Shared
269 positions
In SPY only
235 positions

Side by side

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

iShares · US Total Market

86composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$18.15B
TTM yield
0.92%
Top-10 conc.
37.7%
SPY

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

State Street · US Large Cap

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.094%
Net assets
$811.94B
TTM yield
0.99%
Top-10 conc.
38.0%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
91
89
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
100
60
Concentration
60
Tracking quality
ESGUsub-scoreSPY

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

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
#HoldingIn ESGUIn SPYOverlap
1NVIDIA CORPORATION7.77%8.29%7.77%
2APPLE INC.6.83%7.22%6.83%
3MICROSOFT CORPORATION4.73%5.68%4.73%
4AMAZON.COM, INC.3.82%3.80%3.80%
5BROADCOM INC.3.07%2.53%2.53%
6ALPHABET INC.4.72%2.40%2.40%
7META PLATFORMS, INC.1.94%2.01%1.94%
8MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.1.66%1.62%1.62%
9TESLA, INC.1.85%1.59%1.59%
10ELI LILLY AND COMPANY1.33%1.37%1.33%
11ALPHABET INC.1.33%3.01%1.33%
12JPMORGAN 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.