ETF comparison
ESGUvsSUSA
Both US Total Market.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF · iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF
Holdings overlap
161 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGU and SUSA would leave roughly63.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
ESGU is 10 bps cheaper than SUSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for SUSA.
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 SUSA.
Top shared holdings
161 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGU | In SUSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 7.77% | 7.92% | 7.77% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.83% | 5.35% | 5.35% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.73% | 4.35% | 4.35% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 4.72% | 3.84% | 3.84% |
| 5 | BROADCOM INC. | 3.07% | 3.07% | 3.07% |
| 6 | TESLA, INC. | 1.85% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.33% | 3.01% | 1.33% |
| 8 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.33% | 1.21% | 1.21% |
| 9 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 1.33% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 10 | VISA INC. | 0.95% | 0.97% | 0.95% |
| 11 | INTEL CORPORATION | 0.85% | 0.96% | 0.85% |
| 12 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 0.72% | 1.51% | 0.72% |
Only in ESGU
126 total- AMAZON.COM, INC.3.82%
- META PLATFORMS, INC.1.94%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.1.17%
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION0.69%
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.0.66%
- ABBVIE INC.0.65%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.0.63%
- COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION0.61%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.61%
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.0.47%
Only in SUSA
9 total- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED0.30%
- SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL0.19%
- WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.0.19%
- WORKDAY, INC.0.16%
- TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.0.12%
- ZSCALER, INC.0.10%
- GODADDY INC.0.09%
- PTC INC.0.08%
- ATLASSIAN CORPORATION0.08%
Open ESGU or SUSA at a brokerage
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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.