ETF comparison

ESGUvsSUSA

Both US Total Market.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF · iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
63.8%

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.

ESGU only 36.0%Shared 63.8%SUSA only 36.0%
In ESGU only
126 positions
Shared
161 positions
In SUSA only
9 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%
SUSA

iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF

iShares · US Total Market

79composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$4.13B
TTM yield
0.84%
Top-10 conc.
33.6%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
75
89
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
83
60
Concentration
66
Tracking quality
ESGUsub-scoreSUSA

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
#HoldingIn ESGUIn SUSAOverlap
1NVIDIA CORPORATION7.77%7.92%7.77%
2APPLE INC.6.83%5.35%5.35%
3MICROSOFT CORPORATION4.73%4.35%4.35%
4ALPHABET INC.4.72%3.84%3.84%
5BROADCOM INC.3.07%3.07%3.07%
6TESLA, INC.1.85%1.63%1.63%
7ALPHABET INC.1.33%3.01%1.33%
8ELI LILLY AND COMPANY1.33%1.21%1.21%
9ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.1.33%1.12%1.12%
10VISA INC.0.95%0.97%0.95%
11INTEL CORPORATION0.85%0.96%0.85%
12APPLIED 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%

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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.