ETF comparison

ESGUvsVOO

US Total Market vs US Large Cap.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF · Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
77.6%

269 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGU and VOO would leave roughly77.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGU only 22.2%Shared 77.6%VOO only 22.1%
In ESGU only
18 positions
Shared
269 positions
In VOO 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%
VOO

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap

91composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$1.76T
TTM yield
1.05%
Top-10 conc.
36.4%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
97
89
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
60
Concentration
62
Tracking quality
ESGUsub-scoreVOO

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

Cost difference

VOO is 12 bps cheaper than ESGU. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 VOO.

Top shared holdings

269 shared in total
#HoldingIn ESGUIn VOOOverlap
1NVIDIA CORPORATION7.77%7.51%7.51%
2APPLE INC.6.83%6.59%6.59%
3MICROSOFT CORPORATION4.73%4.30%4.30%
4AMAZON.COM, INC.3.82%3.62%3.62%
5BROADCOM INC.3.07%2.77%2.77%
6ALPHABET INC.4.72%2.59%2.59%
7META PLATFORMS, INC.1.94%1.92%1.92%
8TESLA, INC.1.85%1.84%1.84%
9MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.1.66%2.02%1.66%
10ELI LILLY AND COMPANY1.33%1.47%1.33%
11ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.1.33%1.47%1.33%
12ALPHABET INC.1.33%3.25%1.33%

Only in ESGU

18 total
  • 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%
  • ROYALTY PHARMA PLC0.11%

Only in VOO

235 total
  • Walmart Inc0.77%
  • Sandisk Corp0.52%
  • Philip Morris International Inc0.44%
  • Boeing Co/The0.26%
  • Vertiv Holdings Co0.20%
  • Dell Technologies Inc0.19%
  • Chubb Ltd0.19%
  • Altria Group Inc0.19%
  • Southern Co/The0.17%
  • Lockheed Martin Corp0.16%

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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.