iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
$168.12−1.11 (−0.66%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $18.2B
- 1Y return
- +17.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.92%
- Holdings
- 269
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $169.26
- 52W range
The ETF.net ESGU Grade
Score 77 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 70Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 97Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 51Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 91Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 61Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 95Category rank
Our read on ESGU
AScreening out companies is easy; keeping the market's shape while you do it is the hard part. ESGU's index optimizes toward stronger ESG characteristics while targeting risk and return similar to the broad MSCI USA Index.
Seeks to track an index of large- and mid-cap U.S. companies selected for favorable environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics while seeking risk/return similar to the MSCI USA Index.
Why people hold it
- Not a screen-and-drop portfolio: the index optimizes toward better ESG characteristics while targeting risk and return similar to the broad MSCI USA Index.ishares.com
- 0.15% a year, below the typical fund in its US ESG group, spread across roughly 300 large- and mid-cap names rather than a narrow shortlist.
- Running since 2016, a multi-billion-dollar iShares fund that pays quarterly and sits in the top quartile of a crowded US ESG peer group.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper seats in the same row: XVV at 0.08%, ESGV at 0.09%, SNPE and EFIV at 0.10%, against 0.15% here.
- Market-like risk is the stated goal, so exclusions are lighter than a purist ESG fund and the holdings end up looking a lot like the broad US market.ishares.com
- MSCI's ratings decide who makes the cut, so the portfolio reflects one provider's definition of ESG, not an industry standard.ishares.com
ESGU Holdings
- Stocks
- 269
- 37%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology39.0%
- Financials12.1%
- Health Care9.9%
- Communication8.8%
- Consumer Discr.8.6%
- Industrials7.8%
- Cons. Staples4.2%
- Energy3.8%
- Real Estate2.1%
- Materials1.9%
- Utilities1.8%
Geography
- United States97.22%
- Ireland1.37%
- United Kingdom0.56%
- Singapore0.30%
- Bermuda0.21%
- Uruguay0.14%
- Netherlands0.12%
- Cayman Islands0.08%
ESGU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ESGU$11,719
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ESGU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.4% |
| 1 month | +1.1% |
| 3 months | +4.1% |
| 1 year | +17.2% |
| 3 years | +22.8% |
| 5 years | +12.4% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ESGU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.4% | |
| 2025 | +16.9% | |
| 2024 | +24.3% | |
| 2023 | +25.8% | |
| 2022 | −20.3% | |
| 2021 | +26.9% | |
| 2020 | +22.5% |
ESGU in the news
ESGU Dividends
- 0.92%
- $1.55
- $0.38 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.37 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.44 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.29 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.38 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.34 |
ESGU Risk
- 13.4%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.14
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −26.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ESGU Cost
0.15%
ESGU0.15%
- The middle half of US ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.23%
13 of the 48 US ESG & Values Index funds charge less.