iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF
$157.03−0.93 (−0.59%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $4.1B
- 1Y return
- +17.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.82%
- Holdings
- 204
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $157.76
- 52W range
The ETF.net SUSA Grade
Score 70 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.BScore 67Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 56Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 56Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 76Category rank
Our read on SUSA
AOne of the original US ESG funds, running since 2005. Its index is sector-neutral, so the screening happens inside each sector instead of turning into one giant bet against energy.
The fund seeks to track a sector-neutral index of U.S. large- and mid-cap companies with positive aggregate ESG ratings and extensive screens for controversial activities.
Why people hold it
- Sector-neutral construction: sector weights stay near the broad US market, so the ESG work shows up in which companies are held, not in a lopsided tilt away from energy or utilities.ishares.com
- Trading since January 2005, one of the longest-running ESG equity ETFs in the US, and today a multi-billion-dollar fund rather than a launch-week experiment.
- 0.25% a year undercuts the typical fund in its factor peer group, and the portfolio hews closely to the MSCI USA Extended ESG Select Index it advertises.
- Large- and mid-cap US names, roughly 190 of them, with cash paid out quarterly. A core-shaped equity sleeve, not a thematic sliver.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper peers sit on the same shelf: Xtrackers' USCA at 0.07% and iShares' own SIZE at 0.15%. The extended controversy screens and long history are what the extra costs buy.
- It trades lightly next to mega-cap index funds, so spreads can widen in fast markets. Limit orders are the standard fix.
- Screens for controversial activities keep some familiar large caps out, so results can drift from a plain US market index in either direction.
SUSA Holdings
- Stocks
- 204
- 32%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology40.8%
- Financials13.0%
- Health Care9.7%
- Industrials8.8%
- Consumer Discr.6.8%
- Communication6.6%
- Cons. Staples4.4%
- Energy3.4%
- Real Estate2.8%
- Materials2.6%
- Utilities1.3%
Geography
- United States96.07%
- Ireland2.19%
- United Kingdom0.80%
- Uruguay0.30%
- Singapore0.27%
- Bermuda0.19%
- Netherlands0.18%
SUSA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SUSA$11,755
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 | SUSA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.1% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | +3.4% |
| 1 year | +17.6% |
| 3 years | +21.7% |
| 5 years | +11.2% |
| 10 years | +14.8% |
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 | SUSA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.1% | |
| 2025 | +15.7% | |
| 2024 | +22.4% | |
| 2023 | +23.9% | |
| 2022 | −21.4% | |
| 2021 | +30.4% | |
| 2020 | +24.7% |
SUSA in the news
SUSA Dividends
- 0.82%
- $1.30
- $0.34 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.35 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.37 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.44 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.26 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.33 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.36 |
SUSA Risk
- 13.8%
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.
- 1.05
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.
- −28.2%
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.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SUSA Cost
0.25%
SUSA0.25%
- The middle half of US Factor Index funds
- Median 0.30%
9 of the 29 US Factor Index funds charge less.