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ETF comparison

DSI vs ESGU

Both US Total Market.

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
55.7 %

185 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DSI and ESGU would leave roughly 55.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DSI unmatched 44.1% Shared 55.7% ESGU unmatched 44.0%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In DSI only
217 positions
Shared
185 positions
In ESGU only
90 positions

Side by side

DSI

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF

iShares · US Total Market

77 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$5.35B
TTM yield
0.91%
Top-10 conc.
44.2%
ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

iShares · US Total Market

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$17.82B
TTM yield
0.94%
Top-10 conc.
36.5%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
85
89
Tax efficiency
89
88
Liquidity
100
51
Concentration
62
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Tracking quality
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DSI sub-score ESGU

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ESGU is 10 bps cheaper than DSI. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for DSI.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DSI vs ESGU.

Top shared holdings

185 shared in total
# Holding In DSI In ESGU Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORPORATION 13.42% 7.70% 7.70%
2 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 9.49% 5.41% 5.41%
3 ALPHABET INC. 4.77% 3.28% 3.28%
4 ALPHABET INC. 6.00% 2.00% 2.00%
5 TESLA, INC. 2.54% 1.55% 1.55%
6 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.25% 1.18% 1.18%
7 VISA INC. 1.78% 1.16% 1.16%
8 ABBVIE INC. 1.29% 0.77% 0.77%
9 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.33% 0.72% 0.72%
10 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.17% 0.69% 0.69%
11 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 1.36% 0.68% 0.68%
12 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.06% 0.68% 0.68%

Only in DSI

217 total
  • Chubb Limited 0.36%
  • VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION 0.27%
  • MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION 0.27%
  • MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.24%
  • ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0.23%
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. 0.22%
  • NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION 0.22%
  • SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. 0.21%
  • PACCAR INC 0.20%
  • Truist Financial Corporation 0.19%

Only in ESGU

90 total
  • APPLE INC. 6.90%
  • AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.71%
  • BROADCOM INC. 2.52%
  • META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.60%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.41%
  • ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.39%
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.81%
  • EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.78%
  • COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.65%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.