ESGU vs VSGX: holdings overlap, shared companies and scores

As of September 11, 2026, ESGU and VSGX overlap 0.6% by weight. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU): ESG-aware U.S. equities. Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (VSGX): International ESG-compliant stocks.

Updated September 11, 2026

How much do ESGU and VSGX overlap?

As of September 11, 2026, ESGU and VSGX overlap 0.6% by weight.

3% of ESGU is already inside VSGX.

1% of VSGX is already inside ESGU.

ESGU holds 271 companies and VSGX holds 6,362; 16 are in both.

Computed by ETF Copilot from both funds' holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

How does ETF Copilot score ESGU and VSGX?

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores ESGU 5.5 out of 10 and VSGX 6.4 out of 10.

They differ most on Growth: ESGU 3.6 and VSGX 8.4.

The five factor scores behind them are set out below, 0–10 and higher is better, ranked against every US equity ETF we track.

ESGU vs VSGX — ETF Copilot factor scores, 0–10
Factor	ESGU	VSGX
Growth	3.6	8.4
Valuation	2.2	4.5
Risk	7.3	7.1
Quality	8.6	6.2
Return	6.4	5.3

VSGX is the cheaper of the two at 0.10% a year

As of September 11, 2026, ESGU charges 0.15% a year, yields 1.06% and holds $18.2B in assets across 271 positions.

As of September 11, 2026, VSGX charges 0.10% a year, yields 2.64% and holds $6.5B in assets across 6362 positions.

ESGU vs VSGX — cost, income and size
Measure	ESGU	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.10%
Dividend yield	1.06%	2.64%
Assets under management	$18.2B	$6.5B
Holdings	271	6362

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

Where ESGU and VSGX trade against their own history

ESGU trades at 25.6 times earnings, against its own median of 21.5, and is more expensive than 86% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017.

VSGX trades at 15.6 times earnings, against its own median of 13.9, and is more expensive than 80% of its own 96 monthly readings since 2018.

What moved ESGU and VSGX this week

ESGU fell 1.3% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Nvidia (−4.4%), Microsoft (−2.8%) and Eli Lilly (−3.8%); Advanced Micro Devices (+13.1%) pushed the other way.

VSGX fell 1.2% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Novartis (−15.2%), Novo Nordisk A/S-B (−9.3%) and SAP (−4.6%); SK Hynix (+14.8%) pushed the other way.

What do ESGU and VSGX each hold?

What's inside ESGU: Tech 46%, Magnificent 7 33%.

37% of ESGU is its ten largest holdings.

What's inside VSGX: Tech 22%, Semiconductors 9%.

14% of VSGX is its ten largest holdings.

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ETF Copilot, “ESGU vs VSGX holdings overlap and scores”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/compare/esgu-vs-vsgx