ESGU — iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-27
ESGU — iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity · $17.58B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ESGU Fund Overview
ESGU — iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF is a US ETF managed by iSHARES TRUST, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: iSHARES TRUST
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity
- Assets under management: $17.58B
- 1-year return: 29.4%
- Ticker: ESGU
- SEC CIK: 0001100663
- SEC series ID: S000055381
- Share class ID: C000174221
ESGU Holdings
Top 10 holdings of iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 7.77% |
| Apple Inc. | 6.83% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 4.73% |
| Alphabet Inc. | 4.72% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.82% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 3.07% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.94% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 1.85% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.66% |
| Eli Lilly And Company | 1.33% |
ESGU Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
ESGU Performance
Total returns for ESGU (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 11.2% |
| 1 year | 29.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 23.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 12.9% |
ESGU Risk Information
Risk metrics for ESGU, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.4%
ESGU Costs and Fees
ESGU costs about $15 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.15%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.15%
- Portfolio turnover: 24%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.28 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ESGU Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF had net inflows of $531.55M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $64.23M |
| 2026-04 | $179.01M |
| 2026-03 | −$76.32M |
| 2026-02 | $30.76M |
| 2026-01 | $150.58M |
| 2025-12 | $347.79M |
ESGU Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ESGU Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-19
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-20
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-28
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-12
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.