ESGU vs PBUS overlap - what they share and where they differ

ESGU and PBUS share 78.6% of their weight across 264 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

ESGU and PBUS

78.6%

264 shared positions

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 273 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 37.9%·Holdings of ESGU

PBUS

Invesco MSCI USA ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 533 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 39.6%·Holdings of PBUS

Reported positions cover ESGU 100%, PBUS 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

PBUS vs ESGU side by side

ESGUiShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

273

stock positions reported to the SEC

1.5% of its weight is in 9 names PBUS does not hold

PBUSInvesco MSCI USA ETF

533

stock positions reported to the SEC

15.0% of its weight is in 269 names ESGU does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

ESGU
PBUS
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
45.5%
47.3%
Financial Services
12.2%
10.8%
Consumer Cyclical
8.9%
10.1%
Healthcare
9.6%
8.4%
Industrials
6.6%
7.0%

The widest gap is Technology: PBUS has 1.7 points more of it.

The figures side by side

ESGUPBUS
Filing dateAug 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported273533
Weight of the ten largest37.9%39.6%
Largest positionNVDA 7.7%NVDA 7.8%
Held alone9 positions, 1.5%269 positions, 15.0%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn ESGUIn PBUSCounted
NVDANVIDIA CORPORATION7.70%7.77%7.70%
AAPLAPPLE INC.6.90%6.94%6.90%
GOOGLALPHABET INC.5.28%6.13%5.28%
MSFTMICROSOFT CORPORATION5.41%4.81%4.81%
AMZNAMAZON.COM, INC.3.71%3.94%3.71%
AVGOBROADCOM INC.2.52%3.05%2.52%
METAMETA PLATFORMS, INC.1.77%2.09%1.77%
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.1.60%1.65%1.60%
TSLATESLA, INC.1.55%1.86%1.55%
LLYELI LILLY AND COMPANY1.39%1.34%1.34%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in ESGU

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.29%
STERIS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.26%
ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.24%
HONAHONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC.0.16%
FTITECHNIPFMC PLC0.13%
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.12%
J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.0.10%
XPOXPO, INC.0.09%
PENTAIR PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.08%

Only in PBUS

WMTWalmart Inc.0.77%
PMPhilip Morris International Inc.0.42%
STXSeagate Technology Holdings PLC0.29%
BABoeing Co. (The)0.27%
TJXTJX Cos., Inc. (The)0.26%
CBChubb Ltd.0.18%
MOAltria Group, Inc.0.18%
ACNAccenture PLC0.17%
CVSCVS Health Corp.0.17%
LMTLockheed Martin Corp.0.17%

Questions people ask

Is ESGU the same as PBUS?

78.6% of their weight sits in the same 264 holdings. ESGU also reports SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, STERIS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, which the other does not. PBUS also reports WMT, PM, STX, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between ESGU and PBUS measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of ESGU and 100% of PBUS, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, PBUS or ESGU?

ESGU reports 273 stock positions and PBUS reports 533. 1.5% of ESGU's weight sits in names PBUS does not hold, and 15.0% of PBUS's weight in names ESGU does not hold. The ten largest positions are 37.9% of ESGU and 39.6% of PBUS.

How do ESGU and PBUS differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: PBUS has 1.7 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.