iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF
ESGU NASDAQ
The iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. companies that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics as identified by the index provider while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the pa...
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- Fund size
- 3.38B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.15% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.91% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 13.0% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.95 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 136.79170.65
How ESGU has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, ESGU returned +19.8% with dividends reinvested — −33.9 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±13% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.3% on Mar 30, 2026 — 61 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 6% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, ESGU delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.95 means ESGU has moved roughly in line with the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average169.18 +0.7%
- 26-day average168.34 +1.2%
- 50-day average167.24 +1.9%
- 200-day average158.30 +7.6%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · Sustainability Commitments — tracking the MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index.
- Assets under management3.38BUSD
- Expense ratio0.15%per year
- Holdings324
- Risk score3.9Low
Launched December 2016. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 9 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.55
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.55 USD / shareWhere ESGU shows up
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About iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF
The iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. companies that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics as identified by the index provider while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the parent index
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 324 holdings
- Ticker
- ESGU
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US46435G4257
- CUSIP
- 46435G425
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- Sustainability Commitments
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.