CGGR vs NUGO: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGGR and NUGO hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and NUGO returned +7.6% over the year. Net assets: $26.0bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Capital Group Growth ETF, and $2.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF.

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CGGR costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points.

CGGR vs NUGO: Differences, Returns & Fees
CGGRNUGO
Expense ratio0.39%0.50%
Net assets, CGGR as of Oct 19, 2026 and NUGO as of Jul 31, 2026$26.0bn$2.4bn
Total return, 1 year+5.8%+7.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.2%62.4%
Below its high6.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+5.8%
CGGR total return, 1 year
+7.6%
NUGO total return, 1 year
0.39%
CGGR expense ratio
0.50%
NUGO expense ratio

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CGGR and NUGO are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Holdings in common. 35% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
  2. Cost. CGGR charges 0.39% of assets a year and NUGO 0.50%, a gap of 0.11 points.
  3. Size. CGGR has $26.0bn in net assets and NUGO $2.4bn (net assets, CGGR as of Oct 19, 2026 and NUGO as of Jul 31, 2026); CGGR is 10.8 times larger.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGGR and NUGO hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGGR NUGO
Broadcom Inc 5.39% 6.98%
NVIDIA Corp 5.16% 14.34%
Microsoft Corp 4.38% 6.68%
Alphabet Inc 3.06% 11.81%
Amazon.com Inc 2.69% 2.31%
Tesla Inc 5.85% 2.00%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.81% 3.95%
Micron Technology Inc 4.86% 1.80%
Apple Inc 1.79% 7.74%
Meta Platforms Inc 7.09% 1.43%
General Electric Co 1.11% 2.00%
Quanta Services Inc 0.99% 1.28%
Only in CGGR
Alphabet Inc 3.36%
Visa Inc 2.34%
TransDigm Group Inc 2.02%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 1.98%
Cloudflare Inc 1.65%
Shopify Inc 1.63%
SK hynix Inc 1.62%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.56%
Only in NUGO
Applied Materials Inc 2.82%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.44%
Western Digital Corp 2.36%
Arista Networks Inc 1.85%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.79%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.57%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.35%
Snowflake Inc 1.26%

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On the same fields

CGGR
Capital Group Growth ETF
NUGO
Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +5.8% +7.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +4.0% (IWF)
Gap to its benchmark −10.1 pts vs VOO +3.6 pts vs IWF
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 80.6% 98.0%
Holdings 89 44
Net assets, CGGR as of Oct 19, 2026 and NUGO as of Jul 31, 2026 $26.0bn $2.4bn

CGGR and NUGO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGGR

CGGR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +5.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 89 positions, with the top ten at 44.2%.

About NUGO

NUGO is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 44 positions, with the top ten at 62.4%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +7.6% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGGR or NUGO?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGGR returned +5.8% and NUGO +7.6%.
Which is cheaper, CGGR or NUGO?
CGGR is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGGR and NUGO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 81% of CGGR and 98% of NUGO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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