FBCG vs NUGO: Differences, Returns & Fees

FBCG and NUGO hold 62% of their weight in the same names, and FBCG returned +14.0% over the year. Net assets: $7.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF, and $2.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF.

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NUGO costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; FBCG is 2.8 times larger.

FBCG vs NUGO: Differences, Returns & Fees
FBCGNUGO
Expense ratio0.57%0.50%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$6.9bn$2.4bn
Total return, 1 year+14.0%+7.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common62%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.2%62.4%
Below its high5.8%, high on Oct 6, 20266.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+14.0%
FBCG total return, 1 year
+7.6%
NUGO total return, 1 year
0.57%
FBCG expense ratio
0.50%
NUGO expense ratio

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

  1. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FBCG returned +14.0% and NUGO +7.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 6.4 points.
  2. Number of holdings. FBCG holds 230 positions and NUGO holds 44.
  3. What each follows (similar). Both follow No index, actively managed.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FBCG and NUGO hold 62% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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62% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FBCG NUGO
NVIDIA CORP 14.90% 14.34%
ALPHABET INC 9.27% 11.81%
APPLE INC 9.31% 7.74%
MICROSOFT CORP 4.94% 6.68%
BROADCOM INC 4.38% 6.98%
ELI LILLY and CO 2.71% 3.95%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.86% 2.31%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.97% 1.80%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 1.59% 2.36%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.31% 1.43%
TESLA INC 1.28% 2.00%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.06% 2.44%
Only in FBCG
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD 1.17%
APPLOVIN CORP 1.16%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.97%
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC 0.94%
SHARKNINJA INC 0.80%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 0.68%
CELESTICA INC 0.66%
ASTERA LABS INC 0.64%
Only in NUGO
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.35%
Quanta Services Inc 1.28%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.24%
O'Reilly Automotive Inc 0.90%
Microchip Technology Inc 0.82%
Intuitive Surgical Inc 0.76%
HEICO Corp 0.66%
Parker-Hannifin Corp 0.55%

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On the same fields

FBCG
Fidelity Blue Chip 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 +14.0% +7.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +4.0% (IWF)
Gap to its benchmark −1.9 pts vs VOO +3.6 pts vs IWF
Expense ratio 0.57% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 85.3% 98.0%
Holdings 230 44
Net assets, FBCG as of Sep 30, 2026 and NUGO as of Jul 31, 2026 $7.6bn $2.4bn

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

About FBCG

FBCG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 85% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 230 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

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, FBCG or NUGO?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FBCG returned +14.0% and NUGO +7.6%.
Which is cheaper, FBCG or NUGO?
NUGO is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FBCG and NUGO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 85% of FBCG and 98% of NUGO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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