FBCG vs NULG: Differences, Returns & Fees

FBCG and NULG hold 33% 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 $2.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF.

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NULG costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; FBCG is 2.6 times larger.

FBCG vs NULG: Differences, Returns & Fees
FBCGNULG
Expense ratio0.57%0.26%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$6.9bn$2.7bn
Total return, 1 year+14.0%+11.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth Index
Holdings in common33%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.2%44.0%
Below its high5.8%, high on Oct 6, 20266.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+14.0%
FBCG total return, 1 year
+11.5%
NULG total return, 1 year
0.57%
FBCG expense ratio
0.26%
NULG expense ratio

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

  1. What each follows. FBCG follows No index, actively managed and NULG follows Nuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 33% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FBCG returned +14.0% and NULG +11.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.5 points.

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 NULG hold 33% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FBCG NULG
NVIDIA CORP 14.90% 14.91%
BROADCOM INC 4.38% 6.36%
ELI LILLY and CO 2.71% 4.10%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 1.59% 2.00%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.06% 3.69%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.97% 1.05%
GE VERNOVA INC 0.77% 1.97%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.64% 1.96%
WELLTOWER INC 0.62% 1.78%
NETFLIX INC 0.55% 1.86%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 0.54% 2.46%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.49% 2.38%
Only in FBCG
APPLE INC 9.31%
ALPHABET INC 9.27%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.86%
MICROSOFT CORP 4.94%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.31%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.97%
SANDISK CORP 1.28%
TESLA INC 1.28%
Only in NULG
Booking Holdings Inc 1.95%
Fortinet Inc 1.83%
MercadoLibre Inc 1.67%
Moody's Corp 1.53%
Trane Technologies PLC 1.52%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.50%
Cadence Design Systems Inc 1.49%
eBay Inc 1.34%

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On the same fields

FBCG
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF
NULG
Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +14.0% +11.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +15.5% (MLRG)
Gap to its benchmark −1.9 pts vs VOO −4.1 pts vs MLRG
Expense ratio 0.57% 0.26%
Already in the S&P 500 85.3% 93.8%
Holdings 230 69
Net assets, FBCG as of Sep 30, 2026 and NULG as of Jul 31, 2026 $7.6bn $2.7bn

FBCG and NULG 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 NULG

NULG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +11.5% with distributions reinvested, against +15.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 69 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FBCG or NULG?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FBCG returned +14.0% and NULG +11.5%.
Which is cheaper, FBCG or NULG?
NULG is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FBCG and NULG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 85% of FBCG and 94% of NULG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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