NUGO vs ONEQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
NUGO and ONEQ hold 51% of their weight in the same names, and ONEQ returned +16.3% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF, and $10.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF.
ONEQ costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points.
| NUGO | ONEQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.50% | 0.21% |
| Net assets, NUGO as of Jul 31, 2026 and ONEQ as of Sep 30, 2026 | $2.4bn | $10.9bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +7.6% | +16.3% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | Nasdaq Composite Index |
| Holdings in common | 51% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 62.4% | 57.6% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | 4.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
NUGO and ONEQ are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. NUGO follows No index, actively managed and ONEQ follows Nasdaq Composite Index.
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NUGO returned +7.6% and ONEQ +16.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.7 points.
- Number of holdings. NUGO holds 44 positions and ONEQ holds 1021.
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, NUGO and ONEQ hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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51% in common
On the same fields
NUGO and ONEQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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.
About ONEQ
ONEQ tracks the Nasdaq Composite. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.21% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,021 positions, with the top ten at 57.6%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, NUGO or ONEQ?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NUGO returned +7.6% and ONEQ +16.3%.
- Which is cheaper, NUGO or ONEQ?
- ONEQ is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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