NUGO vs PWRD: Differences, Returns & Fees
NUGO and PWRD hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and NUGO returned +7.6% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $2.4bn for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF and $1.5bn for TCW Transform Systems ETF.
NUGO costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points; NUGO is 1.7 times larger.
| NUGO | PWRD | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.50% | 0.75% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $2.4bn | $1.5bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +7.6% | −1.2% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | No index, actively managed |
| Holdings in common | 17% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 62.4% | 52.0% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | 20.1%, high on Jun 30, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
NUGO and PWRD are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- Holdings in common. 17% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026).
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NUGO returned +7.6% and PWRD −1.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.8 points.
- Cost. NUGO charges 0.50% of assets a year and PWRD 0.75%, a gap of 0.25 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, NUGO and PWRD hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
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17% in common
On the same fields
NUGO and PWRD 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 PWRD
PWRD is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 57% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 20.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, NUGO or PWRD?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NUGO returned +7.6% and PWRD −1.2%.
- Which is cheaper, NUGO or PWRD?
- NUGO is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 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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