NUGO vs RPG: Differences, Returns & Fees
NUGO and RPG hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and RPG returned +15.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF, and $1.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF.
RPG costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.9 points; NUGO is 1.2 times larger.
| NUGO | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.50% | 0.35% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $2.4bn | $2.0bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +7.6% | +15.5% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | S&P 500 Pure Growth Index |
| Holdings in common | 29% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 62.4% | 29.3% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | 13.9%, high on Jun 30, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.
NUGO and RPG 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 RPG follows S&P 500 Pure Growth Index.
- Holdings in common. 29% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026).
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NUGO returned +7.6% and RPG +15.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.9 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 RPG hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.
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29% in common
On the same fields
NUGO and RPG 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 RPG
RPG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 70 positions, with the top ten at 29.3%. It sat 13.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, NUGO or RPG?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NUGO returned +7.6% and RPG +15.5%.
- Which is cheaper, NUGO or RPG?
- RPG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 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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