NUGO vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees
NUGO and SQS hold 51% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $2.4bn for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF and $1.4bn for Sapient Quality Select ETF.
NUGO costs 0.30 points a year less; NUGO is 1.8 times larger.
| NUGO | SQS | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.50% | 0.80% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $2.4bn | $1.4bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +7.6% | not published |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | not published |
| Holdings in common | 51% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 62.4% | 54.2% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | 4.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, NUGO and SQS hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
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51% in common
On the same fields
NUGO and SQS 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 SQS
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 54.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, NUGO or SQS?
- NUGO is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 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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