NUGO vs TGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees
NUGO and TGRW hold 70% of their weight in the same names, and NUGO returned +7.6% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF, and $1.2bn on Oct 20, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETF.
NUGO costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points.
| NUGO | TGRW | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.50% | 0.52% |
| Net assets, NUGO as of Jul 31, 2026 and TGRW as of Oct 20, 2026 | $2.4bn | $1.2bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +7.6% | +2.6% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | No index, actively managed |
| Holdings in common | 70% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 62.4% | 58.8% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | 5.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
NUGO and TGRW are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NUGO returned +7.6% and TGRW +2.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.0 points.
- What each follows (similar). Both follow No index, actively managed.
- Holdings in common (similar). 70% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
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 TGRW hold 70% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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70% in common
On the same fields
NUGO and TGRW 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 TGRW
TGRW is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.52% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 80 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.6% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, NUGO or TGRW?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NUGO returned +7.6% and TGRW +2.6%.
- Which is cheaper, NUGO or TGRW?
- NUGO is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 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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