NULG vs PWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

NULG and PWB hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and PWB returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $2.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF, and $2.6bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Invesco Large Cap Growth ETF.

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NULG costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points; NULG is 1.2 times larger.

NULG vs PWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
NULGPWB
Expense ratio0.26%0.55%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$2.7bn$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year+11.5%+20.2%
What it tracksNuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth IndexDynamic Large Cap Growth Intellidex Index
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.0%36.0%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 13, 20268.9%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+11.5%
NULG total return, 1 year
+20.2%
PWB total return, 1 year
0.26%
NULG expense ratio
0.55%
PWB expense ratio

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NULG and PWB are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. NULG follows Nuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth Index and PWB follows Dynamic Large Cap Growth Intellidex Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 35% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NULG returned +11.5% and PWB +20.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.7 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NULG and PWB hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding NULG PWB
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.69% 3.79%
NVIDIA Corp 14.91% 3.44%
Eli Lilly & Co 4.10% 3.39%
Visa Inc 3.17% 3.54%
Broadcom Inc 6.36% 3.16%
Applied Materials Inc 2.69% 2.90%
Caterpillar Inc 2.27% 3.02%
Fortinet Inc 1.83% 1.61%
TJX Cos Inc 1.77% 1.53%
Ross Stores Inc 1.65% 1.43%
GE Vernova Inc 1.97% 1.42%
Analog Devices Inc 1.25% 1.53%
Only in NULG
Palo Alto Networks Inc 2.46%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.95%
Netflix Inc 1.86%
Welltower Inc 1.78%
Datadog Inc 1.74%
MercadoLibre Inc 1.67%
Moody's Corp 1.53%
Trane Technologies PLC 1.52%
Only in PWB
Meta Platforms Inc 4.17%
Apple Inc 3.73%
Intel Corp 3.55%
Costco Wholesale Corp 3.50%
Mastercard Inc 3.47%
Amazon.com Inc 3.39%
Alphabet Inc 3.35%
Micron Technology Inc 3.27%

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On the same fields

NULG
Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF
PWB
Invesco Large Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +11.5% +20.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.5% (MLRG) +15.0% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark −4.1 pts vs MLRG +5.2 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.26% 0.55%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 96.9%
Holdings 69 52
Net assets, NULG as of Jul 31, 2026 and PWB as of Oct 20, 2026 $2.7bn $2.6bn

NULG and PWB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About NULG

NULG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +11.5% with distributions reinvested, against +15.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 69 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About PWB

PWB tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 36.0%. It sat 8.9% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NULG or PWB?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NULG returned +11.5% and PWB +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, NULG or PWB?
NULG 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.
How much do NULG and PWB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of NULG and 97% of PWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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