NULG vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
NULG and QGRO hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and NULG returned +11.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF, and $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.
NULG costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points.
| NULG | QGRO | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.26% | 0.29% |
| Net assets, NULG as of Jul 31, 2026 and QGRO as of May 31, 2026 | $2.7bn | $2.2bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +11.5% | +2.8% |
| What it tracks | Nuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth Index | American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index |
| Holdings in common | 23% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 44.0% | 30.9% |
| Below its high | 6.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
NULG and QGRO are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. NULG follows Nuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth Index and QGRO follows American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index.
- Holdings in common. 23% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and May 31, 2026).
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NULG returned +11.5% and QGRO +2.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.7 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, NULG and QGRO hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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23% in common
On the same fields
NULG and QGRO 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 QGRO
QGRO tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 189 positions, with the top ten at 30.9%.
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, NULG or QGRO?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NULG returned +11.5% and QGRO +2.8%.
- Which is cheaper, NULG or QGRO?
- NULG is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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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