NULG vs TCHP: Differences, Returns & Fees

NULG and TCHP hold 44% 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 Oct 20, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth ETF.

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NULG costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points.

NULG vs TCHP: Differences, Returns & Fees
NULGTCHP
Expense ratio0.26%0.57%
Net assets, NULG as of Jul 31, 2026 and TCHP as of Oct 20, 2026$2.7bn$2.2bn
Total return, 1 year+11.5%+2.4%
What it tracksNuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Growth IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.0%56.7%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 13, 20265.1%, high on Jun 1, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+11.5%
NULG total return, 1 year
+2.4%
TCHP total return, 1 year
0.26%
NULG expense ratio
0.57%
TCHP expense ratio

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NULG and TCHP 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 TCHP follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 44% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 NULG returned +11.5% and TCHP +2.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.1 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NULG and TCHP hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding NULG TCHP
NVIDIA Corp 14.91% 15.95%
Broadcom Inc 6.36% 5.96%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.69% 3.64%
Eli Lilly & Co 4.10% 3.20%
Applied Materials Inc 2.69% 2.50%
Visa Inc 3.17% 2.45%
Lam Research Corp 2.38% 2.51%
Netflix Inc 1.86% 1.46%
Carvana Co 1.20% 3.24%
GE Vernova Inc 1.97% 1.11%
Marvell Technology Inc 1.05% 1.03%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.95% 0.92%
Only in NULG
Palo Alto Networks Inc 2.46%
Western Digital Corp 2.00%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.96%
Fortinet Inc 1.83%
Welltower Inc 1.78%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.68%
MercadoLibre Inc 1.67%
Trane Technologies PLC 1.52%
Only in TCHP
ALPHABET INC CL C 6.31%
ALPHABET INC CL A 5.85%
APPLE INC 4.54%
MICROSOFT CORP 4.38%
META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS A 3.51%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.62%
TESLA INC 2.61%

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On the same fields

NULG
Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF
TCHP
T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +11.5% +2.4%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.5% (MLRG) +4.0% (IWF)
Gap to its benchmark −4.1 pts vs MLRG −1.5 pts vs IWF
Expense ratio 0.26% 0.57%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 95.2%
Holdings 69 66
Net assets, NULG as of Jul 31, 2026 and TCHP as of Oct 20, 2026 $2.7bn $2.2bn

NULG and TCHP 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 TCHP

TCHP is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 56.7%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.4% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NULG or TCHP?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NULG returned +11.5% and TCHP +2.4%.
Which is cheaper, NULG or TCHP?
NULG is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NULG and TCHP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of NULG and 95% of TCHP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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