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Nuveen US Infrastructure ETF

NUIFNasdaqC

$24.64+0.22 (+0.88%)

At close: Oct 13, 2026, 4:00 PM

C53/ 100

Rank 13 of 34 in Infrastructure

C53/100Rank 13 of 34inInfrastructure
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Expense ratio
0.55%
Fund size
$23M
1Y total return
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Yield · Last 12 months
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Holdings
41
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$24.20
52W range
low $23.39high $26.54
Launched

The ETF.net NUIF Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

C

Score 53 out of 100

Category
Infrastructure⁠
Rank
13 of 34
Six-pillar profile for NUIF. Scores out of 100: Cost 55, Risk 47, Mission not scored, Tradability 69, Holdings 53, Durability 23. Strongest: Tradability (69). Weakest: Durability (23). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 53 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    B55 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 34

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C47 out of 100
    Rank 21 of 34

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B69 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 34

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 32

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    F23 out of 100
    Rank 32 of 34

Our read on NUIF

ETF.net Research

CInfrastructure without an index: Nuveen's team hand-picks roughly 40 US owners and operators of the vital stuff (grids, pipelines, water), chasing growth plus income at 0.55% a year.

Stated mandate

Seeks long-term growth of capital and income. Under normal conditions, it invests at least 80% in equity securities of infrastructure-related companies economically tied to the U.S., with limited non-U.S. exposure.

Why people hold it

  1. 01At least 80% sits in US-tied infrastructure equities: companies that own or operate vital structures, facilities and services. Toll-booth assets, not a construction-cycle bet.nuveen.com
  2. 02No declared index to copy. Nuveen's investment team builds the book itself, leaning toward infrastructure names it considers overlooked and attractively valued.nuveen.com
  3. 030.55% a year for active management undercuts the typical fund in the infrastructure group, where plenty of rules-based rivals charge more.
  4. 04Income is written into the mandate, not bolted on: the stated goal is long-term growth of capital and income from businesses with typically stable cash flows.nuveen.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01Launched in 2026 and still small, it trades thinly, so spreads can be wide and limit orders matter more than with the group's giants.
  2. 02Non-diversified and concentrated in about 40 names, so a single stumble lands harder than it would in a broad infrastructure index fund.money.usnews.com
  3. 03The active fee is real: index alternatives in the same cohort, IFRA at 0.30% and PAVE at 0.47%, cost less for infrastructure exposure.

NUIF Holdings

As of Oct 13, 2026
Asset class
Other
Holdings
41
Top-10 weight
51%
Largest holding
AEP8.1%

Geography

  • United States85.35%
  • Canada14.65%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001AEPAmerican Elec Power, Inc.8.07%15,388$2M338
002ETREntergy Corp7.48%17,050$2M308
003LNGCheniere Energy, Inc4.94%4,145$1M274
004WMWaste Management, Inc.4.79%5,377$1M321
005XELXcel Energy Inc4.79%15,286$1M310
006NEENextera Energy Inc4.77%14,391$1M404
007TRGPTarga Resources Corp4.44%3,620$1M352
008WMBWilliams Cos., Inc.4.04%12,921$958K358
009ENBEnbridge Inc4.02%20,263$951K45
010LNTAlliant Energy Corp3.85%13,708$911K270
011AEEAmeren Corp.3.56%8,168$843K270
012NINisource, Inc.3.38%19,412$800K278
013WCNWaste Connections Inc3.17%4,886$751K59
014CSXCsx Corp2.97%14,726$703K383
015KMIKinder Morgan Inc.2.73%19,577$648K339

Showing 1–15 of 41 holdings

NUIF Performance

Launched Jun 17, 2026

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NUIF$9,311
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$10,332
Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026. NUIF $9,311. SPY $10,332. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,799$9,630$10,460Jul 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026

Jul 10, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for NUIF. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodNUIF
Year to dateFund launched this year—
1 month−0.9%
3 months−6.9%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year—
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year—
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year—

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for NUIF
YearReturn barNUIF
2026 YTD−2.5%

History from Jun 18, 2026

NUIF in the news

Filtered to NUIF · Infrastructure

NUIF Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 12, 2026.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

Listed Jun 2026. No distributions yet.

NUIF Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
−0.60
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

NUIF Cost

Expense ratio0.55%
  • The middle half of Infrastructure funds
  • Median 0.55%

14 of the 33 Infrastructure funds charge less.

NUIF costs $55.00 a year on $10,000. The median Infrastructure fund costs $55.00.

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