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NULC

GradeBChicago Board Options Exchange

Nuveen ESG Large-Cap

Factor & Screened Index · Nuveen · Inception 2019-06-03 · SEC filings

$55.99−0.10 (−0.18%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 1:54 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 6 prints from 56.09 to 55.99. Range 55.97 to 56.09. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$56.05$56.1010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.21%
Fund size
$73M
1Y return
+18.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
8.67%
Holdings
129
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$55.93
52W range
low $45.06high $56.92

The ETF.net NULC Grade

B

66/ 100

Rank 10 of 30 in US Factor Index⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for NULC. Scores out of 100: Cost 72, Risk 63, Mission 99, Tradability 30, Holdings 49, Durability 30. Strongest: Mission (99). Weakest: Durability (30). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 66 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    AScore 72
    Category rank9/30 · top 30%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 99
    Category rank2/22 · top 9%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 63
    Category rank9/30 · top 30%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 30
    Category rank23/30 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 49
    Category rank18/30 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 30
    Category rank26/30 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on NULC

ETF.net Research

BAn ESG screen on a growth-tilted US large-cap portfolio: roughly 140 names tracking the TIAA ESG USA Large-Cap Index at 0.21% a year, under the typical US factor fund's fee.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the TIAA ESG USA Large-Cap Index.

Why people hold it

  1. 01At 0.21% a year it undercuts the 0.28% median for US factor ETFs, and sits below iShares' ESG-screened SUSA at 0.25%.
  2. 02One named benchmark, the TIAA ESG USA Large-Cap Index, and a portfolio that hews closely to that brief. One of the tighter mandate builds among US factor funds.
  3. 03Roughly 140 stocks with a growth lean: different enough from a plain large-cap index fund to matter, still spread across the big end of the market.
  4. 04Live since 2019, so there is a real trading history behind the ESG label rather than a back-test.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Thinly traded. Spreads can run wider than the giants of the ESG aisle, and size matters more when you place an order.
  2. 02A smaller fund by asset base, which leaves less cushion than the household names if a sponsor ever reshuffles its lineup.
  3. 03ESG screens plus a growth tilt mean the portfolio can look and behave differently from the broad US market in either direction.

NULC Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 6:24 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
129
Top-10 weight
33%
Largest holding
NVDA9.1%

Sectors

  • Technology40.3%
  • Financials13.0%
  • Health Care10.4%
  • Industrials8.3%
  • Communication7.9%
  • Consumer Discr.6.8%
  • Cons. Staples5.7%
  • Energy2.3%
  • Real Estate1.9%
  • Utilities1.8%
  • Materials1.5%

Geography

  • United States94.89%
  • Ireland1.70%
  • Singapore1.46%
  • Uruguay0.78%
  • Switzerland0.69%
  • United Kingdom0.48%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 9.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDANVIDIA CORP9.09%29,196$6M828
002MSFTMICROSOFT CORP5.27%7,627$4M792
003METAMETA PLATFORMS INC3.77%4,048$3M683
004AVGOBROADCOM INC3.49%6,970$2M732
005AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.91%3,716$2M618
006VVISA INC1.93%3,750$1M550
007MAMASTERCARD, INC - A1.79%2,263$1M512
008CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS, INC.1.77%11,551$1M567
009KOCOCA COLA CO.1.76%14,227$1M457
010STXSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLD1.60%1,327$1M434
011PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS INC1.59%3,117$1M486
012MSMORGAN STANLEY1.56%5,506$1M423
013PGPROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THE1.56%7,618$1M433
014ADIANALOG DEVICES, INC.1.55%2,954$1M474
015MRKMERCK & COMPANY, INC1.54%7,491$1M506

Showing 1–15 of 129 holdings

NULC Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

NULC$11,890
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. NULC $11,890. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,329$10,793$12,257Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 NULC. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodNULC
Year to date+17.2%
1 month+0.7%
3 months+4.0%
1 year+18.9%
3 years+21.7%per year
5 years+10.9%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per 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 NULC
YearReturn barNULC
2026 YTD+17.2%
2025+16.2%
2024+18.8%
2023+22.5%
2022−20.1%
2021+25.8%
2020+22.5%

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NULC 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 Sep 22, 2026.
8.67%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$4.87Last 12 months
Last payment
$4.87 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2019–2026

One bar per payment. 7 payments from 2019 to 2026 YTD. Dec 27, 2019 $0.23; Dec 17, 2020 $1.42; Dec 16, 2021 $2.53; Dec 15, 2022 $0.76; Dec 14, 2023 $0.52; Dec 18, 2024 $0.85; Dec 18, 2025 $4.87. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 18, 2025Dec 19, 2025$4.87
Dec 18, 2024Dec 19, 2024$0.85
Dec 14, 2023Dec 18, 2023$0.52
Dec 15, 2022Dec 19, 2022$0.76
Dec 16, 2021Dec 20, 2021$2.53
Dec 17, 2020Dec 21, 2020$1.42
Dec 27, 2019Dec 31, 2019$0.23

NULC Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.4%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.
1.08
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.
−27.9%
Trough Oct 2022
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.
1.01
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.

NULC Cost

Expense ratio0.21%
  • The middle half of US Factor Index funds
  • Median 0.30%

8 of the 29 US Factor Index funds charge less.

NULC costs $21.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Factor Index fund costs $30.00.