Nuveen Short-Term REIT
$30.03+0.18 (+0.60%)
- 0.35%
- $30M
- +12.0%
- 4.36%
- 0M sh
- $29.87
- low $26.85high $33.43
The ETF.net NURE Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 2 of 6
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B 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.A85 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.C47 out of 100Rank 5 of 5Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B69 out of 100Rank 2 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C50 out of 100Rank 3 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B65 out of 100Rank 3 of 6Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C50 out of 100Rank 4 of 6
Our read on NURE
BMost real estate ETFs buy the whole property market. NURE tracks a Dow Jones index built around the short-term REIT slice of US landlords, and it charges less than any other fund in its real estate peer group.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Short-Term REIT Index.
Why people hold it
- Cheapest in its real estate cohort at 0.35%, comfortably under the group median of 0.51% and below peers like MORT (0.43%), DESK (0.51%) and CLIM (0.90%).
- Narrow by design: it follows the Dow Jones U.S. Select Short-Term REIT Index rather than a hold-everything property benchmark, so you get one defined corner of US real estate.
- Plain plumbing. A 1940 Act US equity ETF running since 2016 against a published index, and it lands in the top quartile of its real estate peer group.
- Income arrives on a quarterly schedule, in line with how REIT rent flows are typically passed through.
Worth knowing
- A small fund that trades thinly. Spreads can run wider than in the giant REIT funds, which is where limit orders usually earn their keep.
- Roughly 30 names inside one sector. Single-company and single-property-type moves come through undiluted, with no broad market ballast.
- All-US equity REITs, so it rides American property and rate cycles with no overseas or bond offset.
NURE Holdings
- Other
- 29
- 50%
- HST
Sectors
- Real Estate100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
NURE Performance
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NURE$11,196
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.
| Period | NURE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.5% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −6.2% |
| 1 year | +12.0% |
| 3 years | +7.3% |
| 5 years | −0.4% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | NURE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | −7.5% | |
| 2024 | +6.7% | |
| 2023 | +13.0% | |
| 2022 | −28.5% | |
| 2021 | +53.4% | |
| 2020 | −7.3% |
NURE in the news
NURE Dividends
- 4.36%
- $1.30
- $0.28 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
NURE Risk
- 17.4%
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.
- 0.22
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.
- −36.0%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
NURE Cost
0.35%
NURE0.35%
- The middle half of Real Estate Sector funds
- Median 0.53%
No Real Estate Sector fund charges less.
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- BMORTVanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETFExpense ratio 0.43%1 year return −12.9%
- BREMiShares Mortgage Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return −12.1%
- BSRETGlobal X - SuperDividend REIT ETFExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +0.3%
- DCLIMClimate Global-Climate Resilient REIT Index ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return —
- DDVDNKingsbarn Dividend Opportunity ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return −27.2%