---
ticker: "NUSA"
name: "Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/NUSA"
grade: "C"
score: 50
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Short-Term Core Bond"
category_rank: "6 of 12"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# NUSA: Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond

Grade **C**, Score 50 of 100. Rank 6 of 12 in Short-Term Core Bond.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 72 | 4 of 12 |
| Mission | Not scored | — |
| Risk | 45 | 8 of 11 |
| Tradability | 24 | 10 of 12 |
| Holdings | 38 | 9 of 12 |
| Durability | 38 | 9 of 12 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 346 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | Us T-Note 3.375% 02/29/28 | 3.95% |
| 2 | — | Us T-Note 4.625% 04/30/29 | 3.18% |
| 3 | — | Us T-Note 3.625% 08/31/30 | 2.51% |
| 4 | — | Us T-Note 4.375% 12/31/29 | 2.46% |
| 5 | — | Us T-Note 3.875% 05/15/29 | 2.37% |
| 6 | — | Us T-Note 4.25% 07/31/28 | 2.23% |
| 7 | — | Us T-Note 3.625% 08/31/27 | 2.07% |
| 8 | — | Us T-Note 3.5% 04/30/28 | 1.91% |
| 9 | — | Us T-Note 3.75% 04/30/28 | 1.85% |
| 10 | — | Us T-Note 4% 03/31/30 | 1.73% |
| 11 | — | Us T-Note 3.875% 06/30/30 | 1.61% |
| 12 | — | Us T-Note 3.5% 09/30/27 | 1.51% |
| 13 | — | Us T-Note 4.5% 05/31/29 | 1.51% |
| 14 | — | Us T-Note 4.25% 01/31/30 | 1.48% |
| 15 | — | Us T-Note 3.625% 03/31/28 | 1.48% |
| 16 | — | Us T-Note 4.125% 10/31/27 | 1.38% |
| 17 | — | Us T-Note 3.875% 11/30/27 | 1.38% |
| 18 | — | Us T-Note 3.5% 10/31/27 | 1.37% |
| 19 | — | Us T-Note 4.25% 2/28/29 | 1.37% |
| 20 | — | Us T-Note 3.5% 01/31/28 | 1.37% |
| 21 | — | Us T-Note 3.625% 10/31/30 | 1.32% |
| 22 | — | Us T-Note 4.25% 08/15/29 | 1.18% |
| 23 | — | Us T-Note 4.125% 11/30/29 | 1.14% |
| 24 | — | Us T-Note 4.375% 07/31/31 | 1.14% |
| 25 | — | Us T-Note 3.375% 12/31/27 | 1.10% |
| 26 | — | Us T-Note 3.625% 05/31/28 | 1.09% |
| 27 | — | Us T-Note 3.625% 09/30/30 | 1.06% |
| 28 | — | Us T-Note 4.125% 10/31/29 | 0.95% |
| 29 | — | Us T-N 3.875% 07/31/30 | 0.94% |
| 30 | — | Us T-Note 3.5% 03/15/29 | 0.89% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/NUSA. Please cite the page URL.