---
ticker: "NUSC"
name: "Nuveen ESG Small-Cap ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/NUSC"
grade: "B"
score: 56
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US ESG & Values Index"
category_rank: "29 of 48"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# NUSC: Nuveen ESG Small-Cap ETF

Grade **B**, Score 56 of 100. Rank 29 of 48 in US ESG & Values Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 36 | 30 of 48 |
| Mission | 79 | 33 of 43 |
| Risk | 23 | 46 of 48 |
| Tradability | 67 | 12 of 48 |
| Holdings | 82 | 5 of 48 |
| Durability | 73 | 9 of 48 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 403 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | VTRS | Viatris Inc | 1.14% |
| 2 | RNR | Renaissancere Holdings Lt | 1.07% |
| 3 | EWBC | East West Bancorp Inc | 1.05% |
| 4 | HST | Host Hotels & Resorts | 1.04% |
| 5 | SNX | Td Synnex Corp | 1.03% |
| 6 | NXT | Nextpower Inc -Cl A | 0.95% |
| 7 | PFGC | Performance Food Group Co | 0.91% |
| 8 | CSGP | Costar Group Inc | 0.89% |
| 9 | MEDP | Medpace Holdings Inc | 0.85% |
| 10 | SCI | Service Corp Internationa | 0.83% |
| 11 | RGLD | Royal Gold Inc | 0.82% |
| 12 | AVTR | Avantor Inc | 0.81% |
| 13 | FDS | Factset Research | 0.81% |
| 14 | BPOP | Popular Inc | 0.80% |
| 15 | AGNC | Agnc Investment Corp | 0.79% |
| 16 | AEIS | Advanced Energy Ind, Inc. | 0.77% |
| 17 | CR | Crane Co | 0.77% |
| 18 | DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc | 0.75% |
| 19 | UNM | Unum Group | 0.73% |
| 20 | PEN | Penumbra Inc | 0.72% |
| 21 | PAYC | Paycom Software Inc | 0.71% |
| 22 | STRL | Sterling Infrastructure | 0.71% |
| 23 | FLS | Flowserve Corporation | 0.71% |
| 24 | MUSA | Murphy USD Inc | 0.69% |
| 25 | CRL | Charles River Laboratorie | 0.69% |
| 26 | IDCC | Interdigital Inc | 0.67% |
| 27 | PNR | Pentair PLC | 0.67% |
| 28 | MOD | Modine Manufacturing Co | 0.67% |
| 29 | REXR | Rexford Industrial Realty | 0.67% |
| 30 | AYI | Acuity Inc | 0.67% |

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