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Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

ETF
NUSA
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$23.025 -0.04 -0.15%
primary theme
U.S. Short-Term Bond Duration
NUSA (ETF)

Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$23.025 -0.04 -0.15%
primary theme
U.S. Short-Term Bond Duration
NUSA (ETF)

Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$23.025 -0.04 -0.15%
primary theme
U.S. Short-Term Bond Duration

Name

As of 07/13/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

NUSA | ETF

$23.03

$34.1 M

3.96%

$0.91

0.14%

Vitals

YTD Return

0.4%

1 yr return

3.0%

3 Yr Avg Return

4.3%

5 Yr Avg Return

1.5%

Net Assets

$34.1 M

Holdings in Top 10

26.9%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$23.1
$23.03
$23.54

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.14%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 46.00%

Redemption Fee N/A

Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A

Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund

Name

As of 07/13/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

NUSA | ETF

$23.03

$34.1 M

3.96%

$0.91

0.14%

NUSA - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 0.4%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 4.3%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 1.5%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
  • Net Income Ratio 1.33%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 4.0%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Other

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Nuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    Nuveen Funds
  • Inception Date
    Mar 31, 2017
  • Shares Outstanding
    1500000
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Lijun (Kevin) Chen

Fund Description

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of its Index. The Index utilizes certain environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) criteria to select from the securities included in a modified version of the Bloomberg 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Base Index”), which is designed to broadly capture the 1-5 year U.S. investment grade, taxable fixed income market. The Index is maintained by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (“Bloomberg”) pursuant to an agreement between Bloomberg and MSCI ESG Research LLC (“MSCI ESG Research” and, together with Bloomberg, the “Index Providers”). Neither the sub-adviser nor its affiliates has any discretion to select Index components or change the Index methodology. As of October 31, 2025, the Index was comprised of 5,131 securities.
The Index draws from the universe defined by the Base Index, which consists of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment grade taxable debt securities with a remaining term to final maturity, or an average life, of less than five years. Qualifying securities must also have at least one year until final maturity. The Index is principally comprised of U.S. government securities (securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities), debt securities issued by U.S. corporations, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), asset-backed securities (“ABS”), and U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities issued by corporations that are publicly offered for sale in the United States.
The Index identifies fixed income securities from the Base Index that satisfy certain ESG criteria, based on ESG performance data collected by MSCI ESG Research. ABS and MBS are included in the Index without reference to ESG criteria, other securities for which ESG performance data is not available are excluded from the Index. With respect to
corporate debt securities, ESG performance is measured on an industry-specific basis, with assessment categories varying by industry. Companies are scored and ranked against industry peers using a consistent set of key performance indicators to determine relative ESG strength. Environmental assessment categories can include a company’s impact on climate change, natural resource use, and waste management and emission management. Social evaluation categories can include a company’s relations with employees and suppliers, product safety and sourcing practices. Governance assessment categories can include governance practices and business ethics. The ESG criteria also consider how well a company adheres to national and international laws and regulations related to ESG matters. Index rules exclude companies with significant activities in the following controversial businesses: alcohol production, tobacco production, nuclear power, gambling, and weapons and firearms production. Companies otherwise eligible for inclusion in the Index from the following economic sectors are excluded from the Index in an attempt to reduce the carbon emissions of Index components: independent oil & gas producer, integrated oil & gas producer, and metals & mining.
With respect to government securities, U.S. governments receive an ESG rating based on the government issuer’s performance on six ESG risk factors: Natural Resources, Environmental Externalities & Vulnerability, Human Capital, Economic Environment, Financial Governance and Political Governance. Corporate debt and government securities that meet a minimum ESG rating threshold are eligible for inclusion in the Index. Eligible securities are then market value weighted within each sector, with sector weights in the Index adjusted to mirror the sector exposure of the Base Index.
The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally invests in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. The Fund reconstitutes and rebalances its holdings monthly in response to the monthly Index reconstitution and rebalance. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or buy securities that are not yet represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in component securities of the Index. To the extent the Index concentrates (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in the securities of companies in a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent as the Index.
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NUSA - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period NUSA Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 0.4% -1.9% 7.3% 79.96%
1 Yr 3.0% 0.8% 11.7% 83.40%
3 Yr 4.3%* 1.7% 13.0% 80.53%
5 Yr 1.5%* -0.2% 5.9% 82.68%
10 Yr N/A* 0.0% 171.3% 4.37%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period NUSA Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 1.9% -1.0% 5.2% 24.70%
2024 -0.5% -4.3% 8.8% 92.32%
2023 1.5% -1.6% 7.6% 61.46%
2022 -8.1% -17.7% -2.6% 77.32%
2021 -3.1% -4.0% 4.4% 97.05%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period NUSA Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 0.4% -1.9% 7.3% 79.96%
1 Yr 3.0% 0.8% 11.7% 83.40%
3 Yr 4.3%* 1.7% 13.0% 80.53%
5 Yr 1.5%* -0.2% 5.9% 82.68%
10 Yr N/A* 0.0% 171.3% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period NUSA Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 6.0% 3.5% 10.9% 54.86%
2024 3.5% -0.4% 19.6% 92.73%
2023 5.2% 1.8% 15.2% 65.11%
2022 -5.9% -13.3% -1.3% 75.67%
2021 -1.0% -2.7% 7.7% 86.71%

NUSA - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

NUSA Category Low Category High NUSA % Rank
Net Assets 34.1 M 7.76 M 69.8 B 96.77%
Number of Holdings 326 2 7063 68.08%
Net Assets in Top 10 9.08 M 2.33 M 11.6 B 96.77%
Weighting of Top 10 26.93% 2.1% 118.9% 39.19%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25%
  2. United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.48%
  3. United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.40%
  4. United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.79%
  5. United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.77%
  6. United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.71%
  7. United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.06%
  8. United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.90%
  9. United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.81%
  10. United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.77%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High NUSA % Rank
Bonds 		97.58% 0.00% 124.79% 14.34%
Convertible Bonds 		3.93% 0.00% 27.71% 29.76%
Cash 		1.31% -20.59% 46.88% 67.07%
Other 		1.11% -0.71% 85.07% 69.09%
Stocks 		0.00% 0.00% 99.76% 55.96%
Preferred Stocks 		0.00% 0.00% 23.42% 49.90%

Bond Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High NUSA % Rank
Corporate 		50.21% 0.00% 99.82% 30.77%
Securitized 		25.82% 0.00% 97.27% 46.76%
Government 		23.37% 0.00% 73.63% 38.87%
Cash & Equivalents 		0.28% 0.00% 46.84% 75.96%
Derivative 		0.00% -1.90% 50.18% 48.48%
Municipal 		0.00% 0.00% 14.41% 71.66%

Bond Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High NUSA % Rank
US 		97.58% 0.00% 124.79% 13.33%
Non US 		0.00% 0.00% 80.77% 51.92%

NUSA - Expenses

Operational Fees

NUSA Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.14% 0.01% 3.83% 94.73%
Management Fee 0.14% 0.00% 1.19% 12.12%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.41% N/A

Sales Fees

NUSA Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 0.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 0.50% 4.00% N/A

Trading Fees

NUSA Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

NUSA Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 46.00% 2.00% 500.00% 25.40%

NUSA - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

NUSA Category Low Category High NUSA % Rank
Dividend Yield 3.96% 0.00% 11.11% 40.40%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

NUSA Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Other Monthly Monthly Monthly

Net Income Ratio Analysis

NUSA Category Low Category High NUSA % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.33% -1.27% 4.98% 38.89%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

NUSA Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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NUSA - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Lijun (Kevin) Chen

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Mar 31, 2017

5.17

5.2%

TIAA—2006 to Present (quantitative portfolio management); previously, fixed-income quantitative strategies, enterprise risk management

James Tsang

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Nov 30, 2021

0.5

0.5%

James is a quantitative portfolio manager for Nuveen’s global fixed income team and is responsible for quantitative portfolio strategies, derivatives analytics, and performance analysis. In addition, he is the co-portfolio manager of the Bond Index strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, James was a senior quantitative analyst at AIG Investment Management Co., where he was responsible for portfolio and derivatives investment strategies. Prior to that, James held positions at AIG, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Mackenzie Investment Management Inc., and EBF & Associates Fixed Income Arbitrage Hedge Fund. James graduated with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Anhui University, an M.S. in Computational Mathematics from Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Ph.D. in Statistics from Michigan State University, and an M.S. in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago.

Rui (Vivian) Liu

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Nov 30, 2021

0.5

0.5%

Vivian is a quantitative fixed income portfolio manager covering fixed income ETFs. She is primarily responsible for ETF portfolio activities, on-going quant investment strategies and quantitative tools and platform developments. Prior to joining the firm in 2019, Vivian held various roles at Capital One Financial Corporate, JP Morgan Chase & Co., and most recently, MetLife Investment Management. Vivian graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston. She also holds the CFA designation.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.07 28.77 6.2 2.41

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