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Is NUMG a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth (NUMG) is a ESG ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores NUMG 3.7 out of 10 — highest on Growth (7.7), lowest on Return (1.0). It trades at 33.3 times earnings, against its own median of 30.7. Its ten largest holdings are 33% of the fund.

What stands out in NUMG's data

U.S. mid-cap growth stocks with an ESG screen.

Trades at a richer price than the typical mid-cap growth fund — you pay more for each dollar of earnings.

Its trailing P/E multiple of 33.2x sits above the category median of 21.2x and its own five-year median of 30.5x, while its EBITDA margin of 20.5% trails the typical peer.

A growth-oriented mid-cap allocation, filtered through ESG criteria.

Why did NUMG move this week? It rose 3.3% in the week to October 9, 2026 — Ciena and Zscaler drove it

NUMG rose 3.3% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Ciena (+14.9%), Zscaler (+18.9%) and Affirm (+14.0%); Rockwell Automation (−4.8%) pushed the other way.

How is NUMG rated? ETF Copilot scores Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth (NUMG) 3.7 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth (NUMG) 3.7 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 3.7 / 10
  • Growth: 7.7 / 10
  • Value: 3.8 / 10
  • Risk: 2.2 / 10
  • Quality: 3.0 / 10
  • Return: 1.0 / 10

Is NUMG expensive right now? It trades at 33.3 times earnings, against its own median of 30.7

As of October 9, 2026, NUMG is more expensive than 63% of its own last 9 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from NUMG's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside NUMG? 36% Tech

What's inside NUMG: Size (Large 60%, Mid 40%, Small 0%); Geography (International 7%, US 93%); Tech 35.8%.

What are NUMG's top holdings? The ten largest are 33% of the fund

Lumentum, Ciena, Comfort Systems USA, Keysight Technologies, Veeva Systems, Idexx Labs, Atlassian, Emcor, Credo Technology and ResMed are NUMG's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 58% of ESG ETFs.

Half of NUMG's weight sits in its 18 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 40 equally weighted holdings.

What is NUMG's expense ratio? 0.31% a year

As of October 9, 2026, NUMG charges 0.31% a year and holds $356M in assets across 45 positions.

Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth (NUMG) — cost, income and size
MeasureNUMG
Expense ratio0.31%
Assets under management$356M
Holdings45

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth (NUMG) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/numg

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