Nuveen Equity Long/Short Fund Class C (NELCX)

Fund Assets	166.20M
Expense Ratio	2.802%
Min. Investment	$3,000
Turnover	65.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.06
Dividend Yield	0.10%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 30, 2025

Previous Close	58.05
YTD Return	6.95%
1-Year Return	8.11%
5-Year Return	54.68%
52-Week Low	51.75
52-Week High	59.44
Beta (5Y)	0.73
Holdings	180
Inception Date	Dec 30, 2008

About NELCX

Nuveen Equity Long/Short Fund Class C is a mutual fund designed to provide long-term capital appreciation with a low correlation to the broader U.S. equity market. The fund employs a long/short equity strategy, primarily focusing on large-cap and mid-cap U.S. companies. Through a combination of quantitative techniques, fundamental analysis, and risk management, the fund identifies opportunities to establish both long and short positions in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. This approach aims to benefit from rising stocks while potentially mitigating market downturns by shorting securities expected to decline. Nuveen Equity Long/Short Fund Class C plays a versatile role in investor portfolios, offering exposure to equity markets with an alternative strategy that seeks to reduce overall portfolio volatility and correlation to traditional stock indices. Launched in 2008, it serves investors looking for diversified equity exposure with dynamic risk management features and an emphasis on capital appreciation in various market conditions.

• Fund Family: Nuveen
• Category: Alt Long/Short Eq
• Performance Rating: Above Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: Nasdaq
• Ticker Symbol: NELCX
• Share Class: Class C
• Index: Russell 1000 TR USD

Performance

NELCX had a total return of 8.11% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.31%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
NELIX	Class I	1.91%
NELAX	Class A	2.16%

Top 10 Holdings

56.92% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Us Dollars	n/a	29.40%
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	4.83%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	4.57%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	4.24%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOGL	4.19%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	2.57%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	2.21%
Micron Technology, Inc.	MU	1.72%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	JPM	1.71%
AbbVie Inc.	ABBV	1.47%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 30, 2025	$0.0588	Dec 31, 2025
Dec 15, 2025	$1.7786	Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2024	$2.3576	Dec 17, 2024
Dec 28, 2023	$1.4533	Dec 29, 2023
Dec 29, 2022	$1.4966	Dec 30, 2022
Dec 15, 2022	$1.5305	Dec 16, 2022

Data Sources: Tiingo, Financial Modeling Prep, and more

Historical data is provided by Tiingo. Delayed stock pricing data is provided by Financial Modeling Prep. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Oct 16, 2026

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