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DRAM vs NLR: which is really different?

DRAM and NLR hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

Roundhill Memory ETF and VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

20.0%DRAM in the S&P 500
15.1%NLR in the S&P 500
+112.9%DRAM total return, 1 year
−6.1%NLR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: NLR scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

DRAM 40NLR 76.80.1, the lowest in this set91.4, the highest

A percentile among the 349 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

DRAM80% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
20%80%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 97% of the fund · 13 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 20% in20%80%inoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 97% of the fund
NLR85% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
15%85%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 8% in15%85%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

DRAM and NLR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
DRAMNLRDRAMNLRDRAMNLR
3 months−9.1%−7.2%−12.4 pts−10.5 pts−8.3 pts−6.4 pts
6 monthsnot published−17.1%not published−33.1 ptsnot published−37.8 pts
1 yearnot published−6.1%not published−23.6 ptsnot published−29.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+83.0%not published+5.2 ptsnot published−12.0 pts
Since launch+112.9%+183.3%+96.1 pts−621.0 pts+90.6 pts−1490.6 pts
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DRAM and NLR on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DRAM
Roundhill Memory ETF
Holds 13 stocks in memory and storage, 20% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
NLR
VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF
Holds 25 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 15% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerRoundhillVanEck
ThemeMemory and storageNuclear and uranium
In the S&P 50020.0%15.1%
Active share vs the S&P 50096.8%99.8%
In the Nasdaq-10020.0%8.0%
Holdings1325
Top ten, share of the fund97.3%61.0%
Expense ratio0.65%0.52%
Fee for the differing part0.67%0.52%
Total return, 1 year+112.9% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)−6.1%
vs the S&P 500+96.1 pts−23.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+90.6 pts−29.1 pts
Below its high−26.8%−31.1%

DRAM in plain words

By weight, 20% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 97% of the fund across 13 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +112.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 96.1 pts. It sits 26.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

NLR in plain words

By weight, 15% of NLR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned −6.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 23.6 pts. It sits 31.1% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do DRAM and NLR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DRAM or NLR?
DRAM has 20% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NLR has 15%, so NLR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DRAM or NLR?
DRAM charges 0.65% a year and NLR charges 0.52%, so NLR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DRAM against NLR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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