Do NLR and RCTR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 24% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, NLR or RCTR?

NLR has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RCTR has 28%, so NLR differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, NLR or RCTR?

NLR charges 0.52% a year and RCTR charges 0.70%, so NLR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Share on X Download as PDF Open live

NLR vs RCTR: which is really different?

NLR and RCTR hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and RCTR returned −2.0% over the year. VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF and First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF.

15.8%

NLR in the S&P 500

27.5%

RCTR in the S&P 500

−21.8%

NLR total return, 1 year

−2.0%

RCTR total return, 1 year

NLR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202684% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

16% of NLR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 84% is outside the index

RCTR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202673% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

28% of RCTR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 73% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · NLR scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

NLR 78.3

RCTR 60.1

0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NLR and RCTR hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding NLR RCTR

Constellation Energy Corp 8.17% 5.03%

Cameco Corp 8.16% 4.18%

Bwx Technologies Inc 6.20% 3.39%

Nexgen Energy Ltd 5.57% 2.03%

Fortum Oyj 7.17% 1.98%

Oklo Inc 5.14% 1.92%

Uranium Energy Corp 4.33% 1.61%

Paladin Energy Ltd 4.05% 1.03%

Centrus Energy Corp 3.81% 0.90%

Nuscale Power Corp 3.89% 0.88%

Denison Mines Corp 4.10% 0.83%

Yellow Cake Plc 3.04% 0.63%

Only in NLR

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc 7.67%

Cgn Power Co Ltd 5.28%

Nac Kazatomprom Jsc 4.56%

X-Energy Inc 4.37%

Energy Fuels Inc/Canada 4.03%

Kepco Engineering & Construction Co Inc 2.94%

Cgn Mining Co Ltd 1.68%

Nano Nuclear Energy Inc 1.36%

Only in RCTR

Hitachi, Ltd. 5.75%

Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd. 5.08%

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 4.91%

BHP Group Limited 4.77%

Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc 4.57%

Vistra Corp. 4.34%

Duke Energy Corporation 4.17%

Entergy Corporation 4.08%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

24% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	NLR	RCTR	NLR	RCTR	NLR	RCTR
3 months	−9.9%	−3.6%	−12.4 pts	−6.1 pts	−12.1 pts	−5.7 pts
6 months	−23.0%	−10.6%	−40.0 pts	−27.6 pts	−49.9 pts	−37.5 pts
1 year	−21.8%	−2.0%	−37.5 pts	−17.7 pts	−45.6 pts	−25.8 pts
3 years	+57.6%	not published	−27.4 pts	not published	−52.4 pts	not published
Since launch NLR Jan 2010 · RCTR Jul 2025	+158.9%	+6.0%	−645.7 pts	−16.3 pts	−1578.6 pts	−25.7 pts

NLR and RCTR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

NLR

VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF · Holds 25 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 16% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

RCTR

First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF · Holds 50 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 28% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck First Trust

Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium

In the S&P 500 15.8% 27.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 98.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.2% 5.0%

Holdings 25 50

Top ten, share of the fund 62.3% 46.9%

Expense ratio 0.52% 0.70%

Fee for the differing part 0.52% 0.71%

Total return, 1 year −21.8% −2.0%

vs the S&P 500 −37.5 pts −17.7 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −45.6 pts −25.8 pts

Below its high −37.1% −17.8%

Net assets $3.5bn $29m

NLR and RCTR on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

NLR in plain words

By weight, 16% 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 62% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −21.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 37.5 pts. It sits 37.1% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

RCTR in plain words

By weight, 28% of RCTR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 47% of the fund across 50 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −2.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 17.7 pts. It sits 17.8% below its all-time high of May 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NLR and RCTR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 24% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, NLR or RCTR?: NLR has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RCTR has 28%, so NLR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NLR or RCTR?: NLR charges 0.52% a year and RCTR charges 0.70%, so NLR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

NLR vs ARTY NLR vs BAI NLR vs BOTZ NLR vs CIBR RCTR vs SMRF RCTR vs TNUK RCTR vs URAN RCTR vs URNJ

NLR on its own →RCTR on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

NLR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NLR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗RCTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RCTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RCTR ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page

ETFIQ, NLR against RCTR, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/nlr-vs-rctr

Open data

Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.