Do NLR and URNJ hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 23% 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 URNJ?

NLR has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URNJ has 0%, so URNJ differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, NLR or URNJ?

NLR charges 0.52% a year and URNJ charges 0.80%, so NLR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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NLR vs URNJ: which is really different?

NLR and URNJ hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and NLR returned −21.8% over the year. VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF and Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF.

15.8%

NLR in the S&P 500

0.0%

URNJ in the S&P 500

−21.8%

NLR total return, 1 year

−25.9%

URNJ 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

URNJ · 1 year to Sep 30, 2026100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of URNJ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index

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

NLR 78.3

URNJ 92

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 URNJ hold 23% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding NLR URNJ

Nexgen Energy Ltd 5.57% 12.17%

Denison Mines Corp 4.10% 12.56%

Paladin Energy Ltd 4.05% 11.29%

Energy Fuels Inc/Canada 4.03% 11.37%

Cgn Mining Co Ltd 1.68% 4.30%

Deep Yellow Ltd 1.05% 4.81%

Isoenergy Ltd 0.80% 4.69%

Boss Energy Ltd 0.69% 2.78%

Ur-Energy Inc 0.66% 4.75%

Only in NLR

Constellation Energy Corp 8.17%

Cameco Corp 8.16%

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc 7.67%

Fortum Oyj 7.17%

Bwx Technologies Inc 6.20%

Cgn Power Co Ltd 5.28%

Oklo Inc 5.14%

Nac Kazatomprom Jsc 4.56%

Only in URNJ

Bannerman Energy Ltd 3.76%

Atha Energy Corp 2.76%

Encore Energy Corp 2.63%

Global Atomic Corp 2.38%

Alligator Energy Ltd 1.75%

Mega Uranium Ltd 1.61%

Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp 1.38%

Berkeley Energia Ltd 1.29%

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

23% 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	URNJ	NLR	URNJ	NLR	URNJ
3 months	−9.9%	−13.7%	−12.4 pts	−16.2 pts	−12.1 pts	−15.8 pts
6 months	−23.0%	−32.4%	−40.0 pts	−49.4 pts	−49.9 pts	−59.3 pts
1 year	−21.8%	−25.9%	−37.5 pts	−41.6 pts	−45.6 pts	−49.7 pts
3 years	+57.6%	−1.6%	−27.4 pts	−86.6 pts	−52.4 pts	−111.6 pts
Since launch NLR Jan 2010 · URNJ Feb 2023	+158.9%	+13.7%	−645.7 pts	−78.2 pts	−1578.6 pts	−128.7 pts

NLR and URNJ 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

URNJ

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF · Holds 41 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck Sprott

Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium

In the S&P 500 15.8% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.2% 0.0%

Holdings 25 41

Top ten, share of the fund 62.3% 72.5%

Expense ratio 0.52% 0.80%

Fee for the differing part 0.52% 0.80%

Total return, 1 year −21.8% −25.9%

vs the S&P 500 −37.5 pts −41.6 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −45.6 pts −49.7 pts

Below its high −37.1% −50.1%

Net assets $3.5bn $310m

NLR and URNJ 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.

URNJ in plain words

By weight, 0% of URNJ'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 72% of the fund across 41 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −25.9% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 41.6 pts. It sits 50.1% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NLR and URNJ hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 23% 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 URNJ?: NLR has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URNJ has 0%, so URNJ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NLR or URNJ?: NLR charges 0.52% a year and URNJ charges 0.80%, so NLR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

NLR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NLR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗URNJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URNJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Sprott page for URNJ ↗

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

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