Do NUKZ and RCTR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 41% 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, NUKZ or RCTR?

NUKZ has 23% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RCTR has 28%, so RCTR differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, NUKZ or RCTR?

NUKZ charges 0.85% a year and RCTR charges 0.70%, so RCTR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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NUKZ vs RCTR: which is really different?

NUKZ and RCTR hold 41% of their weight in the same names, and RCTR returned −2.0% over the year. Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF and First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF.

23.1%

NUKZ in the S&P 500

27.5%

RCTR in the S&P 500

−6.6%

NUKZ total return, 1 year

−2.0%

RCTR total return, 1 year

NUKZ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

23% of NUKZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% 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 · RCTR scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

NUKZ 57.6

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, NUKZ and RCTR hold 41% 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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding NUKZ RCTR

GE VERNOVA INC. 3.34% 4.04%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 3.02% 4.57%

CEZ, a.s. 2.98% 3.39%

VISTRA CORP. 2.75% 4.34%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION. 2.62% 5.03%

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 2.55% 4.17%

Hitachi, Ltd. 2.39% 5.75%

Fortum Oyj 2.63% 1.98%

BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1.84% 3.39%

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 1.81% 4.91%

URANIUM ENERGY CORP. 1.46% 1.61%

MIRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.87% 1.18%

Only in NUKZ

CAMECO CORPORATION 9.10%

SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 3.45%

TALEN ENERGY CORP 3.27%

Dominion Energy, Inc. 2.92%

Endesa, Sociedad Anonima 2.87%

SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS INC. 2.71%

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 2.50%

PG&E CORPORATION 2.48%

Only in RCTR

Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd. 5.08%

BHP Group Limited 4.77%

Cameco Corp. 4.18%

Entergy Corporation 4.08%

Talen Energy Corporation 4.06%

The Southern Company 4.01%

The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated 2.93%

CGN Power Co., Ltd. (Class H) 2.56%

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

41% 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	NUKZ	RCTR	NUKZ	RCTR	NUKZ	RCTR
3 months	−9.9%	−3.6%	−12.4 pts	−6.1 pts	−12.0 pts	−5.7 pts
6 months	−10.4%	−10.6%	−27.4 pts	−27.6 pts	−37.3 pts	−37.5 pts
1 year	−6.6%	−2.0%	−22.3 pts	−17.7 pts	−30.4 pts	−25.8 pts
Since launch NUKZ Jan 2024 · RCTR Jul 2025	+142.1%	+6.0%	+79.8 pts	−16.3 pts	+65.8 pts	−25.7 pts

NUKZ 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

NUKZ

Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF · Holds 46 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 23% 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 Range First Trust

Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium

In the S&P 500 23.1% 27.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.7% 98.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 2.6% 5.0%

Holdings 46 50

Top ten, share of the fund 36.4% 46.9%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.70%

Fee for the differing part 0.86% 0.71%

Total return, 1 year −6.6% −2.0%

vs the S&P 500 −22.3 pts −17.7 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −30.4 pts −25.8 pts

Below its high −21.0% −17.8%

Net assets $890m $29m

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

NUKZ in plain words

By weight, 23% of NUKZ'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 36% of the fund across 46 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −6.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 22.3 pts. It sits 21.0% below its all-time high of May 6, 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 NUKZ and RCTR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 41% 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, NUKZ or RCTR?: NUKZ has 23% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RCTR has 28%, so RCTR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NUKZ or RCTR?: NUKZ charges 0.85% a year and RCTR charges 0.70%, so RCTR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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

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