NUKZ vs URA: which is really different?

NUKZ and URA hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and NUKZ returned −6.6% over the year. Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF and Global X Uranium ETF.

23.1%
NUKZ in the S&P 500
0.0%
URA in the S&P 500
−6.6%
NUKZ total return, 1 year
−12.3%
URA total return, 1 year
NUKZ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
77% of its weight is outside the S&P 50023% of NUKZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index23%77%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 36% of the fund · 46 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in77% of its weight is outside the S&P 50023% of NUKZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index23%77%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 36% of the fund

23% of NUKZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index

URA · 1 year to Sep 30, 2026100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
100% of its weight is outside the S&P 5000% of URA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund · 63 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in100% of its weight is outside the S&P 5000% of URA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund

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

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · URA scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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 URA 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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding NUKZ URA
Oklo Inc 2.32% 5.72%
Nuscale Power Corp 1.76% 2.81%
URANIUM ENERGY CORP. 1.46% 4.67%
AECON GROUP INC. 1.07% 1.91%
Nano Nuclear Energy Inc 1.99% 0.72%
Silex Systems Ltd 1.61% 0.71%
Terrestrial Energy Inc 2.24% 0.27%
Lightbridge Corp 1.46% 0.23%
Terra Innovatum Global NV 2.34% 0.08%
Only in NUKZ
CAMECO CORPORATION 9.10%
SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 3.45%
GE VERNOVA INC. 3.34%
TALEN ENERGY CORP 3.27%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 3.02%
CEZ, a.s. 2.98%
Dominion Energy, Inc. 2.92%
Endesa, Sociedad Anonima 2.87%
Only in URA
CAMECO CORP 22.04%
SPROTT PHYSICAL URANIUM TR 6.83%
NEXGEN ENERGY LTD 5.98%
NAC KAZATOMPROM JSC-GDR REGS 4.37%
PALADIN ENERGY LTD 3.09%
ENERGY FUELS INC 2.89%
CENTRUS ENERGY CORP-CLASS A 2.69%
X-ENERGY INC 2.60%

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 returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowNUKZURANUKZURANUKZURA
3 months−9.9%−7.7%−12.4 pts−10.2 pts−12.0 pts−9.8 pts
6 months−10.4%−19.1%−27.4 pts−36.1 pts−37.3 pts−46.0 pts
1 year−6.6%−12.3%−22.3 pts−28.0 pts−30.4 pts−36.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+68.7%not published−16.3 ptsnot published−41.3 pts
Since launch
NUKZ Jan 2024 · URA Nov 2010
+142.1%−40.1%+79.8 pts−763.8 pts+65.8 pts−1521.0 pts

NUKZ and URA 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
URA
Global X Uranium ETF · Holds 63 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Range Global X
Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium
In the S&P 500 23.1% 0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.7% 100.0%
In the Nasdaq-100 2.6% 0.0%
Holdings 46 63
Top ten, share of the fund 36.4% 61.1%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.69%
Fee for the differing part 0.86% 0.69%
Total return, 1 year −6.6% −12.3%
vs the S&P 500 −22.3 pts −28.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −30.4 pts −36.1 pts
Below its high −21.0% −54.6%
Net assets $890m $5.6bn

NUKZ and URA 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.

URA in plain words

By weight, 0% of URA'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 63 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −12.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 28.0 pts. It sits 54.6% below its all-time high of Feb 2, 2011.

Questions people ask

Do NUKZ and URA 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, NUKZ or URA?
NUKZ has 23% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URA has 0%, so URA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NUKZ or URA?
NUKZ charges 0.85% a year and URA charges 0.69%, so URA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, NUKZ against URA, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/nukz-vs-ura

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