NUKZ vs URAN: which is really different?

NUKZ and URAN hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and NUKZ returned −6.6% over the year. Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF and Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF.

23.1%
NUKZ in the S&P 500
24.7%
URAN in the S&P 500
−6.6%
NUKZ total return, 1 year
−22.3%
URAN 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

URAN · 1 year to Sep 30, 202675% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
75% of its weight is outside the S&P 50025% of URAN's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 75% is outside the index25%75%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 41% of the fund · 42 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 14% in75% of its weight is outside the S&P 50025% of URAN's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 75% is outside the index25%75%inoutside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 41% of the fund

25% of URAN's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 75% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · URAN 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 URAN hold 29% 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 May 31, 2026.

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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding NUKZ URAN
Oklo Inc 2.32% 3.45%
Nano Nuclear Energy Inc 1.99% 2.01%
TALEN ENERGY CORP 3.27% 1.93%
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1.84% 1.99%
Nuscale Power Corp 1.76% 3.07%
URANIUM ENERGY CORP. 1.46% 2.95%
Lightbridge Corp 1.46% 2.74%
Silex Systems Ltd 1.61% 1.43%
CENTRUS ENERGY CORP. 1.27% 2.20%
MIRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.87% 2.29%
Only in NUKZ
CAMECO CORPORATION 9.10%
SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 3.45%
GE VERNOVA INC. 3.34%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 3.02%
CEZ, a.s. 2.98%
Dominion Energy, Inc. 2.92%
Endesa, Sociedad Anonima 2.87%
VISTRA CORP. 2.75%
Only in URAN
Constellation Energy Corp 9.88%
American Electric Power Co Inc 4.20%
Duke Energy Corp 4.04%
Public Service Enterprise Grou 3.81%
NexGen Energy Ltd 3.23%
CNNP 3.20%
Cameco Corp 3.19%
Denison Mines Corp 3.17%

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

29% 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
WindowNUKZURANNUKZURANNUKZURAN
3 months−9.9%−8.6%−12.4 pts−11.1 pts−12.0 pts−10.7 pts
6 months−10.4%−21.3%−27.4 pts−38.3 pts−37.3 pts−48.2 pts
1 year−6.6%−22.3%−22.3 pts−38.0 pts−30.4 pts−46.0 pts
Since launch
NUKZ Jan 2024 · URAN Sep 2024
+142.1%+30.1%+79.8 pts−6.4 pts+65.8 pts−23.8 pts

NUKZ and URAN 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
URAN
Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF · Holds 42 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 25% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Range Themes
Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium
In the S&P 500 23.1% 24.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.7% 99.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 2.6% 14.1%
Holdings 46 42
Top ten, share of the fund 36.4% 41.2%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.86% 0.35%
Total return, 1 year −6.6% −22.3%
vs the S&P 500 −22.3 pts −38.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −30.4 pts −46.0 pts
Below its high −21.0% −36.3%
Net assets $890m $25m

NUKZ and URAN 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.

URAN in plain words

By weight, 25% of URAN'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 41% of the fund across 42 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −22.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 38.0 pts. It sits 36.3% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NUKZ and URAN hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 29% 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 URAN?
NUKZ has 23% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URAN has 25%, so URAN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NUKZ or URAN?
NUKZ charges 0.85% a year and URAN charges 0.35%, so URAN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, NUKZ against URAN, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/nukz-vs-uran

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