Do RCTR and URAN hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 28% 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, RCTR or URAN?

RCTR has 28% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URAN has 25%, so URAN differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, RCTR or URAN?

RCTR charges 0.70% a year and URAN charges 0.35%, so URAN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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RCTR vs URAN: which is really different?

RCTR and URAN hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and RCTR returned −2.0% over the year. First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF and Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF.

27.5%

RCTR in the S&P 500

24.7%

URAN in the S&P 500

−2.0%

RCTR total return, 1 year

−22.3%

URAN total return, 1 year

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

URAN · 1 year to Sep 30, 202675% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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?

RCTR 60.1

URAN 69.7

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, RCTR and URAN hold 28% 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.

50%

half

28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding RCTR URAN

Constellation Energy Corporation 5.03% 9.88%

Duke Energy Corporation 4.17% 4.04%

Cameco Corp. 4.18% 3.19%

NexGen Energy Ltd. 2.03% 3.23%

BWX Technologies, Inc. 3.39% 1.99%

Talen Energy Corporation 4.06% 1.93%

Oklo Inc. (Class A) 1.92% 3.45%

Uranium Energy Corp. 1.61% 2.95%

Mirion Technologies, Inc. 1.18% 2.29%

Paladin Energy Ltd 1.03% 2.65%

Energy Fuels Inc. 0.95% 2.40%

Centrus Energy Corp. (Class A) 0.90% 2.20%

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%

Entergy Corporation 4.08%

GE Vernova Inc. 4.04%

Only in URAN

American Electric Power Co Inc 4.20%

Public Service Enterprise Grou 3.81%

CNNP 3.20%

CGN Power Co Ltd 2.78%

PG&E Corp 2.77%

IsoEnergy Ltd 2.77%

Lightbridge Corp 2.74%

Deep Yellow Ltd 2.59%

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

28% 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	RCTR	URAN	RCTR	URAN	RCTR	URAN
3 months	−3.6%	−8.6%	−6.1 pts	−11.1 pts	−5.7 pts	−10.7 pts
6 months	−10.6%	−21.3%	−27.6 pts	−38.3 pts	−37.5 pts	−48.2 pts
1 year	−2.0%	−22.3%	−17.7 pts	−38.0 pts	−25.8 pts	−46.0 pts
Since launch RCTR Jul 2025 · URAN Sep 2024	+6.0%	+30.1%	−16.3 pts	−6.4 pts	−25.7 pts	−23.8 pts

RCTR 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

RCTR

First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF · Holds 50 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 28% 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 First Trust Themes

Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium

In the S&P 500 27.5% 24.7%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.9% 99.5%

In the Nasdaq-100 5.0% 14.1%

Holdings 50 42

Top ten, share of the fund 46.9% 41.2%

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.71% 0.35%

Total return, 1 year −2.0% −22.3%

vs the S&P 500 −17.7 pts −38.0 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −25.8 pts −46.0 pts

Below its high −17.8% −36.3%

Net assets $29m $25m

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

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.

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 RCTR and URAN hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 28% 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, RCTR or URAN?: RCTR has 28% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URAN has 25%, so URAN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, RCTR or URAN?: RCTR charges 0.70% a year and URAN charges 0.35%, so URAN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

RCTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RCTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RCTR ↗URAN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URAN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for URAN ↗

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

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