Do RCTR and URNM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, RCTR or URNM?

RCTR has 28% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URNM has 0%, so URNM differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, RCTR or URNM?

RCTR charges 0.70% a year and URNM charges 0.75%, so RCTR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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RCTR vs URNM: which is really different?

RCTR and URNM hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and RCTR returned −2.0% over the year. First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF and SPROTT URANIUM MINERS ETF.

27.5%

RCTR in the S&P 500

0.0%

URNM in the S&P 500

−2.0%

RCTR total return, 1 year

−18.9%

URNM 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

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

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

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

RCTR 60.1

URNM 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, RCTR and URNM hold 11% 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

11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding RCTR URNM

Cameco Corp. 4.18% 18.16%

NexGen Energy Ltd. 2.03% 12.00%

Uranium Energy Corp. 1.61% 4.50%

Paladin Energy Ltd 1.03% 4.40%

Energy Fuels Inc. 0.95% 5.16%

Denison Mines Corp 0.83% 5.13%

Yellow Cake Plc 0.63% 3.99%

Only in RCTR

Hitachi, Ltd. 5.75%

Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd. 5.08%

Constellation Energy Corporation 5.03%

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 4.91%

BHP Group Limited 4.77%

Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc 4.57%

Vistra Corp. 4.34%

Duke Energy Corporation 4.17%

Only in URNM

Sprott Physical Uranium Trust 13.99%

Nac Kazatomprom Jsc 5.13%

Deep Yellow Ltd 4.63%

Cgn Mining Co Ltd 4.27%

Ur-energy Inc 3.04%

Bannerman Energy Ltd 2.52%

Isoenergy Ltd 2.35%

Boss Energy Ltd 1.69%

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

11% 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	URNM	RCTR	URNM	RCTR	URNM
3 months	−3.6%	−9.4%	−6.1 pts	−11.9 pts	−5.7 pts	−11.5 pts
6 months	−10.6%	−25.7%	−27.6 pts	−42.7 pts	−37.5 pts	−52.6 pts
1 year	−2.0%	−18.9%	−17.7 pts	−34.6 pts	−25.8 pts	−42.7 pts
3 years	not published	+10.8%	not published	−74.2 pts	not published	−99.2 pts
Since launch RCTR Jul 2025 · URNM Dec 2019	+6.0%	+352.5%	−16.3 pts	+181.7 pts	−25.7 pts	+71.1 pts

RCTR and URNM 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

URNM

SPROTT URANIUM MINERS ETF · Holds 26 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Sprott

Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium

In the S&P 500 27.5% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.9% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 5.0% 0.0%

Holdings 50 26

Top ten, share of the fund 46.9% 77.4%

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.71% 0.75%

Total return, 1 year −2.0% −18.9%

vs the S&P 500 −17.7 pts −34.6 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −25.8 pts −42.7 pts

Below its high −17.8% −43.5%

Net assets $29m $1.8bn

RCTR and URNM 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.

URNM in plain words

By weight, 0% of URNM'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 77% of the fund across 26 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −18.9% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 34.6 pts. It sits 43.5% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do RCTR and URNM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, RCTR or URNM?: RCTR has 28% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URNM has 0%, so URNM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, RCTR or URNM?: RCTR charges 0.70% a year and URNM charges 0.75%, so RCTR 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 ↗URNM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URNM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Sprott page for URNM ↗

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

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