SMRF vs TNUK: which is really different?

SMRF and TNUK hold 32% of their weight in the same names. ALPS Nautilus SMR, Nuclear & Technology ETF and Tortoise Nuclear Renaissance ETF.

27.8%
SMRF in the S&P 500
17.5%
TNUK in the S&P 500
−11.7%
SMRF total return, since launch
−11.8%
TNUK total return, since launch
SMRF · 6 months to Sep 30, 202672% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
72% of its weight is outside the S&P 50028% of SMRF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 72% is outside the index28%72%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 93% · top ten 40% of the fund · 72 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 14% in72% of its weight is outside the S&P 50028% of SMRF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 72% is outside the index28%72%inoutside the S&P 500active share 93% · top ten 40% of the fund

28% of SMRF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 72% is outside the index

TNUK · 6 months to Sep 30, 202683% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
83% of its weight is outside the S&P 50018% of TNUK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 83% is outside the index18%83%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 62% of the fund · 25 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in83% of its weight is outside the S&P 50018% of TNUK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 83% is outside the index18%83%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 62% of the fund

18% of TNUK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 83% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · TNUK 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, SMRF and TNUK hold 32% 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.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SMRF TNUK
Cameco Corp 4.30% 7.48%
Bwx Technologies Inc 4.23% 6.66%
Uranium Energy Corp 4.00% 4.97%
Centrus Energy Corp 3.17% 4.23%
Nac Kazatomprom Jsc 3.82% 2.31%
Rolls-royce Holdings Plc 2.16% 5.06%
Oklo Inc 4.22% 1.77%
Nuscale Power Corp 3.77% 1.73%
Constellation Energy Corp 1.44% 4.51%
Ge Vernova Inc 3.82% 1.44%
Nexgen Energy Ltd 4.23% 1.29%
Denison Mines Corp 2.96% 1.09%
Only in SMRF
Cgn Power Co Ltd 4.28%
Paladin Energy Ltd 3.41%
Astera Labs Inc 2.83%
Micron Technology Inc 2.43%
Sandisk Corp/de 2.04%
Nebius Group Nv 2.02%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.85%
Western Digital Corp 1.85%
Only in TNUK
Curtiss-Wright Corp 8.15%
Doosan Enerbility Co Ltd 6.94%
Amentum Holdings Inc 4.16%
Jacobs Solutions Inc 2.11%
VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF 2.05%
Range Nuclear Renaissance Inde 2.05%

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

32% 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
WindowSMRFTNUKSMRFTNUKSMRFTNUK
3 months−11.2%−10.1%−13.7 pts−12.6 pts−13.3 pts−12.2 pts
6 months−2.9%−15.3%−19.9 pts−32.3 pts−29.8 pts−42.2 pts
Since launch
SMRF Feb 2026 · TNUK Dec 2025
−11.7%−11.8%−24.0 pts−25.7 pts−34.7 pts−33.8 pts

SMRF and TNUK over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

SMRF
ALPS Nautilus SMR, Nuclear & Technology ETF · Holds 72 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 28% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TNUK
Tortoise Nuclear Renaissance ETF · Holds 25 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 18% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ALPS Tortoise
Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium
In the S&P 500 27.8% 17.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 92.5% 99.2%
In the Nasdaq-100 14.4% 4.5%
Holdings 72 25
Top ten, share of the fund 40.2% 61.8%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.85%
Fee for the differing part 0.70% 0.86%
Total return, 1 year −11.7% (since launch on Feb 19, 2026) −11.8% (since launch on Dec 18, 2025)
vs the S&P 500 −24.0 pts −25.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −34.7 pts −33.8 pts
Below its high −22.1% −26.4%
Net assets $11m $2m

SMRF and TNUK on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

SMRF in plain words

By weight, 28% of SMRF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 72 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Since it launched on Feb 19, 2026 the fund returned −11.7% with distributions reinvested against +12.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 24.0 pts. It sits 22.1% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

TNUK in plain words

By weight, 18% of TNUK'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 62% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 18, 2025 the fund returned −11.8% with distributions reinvested against +13.9% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 25.7 pts. It sits 26.4% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do SMRF and TNUK hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 32% 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, SMRF or TNUK?
SMRF has 28% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TNUK has 18%, so TNUK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SMRF or TNUK?
SMRF charges 0.65% a year and TNUK charges 0.85%, so SMRF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, SMRF against TNUK, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/smrf-vs-tnuk

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