SMRF vs URNM: which is really different?

SMRF and URNM hold 33% of their weight in the same names. ALPS Nautilus SMR, Nuclear & Technology ETF and SPROTT URANIUM MINERS ETF.

27.8%
SMRF in the S&P 500
0.0%
URNM in the S&P 500
−11.7%
SMRF total return, since launch
−18.9%
URNM total return, 1 year
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

URNM · 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 URNM'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 77% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in100% of its weight is outside the S&P 5000% of URNM'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 77% of the fund

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?
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 URNM hold 33% 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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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SMRF URNM
Cameco Corp 4.30% 18.16%
Nexgen Energy Ltd 4.23% 12.00%
Uranium Energy Corp 4.00% 4.50%
Nac Kazatomprom Jsc 3.82% 5.13%
Energy Fuels Inc/canada 3.54% 5.16%
Paladin Energy Ltd 3.41% 4.40%
Denison Mines Corp 2.96% 5.13%
Yellow Cake Plc 1.84% 3.99%
Cgn Mining Co Ltd 1.22% 4.27%
Deep Yellow Ltd 0.98% 4.63%
Ur-energy Inc 0.55% 3.04%
Bannerman Energy Ltd 0.46% 2.52%
Only in SMRF
Cgn Power Co Ltd 4.28%
Bwx Technologies Inc 4.23%
Oklo Inc 4.22%
Ge Vernova Inc 3.82%
Nuscale Power Corp 3.77%
Centrus Energy Corp 3.17%
Astera Labs Inc 2.83%
Micron Technology Inc 2.43%
Only in URNM
Sprott Physical Uranium Trust 13.99%
Atha Energy Corp 1.31%
Global Atomic Corp 1.26%
Mega Uranium Ltd 0.78%
Alligator Energy Ltd 0.50%
Laramide Resources Ltd 0.50%
Canalaska Uranium Ltd 0.14%

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

33% 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
WindowSMRFURNMSMRFURNMSMRFURNM
3 months−11.2%−9.4%−13.7 pts−11.9 pts−13.3 pts−11.5 pts
6 months−2.9%−25.7%−19.9 pts−42.7 pts−29.8 pts−52.6 pts
1 yearnot published−18.9%not published−34.6 ptsnot published−42.7 pts
3 yearsnot published+10.8%not published−74.2 ptsnot published−99.2 pts
Since launch
SMRF Feb 2026 · URNM Dec 2019
−11.7%+352.5%−24.0 pts+181.7 pts−34.7 pts+71.1 pts

SMRF 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

SMRF
ALPS Nautilus SMR, Nuclear & Technology ETF · Holds 72 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 ALPS Sprott
Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium
In the S&P 500 27.8% 0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 92.5% 100.0%
In the Nasdaq-100 14.4% 0.0%
Holdings 72 26
Top ten, share of the fund 40.2% 77.4%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.75%
Fee for the differing part 0.70% 0.75%
Total return, 1 year −11.7% (since launch on Feb 19, 2026) −18.9%
vs the S&P 500 −24.0 pts −34.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −34.7 pts −42.7 pts
Below its high −22.1% −43.5%
Net assets $11m $1.8bn

SMRF and URNM 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.

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 SMRF and URNM hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 33% 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 URNM?
SMRF has 28% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URNM has 0%, so URNM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SMRF or URNM?
SMRF charges 0.65% a year and URNM charges 0.75%, so SMRF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, SMRF against URNM, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/smrf-vs-urnm

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