Do URA and URAN hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 31% 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, URA or URAN?

URA has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URAN has 25%, so URA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, URA or URAN?

URA charges 0.69% a year and URAN charges 0.35%, so URAN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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URA vs URAN: which is really different?

URA and URAN hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and URA returned −12.3% over the year. Global X Uranium ETF and Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF.

0.0%

URA in the S&P 500

24.7%

URAN in the S&P 500

−12.3%

URA total return, 1 year

−22.3%

URAN total return, 1 year

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

0% of URA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% 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 · URA scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

URA 92

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, URA and URAN hold 31% 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.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding URA URAN

OKLO INC 5.72% 3.45%

NEXGEN ENERGY LTD 5.98% 3.23%

CAMECO CORP 22.04% 3.19%

URANIUM ENERGY CORP 4.67% 2.95%

NUSCALE POWER CORP 2.81% 3.07%

PALADIN ENERGY LTD 3.09% 2.65%

DENISON MINES CORP 2.48% 3.17%

CENTRUS ENERGY CORP-CLASS A 2.69% 2.20%

YELLOW CAKE PLC 1.92% 2.88%

CGN MINING CO LTD 0.93% 2.40%

DEEP YELLOW LTD 0.78% 2.59%

NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC 0.72% 2.01%

Only in URA

SPROTT PHYSICAL URANIUM TR 6.83%

NAC KAZATOMPROM JSC-GDR REGS 4.37%

ENERGY FUELS INC 2.89%

X-ENERGY INC 2.60%

SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD 2.52%

HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONST 2.50%

DAEWOO ENGINEERING & CONSTR 2.47%

DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO LTD 2.47%

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%

CNNP 3.20%

CGN Power Co Ltd 2.78%

PG&E Corp 2.77%

Energy Fuels Inc/Canada 2.40%

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

31% 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	URA	URAN	URA	URAN	URA	URAN
3 months	−7.7%	−8.6%	−10.2 pts	−11.1 pts	−9.8 pts	−10.7 pts
6 months	−19.1%	−21.3%	−36.1 pts	−38.3 pts	−46.0 pts	−48.2 pts
1 year	−12.3%	−22.3%	−28.0 pts	−38.0 pts	−36.1 pts	−46.0 pts
3 years	+68.7%	not published	−16.3 pts	not published	−41.3 pts	not published
Since launch URA Nov 2010 · URAN Sep 2024	−40.1%	+30.1%	−763.8 pts	−6.4 pts	−1521.0 pts	−23.8 pts

URA 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

URA

Global X Uranium ETF · Holds 63 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% 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 Global X Themes

Theme Nuclear and uranium Nuclear and uranium

In the S&P 500 0.0% 24.7%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 99.5%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 14.1%

Holdings 63 42

Top ten, share of the fund 61.1% 41.2%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.69% 0.35%

Total return, 1 year −12.3% −22.3%

vs the S&P 500 −28.0 pts −38.0 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −36.1 pts −46.0 pts

Below its high −54.6% −36.3%

Net assets $5.6bn $25m

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

URA in plain words

By weight, 0% of URA'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 61% of the fund across 63 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −12.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 28.0 pts. It sits 54.6% below its all-time high of Feb 2, 2011.

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 URA and URAN hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 31% 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, URA or URAN?: URA has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URAN has 25%, so URA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, URA or URAN?: URA charges 0.69% 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

URA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for URA ↗URAN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URAN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for URAN ↗

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

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