Do URA and XT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, URA or XT?

URA has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so URA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, URA or XT?

URA charges 0.69% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URA vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URA returned −30.3% to XT's +22.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $5.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Uranium ETF, and $4.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

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At a glance

0.0%

URA in the S&P 500

65.5%

XT in the S&P 500

−30.3%

URA total return, 1 year

+22.1%

XT total return, 1 year

URA · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 100% 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. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

XT · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

66% of XT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XT costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 52.4 points; URA is 1.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

URA vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	URA	XT
Return
Measure	URA	XT
Total return, 1 year	−30.3%	+22.1%
Drawdown
Measure	URA	XT
Below its all-time high	58.4%, high on Feb 2, 2011
Against its benchmark
Measure	URA	XT
What it tracks	Nuclear and uranium	Broad innovation and megatrends
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 43.7 pts	ahead by 8.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	URA	XT
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.46%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$5.4bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	URA	XT
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 2, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 603 weekly returns · each against ACWI

URA XT

Return

Total return edge XT +135.8% +292.0%

Annualized edge XT +7.7% +12.5%

Price return edge XT +65.6% +225.6%

Risk

Volatility edge XT 36.8% 19.0%

Max drawdown edge XT −64.6% −34.3%

Downside capture 117.8% 108.7%

Beta 1.24 1.11

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XT 0.32 0.60

Sortino edge XT 0.50 0.87

Treynor 0.096 0.103

Calmar edge XT 0.12 0.36

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.4% a year +1.1% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.04 0.61

Information ratio 0.09 0.33

Tracking error 31.1% 6.5%

Reading

XT returned more: +292.0% to +135.8%. XT swung less: 19.0% to 36.8%. XT fell less at its worst: −34.3% to −64.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: URA vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	URA	XT	ACWI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+135.8%	+292.0%		XT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.7%	+12.5%		XT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+65.6%	+225.6%		XT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	36.8%	19.0%		XT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	24.0%	13.2%		XT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−64.6%	−34.3%		XT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	132.2%	123.1%	100.0%	URA (slight)	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	117.8%	108.7%	100.0%	XT (slight)	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.24	1.11	1.00	XT lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.30	0.89	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.32	0.60		XT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.50	0.87		XT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.096	0.103	0.092	XT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.12	0.36		XT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	ACWI	ACWI	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.4% a year	+1.1% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.04	0.61		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−17.5% to +18.3%	−2.5% to +4.7%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.09	0.33		XT	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	31.1%	6.5%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 603 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, URA and XT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URA XT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in URA

CAMECO CORPORATION 22.18%

Sprott Physical Uranium Trust 6.74%

Oklo Inc 6.09%

NEXGEN ENERGY LTD. 6.07%

URANIUM ENERGY CORP. 4.81%

Joint stock company National atomic company Kazatomprom 4.40%

CENTRUS ENERGY CORP. 3.46%

PALADIN ENERGY LTD 3.14%

Only in XT

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.56%

TESLA INC 4.45%

ELI LILLY 4.32%

MICROSOFT 4.11%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3.67%

NVIDIA 3.66%

ANALOG DEVICES 3.33%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.02%

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Window by window

Window by window: URA vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	URA	XT	URA	XT
3 months	−2.6%	+10.2%	−7.0 pts vs ACWI	+5.8 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−30.9%	+14.0%	−38.3 pts vs ACWI	+6.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	−30.3%	+22.1%	−43.7 pts vs ACWI	+8.7 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+65.5%	+93.2%	−23.4 pts vs ACWI	+4.3 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: URA Nov 2010 · XT Mar 2015	−45.1%	+297.8%	−417.4 pts vs ACWI	+71.7 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

URA Global X Uranium ETF · Holds 57 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · Holds 197 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X iShares

Theme Nuclear and uranium Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 0.0% 65.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 69.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 41.6%

Holdings 57 197

Top ten, share of the fund 63.0% 36.6%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.69% 0.66%

Total return, 1 year −30.3% +22.1%

vs its benchmark −43.7 pts vs ACWI +8.7 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −58.4% −0.5%

Net assets, URA as of Oct 12, 2026 and XT as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.4bn $4.1bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-57012CE437

URA and XT are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. URA covers Nuclear and uranium and XT covers Broad innovation and megatrends.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 63.0% of URA and 36.6% of XT, a gap of 26.4 points.
What each follows. URA follows Nuclear and uranium and XT follows Broad innovation and megatrends.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

URA

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 63% of the fund across 57 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −30.3% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was behind by 43.7 pts. It sits 58.4% below its all-time high of Feb 2, 2011.

By weight, 66% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 37% of the fund across 197 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +22.1% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 8.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do URA and XT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, URA or XT?: URA has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so URA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, URA or XT?: URA charges 0.69% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

URA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for URA ↗

XT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for XT ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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