NIKL Sprott Nickel Miners ETF
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NIKL lost 21.5%, against 13.7% for VOO.
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NIKL risk and return scorecard
vs VOO · Mar 2023 to Oct 2026 · 186 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Jun 30, 2026What you earned
What did you actually buy?
Miners and metals · holdings as of Oct 28, 2026More on NIKL
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$11.14+1.0%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | Benchmark (VOO) | Gap to VOO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −17.9% | +0.9% | −18.8 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −9.6% | +6.1% | −15.7 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −35.2% | +9.1% | −44.3 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | −29.2% | +14.2% | −43.4 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | −21.5% | +13.7% | −35.2 pts |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | −19.1% | +95.5% | −114.6 pts |
| Since launch Mar 22, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | −31.8% | +106.3% | −138.1 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Mar 22, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | −10.1% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jun 30, 2026NIKL: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $5.1m went out, by its SEC filing.
Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions NIKL files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for NIKL, back to Jan 2023, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare NIKL with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outJul 2023 to Jun 2026
NIKL, money in and money out each month from Jul 2023 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from NIKL’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 15 and went out in 9.
Every bar is from NIKL’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 15 and went out in 9.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
NIKL key stats
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
NIKL top ten by weight, 73.9% of the fund, of its 26 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: Sprott’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Oct 28, 2026.
About NIKL
How we measure
12 seats on NIKL, as of Oct 28, 2026: 6 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about NIKL
- How much of NIKL is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026, 0% of NIKL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 100%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does NIKL hold?
- 26 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026, with the top ten at 74% of the fund. The largest are ANTAM Persero Tbk PT at 15.9%, Nickel Industries Ltd. at 12.7%, Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk PT at 8.8%.
- Has NIKL beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 NIKL returned −21.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 35.1 points.
- What does NIKL cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.75%.
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