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The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most

See 8 funds ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year. Updated Oct 20, 2026. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, so the gap from top to bottom of this list reflects what they own, not the theme.

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The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most
#	Ticker	Fund	Total return, 1Y ↓	vs its benchmark 1Y	Weight in S&P 500 companies	Fee
1	UX	Roundhill Uranium ETF	+2.4%	not measured	0.0%	0.77%
2	RCTR	First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF	−12.3%	−27.5 pts vs ACWI	30.2%	0.70%
3	NUKZ	Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF	−17.5%	−32.6 pts vs ACWI	23.0%	0.85%
4	URNM	Sprott Uranium Miners ETF	−24.7%	not measured	0.0%	0.75%
5	URA	Global X Uranium ETF	−30.9%	−46.1 pts vs ACWI	0.0%	0.69%
6	URAN	Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF	−33.3%	−48.4 pts vs ACWI	24.1%	0.35%
7	NLR	VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF	−36.8%	−52.0 pts vs ACWI	15.1%	0.52%
8	URNJ	Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF	−37.7%	not measured	0.0%	0.80%

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Method

The 8 of 10 ETFs in the nuclear and uranium theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Oct 20, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -37.7% to 2.4%.

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A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

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