{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-nuclear","section":"rankings","title":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most | ETFIQ","description":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.","as_of":"Oct 20, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most","numberOfItems":8,"itemListOrder":"https://schema.org/ItemListOrderDescending","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"UX","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ux"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RCTR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/rctr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NUKZ","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nukz"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"URNM","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/urnm"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"URA","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ura"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"URAN","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/uran"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"NLR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nlr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"name":"URNJ","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/urnj"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most","description":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-nuclear","dateModified":"2026-10-20","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creditText":"ETFIQ (etfiq.com)","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Weight overlap with the S&P 500","Active share","Holdings","Top ten share of the fund","Total return","Fee for the differing part","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Thematic ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned...","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-nuclear"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most","description":"The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-nuclear","dateModified":"2026-10-20","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":3132,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned... \n \n As of Oct 20, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most\n 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.\n The nuclear and uranium ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 UX Roundhill Uranium ETF +2.4% not measured 0.0% 0.77% \n 2 RCTR First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF \u221212.3% \u221227.5 pts vs ACWI 30.2% 0.70% \n 3 NUKZ Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF \u221217.5% \u221232.6 pts vs ACWI 23.0% 0.85% \n 4 URNM Sprott Uranium Miners ETF \u221224.7% not measured 0.0% 0.75% \n 5 URA Global X Uranium ETF \u221230.9% \u221246.1 pts vs ACWI 0.0% 0.69% \n 6 URAN Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF \u221233.3% \u221248.4 pts vs ACWI 24.1% 0.35% \n 7 NLR VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF \u221236.8% \u221252.0 pts vs ACWI 15.1% 0.52% \n 8 URNJ Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF \u221237.7% not measured 0.0% 0.80% \n \n Method\n 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%. 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.\n Where to next\n Every nuclear and uranium ETF and what it holds The largest nuclear and uranium ETFs Where these figures came from\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. 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