ETF comparison
NLRvsVPU
Both Utilities.
VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF · Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NLR and VPU would leave roughly8.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VPU is 43 bps cheaper than NLR. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for NLR.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with NLR vs VPU.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In NLR | In VPU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constellation Energy Corp | 8.04% | 5.83% | 5.83% |
| 2 | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | 7.09% | 2.58% | 2.58% |
| 3 | Oklo Inc | 5.22% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
Only in NLR
23 total- Cameco Corp8.41%
- BWX Technologies Inc6.78%
- Fortum Oyj5.75%
- Centrus Energy Corp5.05%
- Uranium Energy Corp4.99%
- NexGen Energy Ltd4.97%
- Denison Mines Corp4.77%
- NuScale Power Corp4.76%
- Energy Fuels Inc/Canada4.67%
- NAC Kazatomprom JSC4.38%
Only in VPU
63 total- NextEra Energy Inc11.79%
- Southern Co/The6.67%
- Duke Energy Corp6.28%
- American Electric Power Co Inc4.45%
- Sempra3.83%
- Dominion Energy Inc3.76%
- Vistra Corp3.57%
- Entergy Corp3.21%
- Xcel Energy Inc3.09%
- Exelon Corp3.03%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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