ETF comparison

NLRvsVPU

Both Utilities.

VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF · Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.8%

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.

NLR only 93.5%Shared 8.8%VPU only 90.8%
In NLR only
23 positions
Shared
3 positions
In VPU only
63 positions

Side by side

NLR

VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF

VanEck · Utilities

60composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.52%
Net assets
$4.17B
TTM yield
2.69%
Top-10 conc.
61.1%
VPU

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Utilities

83composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$10.08B
TTM yield
2.81%
Top-10 conc.
52.5%

Sub-score comparison

48
Cost
91
80
Tax efficiency
80
83
Liquidity
100
27
Concentration
39
Tracking quality
NLRsub-scoreVPU

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

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
#HoldingIn NLRIn VPUOverlap
1Constellation Energy Corp8.04%5.83%5.83%
2Public Service Enterprise Group Inc7.09%2.58%2.58%
3Oklo Inc5.22%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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.