ETF comparison

NLRvsXLU

Both Utilities.

VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF · State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.4%

3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NLR and XLU would leave roughly8.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

NLR only 93.9%Shared 8.4%XLU only 91.2%
In NLR only
23 positions
Shared
3 positions
In XLU only
29 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%
XLU

State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Utilities

83composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$21.84B
TTM yield
2.81%
Top-10 conc.
57.5%

Sub-score comparison

48
Cost
92
80
Tax efficiency
80
83
Liquidity
100
27
Concentration
32
Tracking quality
NLRsub-scoreXLU

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

Cost difference

XLU is 44 bps cheaper than NLR. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 XLU.

Top shared holdings

3 shared in total
#HoldingIn NLRIn XLUOverlap
1Constellation Energy Corp8.04%5.59%5.59%
2Public Service Enterprise Group Inc7.09%2.85%2.85%
3State Street Global Advisors2.13%0.00%0.00%

Only in NLR

23 total
  • Cameco Corp8.41%
  • BWX Technologies Inc6.78%
  • Fortum Oyj5.75%
  • Oklo Inc5.22%
  • 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%

Only in XLU

29 total
  • NextEra Energy Inc12.89%
  • Southern Co/The7.60%
  • Duke Energy Corp6.95%
  • American Electric Power Co Inc5.24%
  • Sempra4.27%
  • Dominion Energy Inc4.23%
  • Entergy Corp3.70%
  • Vistra Corp3.54%
  • Xcel Energy Inc3.53%
  • Exelon Corp3.36%

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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.