ETF comparison
URA vs URNM
Both Materials.
Holdings overlap
25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of URA and URNM would leave roughly 54.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
URA is 6 bps cheaper than URNM. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for URNM.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with URA vs URNM.
Top shared holdings
25 shared in total| # | Holding | In URA | In URNM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAMECO CORPORATION | 22.18% | 17.17% | 17.17% |
| 2 | Sprott Physical Uranium Trust | 6.74% | 13.23% | 6.74% |
| 3 | NEXGEN ENERGY LTD. | 6.07% | 11.35% | 6.07% |
| 4 | Joint stock company National atomic company Kazatomprom | 4.40% | 4.85% | 4.40% |
| 5 | URANIUM ENERGY CORP. | 4.81% | 4.26% | 4.26% |
| 6 | PALADIN ENERGY LTD | 3.14% | 4.16% | 3.14% |
| 7 | ENERGY FUELS INCORPORATED | 3.03% | 4.88% | 3.03% |
| 8 | DENISON MINES CORP. | 2.73% | 4.85% | 2.73% |
| 9 | Yellow Cake PLC | 1.99% | 3.78% | 1.99% |
| 10 | CGN Mining Co Ltd | 1.09% | 4.04% | 1.09% |
| 11 | Deep Yellow Ltd | 0.90% | 4.38% | 0.90% |
| 12 | Ur-Energy Inc. | 0.48% | 2.88% | 0.48% |
Only in URA
33 total- Oklo Inc 6.09%
- CENTRUS ENERGY CORP. 3.46%
- Nuscale Power Corp 3.04%
- X-Energy Inc 3.03%
- SIBANYE STILLWATER LIMITED 2.14%
- ITOCHU Corporation 2.11%
- SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 2.06%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 2.06%
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 2.04%
- DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 1.96%
Only in URNM
1 total- Uranium Royalty Corp 0.68%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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