ETF comparison
URAvsXME
Both Materials.
Global X Uranium ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of URA and XME would leave roughly8.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XME is 34 bps cheaper than URA. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for URA.
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 URA vs XME.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In URA | In XME | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | URANIUM ENERGY CORP. | 5.79% | 4.76% | 4.76% |
| 2 | CENTRUS ENERGY CORP. | 3.00% | 4.60% | 3.00% |
| 3 | Ur-Energy Inc. | 0.53% | 0.63% | 0.53% |
Only in URA
49 total- CAMECO CORPORATION23.13%
- Oklo Inc7.31%
- NEXGEN ENERGY LTD.6.27%
- Joint stock company National atomic company Kazatomprom4.81%
- Sprott Physical Uranium Trust4.33%
- ENERGY FUELS INCORPORATED4.24%
- DAEWOO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.4.06%
- PALADIN ENERGY LTD3.09%
- HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD3.04%
- DENISON MINES CORP.2.87%
Only in XME
37 total- Hecla Mining Co4.62%
- USA Rare Earth Inc4.47%
- Coeur Mining Inc4.46%
- MP Materials Corp4.41%
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc4.26%
- Royal Gold Inc4.26%
- Newmont Corp4.24%
- Materion Corp4.22%
- Reliance Inc3.99%
- Nucor Corp3.74%
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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.