ETF comparison

URNMvsXME

Both Materials.

Sprott Uranium Miners ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.9%

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of URNM and XME would leave roughly4.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

URNM only 89.9%Shared 4.9%XME only 95.1%
In URNM only
25 positions
Shared
2 positions
In XME only
38 positions

Side by side

URNM

Sprott Uranium Miners ETF

Sprott · Materials

45composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$2.20B
TTM yield
3.19%
Top-10 conc.
73.2%
XME

State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

State Street · Materials

71composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$4.89B
TTM yield
0.32%
Top-10 conc.
48.4%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
65
79
Tax efficiency
85
71
Liquidity
86
10
Concentration
45
Tracking quality
URNMsub-scoreXME

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

Cost difference

XME is 40 bps cheaper than URNM. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with URNM vs XME.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
#HoldingIn URNMIn XMEOverlap
1Uranium Energy Corp4.26%4.76%4.26%
2Ur-energy Inc2.88%0.63%0.63%

Only in URNM

25 total
  • Cameco Corp17.17%
  • Sprott Physical Uranium Trust13.23%
  • Nexgen Energy Ltd11.35%
  • Energy Fuels Inc/canada4.88%
  • Denison Mines Corp4.85%
  • Nac Kazatomprom Jsc4.85%
  • Deep Yellow Ltd4.38%
  • Paladin Energy Ltd4.16%
  • Cgn Mining Co Ltd4.04%
  • Yellow Cake Plc3.78%

Only in XME

38 total
  • Hecla Mining Co4.62%
  • Centrus Energy Corp4.60%
  • 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%

Open URNM or XME at a brokerage

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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.