ETF comparison
URNMvsXME
Both Materials.
Sprott Uranium Miners ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
Holdings overlap
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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| # | Holding | In URNM | In XME | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uranium Energy Corp | 4.26% | 4.76% | 4.26% |
| 2 | Ur-energy Inc | 2.88% | 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%
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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.