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NLRVanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF

Grow my money18y track recordRanked #444 of 2,993 in this goal

Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index.

By VanEck · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.52%

#2,812 of 5,853 · average

Fund Size

$4.2B

#486 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

-5.5%

Track Record

18 years

#503 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$9,514-4.9%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Energy

Focus

Nuclear Power

Index tracked

MVIS Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 57.9% of fundmoderately concentrated

Cameco Corp
8.0%
Constellation Energy Corp
7.9%
BWX Technologies Inc
6.7%
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc
6.1%
PG&E Corp
5.6%
Fortum Oyj
5.3%
CGN Power Co Ltd
4.8%
NAC Kazatomprom JSC
4.6%
Uranium Energy Corp
4.5%
CEZ AS
4.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks
100.0%

By sector

Energy
49.9%
Utilities
30.2%
Industrials
18.2%
Technology
1.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
43.8%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-37.5%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.67Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.99Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index.
Strategy
Uses a passive investment approach to replicate the Nuclear Energy Index by investing at least 80% of total assets in equity securities and depositary receipts of companies involved in uranium and nuclear energy. May include medium-cap companies and foreign issuers, concentrating in the energy, industrials, and utilities sectors.
Inception date
August 13, 2007
Fund family
VanEck

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Data updated on 2026-08-02