Top performing · Industry · ranked by 1-year total return

Top-performing Uranium ETFs

There are 6 US-listed uranium ETFs, with $11.94B in combined net assets.

Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, the best performer among funds with at least $25 million in assets was URNM (-19.3%); the median fund returned -30.8%.

Expense ratios run from 0.35% to 1.3% a year (median 0.69%).

The 5 top performers

Top-performing Uranium ETFs
# Fund 30 daysNet assetsCostYield1 moYTD1 yr3 yr5 yr
1 URNM Sprott Uranium Miners ETF $1.90B0.75%3.89%-8.9%-18.5%-19.3%+4.2%+3.2%
2 URA Global X Uranium ETF $5.44B0.69%5.8%-12.3%-16.1%-25.9%+17.5%+9.8%
3 URNJ Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF $326.9M0.8%9.04%-14.4%-27.1%-29.5%-1.1%—
4 URAN Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF $27.9M0.35%3.27%-9.9%-22.0%-30.8%——
5 NLR VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF $4.21B0.52%3.34%-10.3%-23.6%-33.4%+15.0%+13.7%

Funds with less than $25 million in net assets and the 1 leveraged or inverse funds are left out of the ranking. Returns are total returns with distributions reinvested (3 and 5 years annualized), as of Oct 27, 2026.

How the top 5 compare

    Growth of each fund’s value from the start of the range, distributions reinvested. The dashed gray line is the S&P 500 (SPY).

    All 6 Uranium ETFs

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    All Uranium ETFs
    Fund IssuerNet assetsCostYieldYTD1 yr5 yr
    URA Global X Uranium ETF Global X$5.44B0.69%5.8%-16.1%-25.9%+9.8%
    NLR VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF VanEck$4.21B0.52%3.34%-23.6%-33.4%+13.7%
    URNM Sprott Uranium Miners ETF Sprott$1.90B0.75%3.89%-18.5%-19.3%+3.2%
    URNJ Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF Sprott$326.9M0.8%9.04%-27.1%-29.5%—
    URAA Direxion Daily Uranium Industry Bull 2X Shares Leveraged Direxion$28.5M1.3%19.72%-48.3%-60.8%—
    URAN Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF Themes ETF$27.9M0.35%3.27%-22.0%-30.8%—

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