Nicholas Nuclear Income ETF
$32.94−1.08 (−3.18%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.07%
- Fund size
- $8M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 58
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $32.90
- 52W range
The ETF.net NUKX Grade
Score 26 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 6Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 29Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 30Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 30Category rank
Our read on NUKX
DUranium and nuclear stocks with a paycheck bolted on. NUKX puts capital appreciation first and current income second, a combination the pure-play miner funds skip. Launched in 2026, it is still a small, lightly traded newcomer.
The fund seeks capital appreciation as its primary objective and current income as its secondary objective.
Why people hold it
- Unusual wiring for the theme: current income is a stated secondary objective in the fund's own documents, not an afterthought to a price-only mandate.
- Holds roughly 60 stocks, so the outcome rides on a basket of nuclear and uranium names rather than one reactor builder or one mine.
- Plain 1940 Act ETF wrapper, no commodity trust or partnership quirks, with distributions paid on a recurring schedule instead of accruing quietly in the share price.
Worth knowing
- The 1.07% fee sits above the typical uranium and nuclear ETF and roughly double the group's cheapest option (NLR at 0.52%). Income has to clear that bar first.
- Small asset base and light trading volume, which typically means wider spreads. Limit orders matter more here than in the category's household names.
- Launched in 2026 with no published tracking index, so there is little history to judge and no rules-based benchmark to measure the manager against.
NUKX Holdings
- Stocks
- 58
- 71%
- First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031
Sectors
Geography
NUKX Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | NUKX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −8.3% |
| 3 months | −15.6% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | NUKX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −22.8% |
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NUKX Dividends
- $0.08 per share
- Weekly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Pays Sep 23, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Aug 12, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
NUKX Risk
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How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
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How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.98
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
NUKX Cost
- The middle half of Uranium & Nuclear funds
- Median 0.75%
Every other Uranium & Nuclear fund charges less.