Price vs Value
URNJ closed 1.57% below the value of its miners Friday
Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF
$18.26−0.41 (−2.17%)
- 0.80%
- $297M
- −34.9%
- 8.89%
- 0.3M sh
- $18.91
- low $18.63high $40.81
The ETF.net URNJ Grade
D
Score 32 out of 100
- 8 of 9
Score 32 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D26 out of 100Rank 7 of 9Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F19 out of 100Rank 9 of 9Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D37 out of 100Rank 7 of 9Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C48 out of 100Rank 7 of 9Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B61 out of 100Rank 4 of 9
Our read on URNJ
DThe high-octane end of the uranium trade: roughly 40 small, micro and mid-cap miners and explorers, with the household-name producers left out. Sprott, a uranium house, co-built the index with Nasdaq.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Nasdaq Sprott Junior Uranium Miners Index.
Why people hold it
- Junior-only by design. The index targets mid-, small- and micro-cap uranium mining companies globally, the exploration and development end rather than the big established producers.sprottetfs.com
- Sprott is a uranium specialist, not a tourist. It co-developed this benchmark with Nasdaq rather than renting a generic thematic index off the shelf.sprottetfs.com
- Roughly 40 names and a few hundred million dollars in assets: the junior theme comes through without the whole fund resting on one or two stocks.
Worth knowing
- Cost is the toll for the small-cap end: 0.80% a year, above the 0.75% typical of uranium funds and well above broader nuclear options like NLR at 0.52%.
- Sprott's own documents call the fund non-diversified and say investors should be willing to accept "a high degree of volatility" and the possibility of significant losses.sprottetfs.com
- It sits toward the back of our uranium and nuclear group, mostly on price and on how much share-price risk the junior end of the mining chain carries.
URNJ Holdings
- Stocks
- 42
- 74%
- NXG.AX
Sectors
- Energy94.0%
- Materials5.9%
- Financials0.0%
Geography
- Canada42.97%
- Australia31.90%
- United States17.87%
- Hong Kong5.03%
- Spain1.99%
- United Kingdom0.24%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
URNJ Performance
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URNJ$6,508
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | URNJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −25.9% |
| 1 month | −19.6% |
| 3 months | −22.1% |
| 1 year | −34.9% |
| 3 years | −0.3% |
| 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 | URNJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −25.9% | |
| 2025 | +45.1% | |
| 2024 | −18.2% | |
| 2023 | +19.7% |
URNJ in the news
URNJ Dividends
- 8.89%
- $1.66
- $1.66 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
URNJ Risk
- 49.8%
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.
- 0.14
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.
- −59.2%
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.
- 1.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
URNJ Cost
0.80%
URNJ0.80%
- The middle half of Uranium & Nuclear funds
- Median 0.75%
6 of the 9 Uranium & Nuclear funds charge less.
Other funds in Uranium & Nuclear
- BURAGlobal X - Uranium ETFExpense ratio 0.69%1 year return −23.7%
- CNUKZRange Nuclear Renaissance Index ETFExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return −10.1%
- CURNMSprott Uranium Miners ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return −24.3%
- CTNUKTortoise Nuclear Renaissance ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return —
- DNUKXNicholas Nuclear Income ETFExpense ratio 1.07%1 year return —