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RCTR vs URNJ

First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF

RCTRBNYSE Arca

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF

URNJDNasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

RCTR −0.10pt a year

RCTR0.70%URNJ0.80%

Avg volume · 30D

URNJ 83.7×the volume

RCTR4.45KURNJ372K

RCTR vs URNJ Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

−15.3%RCTR−41.0%URNJ

Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. RCTR −15.3%. URNJ −41.0%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.0%20%Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026
Expense ratio
RCTR 0.70%, better
URNJ 0.80%
Fund size
RCTR $29M
URNJ $300M
1Y total return
RCTR −15.3%, better
URNJ −41.0%
Yield (12M)
RCTR No data
URNJ 9.61%
Holdings
RCTR 49
URNJ 42
Avg volume (30D)
RCTR 4.45K sh
URNJ 372K sh, better
NAV per share
RCTR $30.28
URNJ $17.61
52W range

ETF.net Grade

RCTR: Cost 62, Risk 70, Mission not scored, Tradability 45, Holdings 71, Durability 51. URNJ: Cost 26, Risk 21, Mission not scored, Tradability 37, Holdings 48, Durability 61.
Pillar letters and Scores for RCTR, URNJ, with each pillar’s weight
PillarRCTRURNJ
Cost30% weightB62HigherD26
Mission25% weightNot scoredNot scored
Risk15% weightA70HigherF21
Tradability15% weightC45HigherD37
Holdings10% weightA71HigherC48
Durability5% weightC51B61Higher

Rank among Uranium & Nuclear funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. RCTR and URNJ are both graded against the same 9 Uranium & Nuclear funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Uranium & Nuclear⁠

Category · 9 funds
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RCTR ranks 3rd and URNJ 8th of 9 funds in the Uranium & Nuclear Category.

  1. Rank 1ANLRVanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETFScore 73
  2. Rank 2BSMRFALPS Nautilus SMR, Nuclear & Technology ETFScore 66
  3. Rank 3BRCTRFirst Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETFScore 60
  4. Rank 4BURAGlobal X Uranium ETFScore 58
  5. Rank 7CTNUKTortoise Nuclear Renaissance ETFScore 40
  6. Rank 8DURNJSprott Junior Uranium Miners ETFScore 32
  7. Rank 9DNUKXNicholas Nuclear Income ETFScore 26

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

RCTRBFirst Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF

URNJDSprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF

In short

RCTR No data

URNJ The 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.

Stated mandate

RCTR No data

URNJ The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Nasdaq Sprott Junior Uranium Miners Index.

Why people hold it

RCTR No data

  • URNJ 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

RCTR No data

  • URNJ 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.

Full RCTR profile⁠

Full URNJ profile⁠

RCTR vs URNJ Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

RCTR vs URNJ Cost

Overpaying URNJ vs RCTR

$1,740

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • RCTR 0.70%

    $13,606

  • URNJ 0.80%

    $15,346

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • RCTR 0.70%
  • URNJ 0.80%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K$20K051015202530URNJ $15,346RCTR $13,606

Year by year

YearRCTRURNJOverpaying
10$1,250$1,422$172
20$4,760$5,393$633
30$13,606$15,346$1,740

Expense ratio

  • 0.70%RCTR, cheaper
  • 0.80%URNJ
  • Middle half of Uranium & Nuclear funds
  • Median 0.75%

RCTR 4th cheapest of 9 funds

URNJ 7th cheapest of 9 funds

RCTR vs URNJ Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Yield (12M)
RCTR No data
URNJ 9.61%
Payout (12M)
RCTR No data
URNJ $1.66
Last payment
RCTR $0.06
URNJ $1.66
Ex-dividend
RCTR Sep 24, 2026
URNJ Dec 18, 2025
Paid on
RCTR Sep 30, 2026
URNJ Dec 22, 2025
Frequency
RCTR Quarterly
URNJ Annual

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

RCTRQuarterly · 4 paymentsAll RCTR payments⁠
One bar per payment. 4 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Dec 12, 2025 $0.12; Mar 26, 2026 $0.03; Jun 25, 2026 $0.07; Sep 24, 2026 $0.06. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$120232026YTD
URNJAnnual · 3 paymentsAll URNJ payments⁠
One bar per payment. 3 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Dec 14, 2023 $0.95; Dec 12, 2024 $0.81; Dec 18, 2025 $1.66. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$120232026YTD

RCTR vs URNJ Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
RCTR 24.8%since Aug 2025URNJ 50.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
RCTR −0.02since Aug 2025URNJ 0.05
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
RCTR −22.3%since Jul 2025URNJ −59.2%since Feb 2023
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
RCTR 1.11URNJ 1.02

RCTR and URNJ in the news

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