Uranium ETF (URA)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Solactive Global Uranium & Nuclear Components Index. The URA ETF contains 44 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $19.73 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 7.16% |
| Expense ratio | 0.69% |
| Average spread | 0.152% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.842% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -9.5% | 16.7% | 8.5% | -11.4% | -5.4% | -15.0% | 16.3% | 8.2% | -15.1% | -0.5% | -7.1% | ||
| 2021 | -5.3% | 20.5% | 7.6% | 4.1% | 11.6% | -3.0% | -5.6% | 4.7% | 13.6% | 12.9% | -6.8% | -3.6% | 50.7% |
| 2020 | -8.8% | -4.1% | -10.2% | 24.3% | 3.4% | -1.7% | 6.1% | 8.6% | -11.0% | -2.9% | 9.4% | 30.5% | 43.8% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -2.6% | 1.0% | -3.0% | -4.6% | 6.0% | -9.2% | -3.9% | 3.8% | -1.2% | -0.5% | 3.1% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | -6.3% | -9.7% | -5.2% | 10.5% | -1.2% | -2.4% | 2.3% | -3.4% | 4.6% | -9.8% | 4.4% | -6.5% | -22.6% |
| 2017 | 35.1% | -4.0% | -8.1% | -14.3% | -2.1% | 2.3% | 9.8% | -4.1% | -4.1% | -10.2% | 19.6% | 7.6% | 27.5% |
| 2016 | -8.8% | -1.3% | 15.5% | 4.1% | -9.0% | 3.3% | -2.5% | -0.9% | -5.0% | -7.1% | 2.7% | 11.0% | 1.8% |
| 2015 | -10.9% | 9.0% | -6.6% | 14.1% | -6.6% | -15.9% | -11.5% | -2.6% | -12.6% | 6.6% | -7.6% | 4.2% | -40.4% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | 14.1% | -4.6% | -10.8% | -2.2% | -3.7% | 2.6% | 2.1% | -14.4% | -11.3% | 11.9% | -8.1% | -20.8% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | -7.8% | -1.4% | -12.4% | 7.3% | -8.4% | 9.2% | -10.1% | -6.4% | -4.0% | 2.5% | 2.4% | -20.6% |
| 2012 | 28.7% | 1.6% | -11.8% | -5.0% | -20.2% | 4.6% | -1.6% | 2.7% | 1.5% | -7.5% | -14.0% | 8.9% | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | 0.1% | -28.9% | -3.7% | -5.9% | -10.5% | 6.1% | -14.8% | -27.3% | 27.7% | -11.5% | -8.8% | -75.7% |
| 37.2% | 32.6% | -44.3% | -3.3% | -34.9% | -44.2% | 21.8% | -13.6% | -72.5% | -7.1% | 10.3% | 40.6% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.03 | 1.31 | 1.33 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.26 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.18 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.31 | 0.31 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.94 | 0.94 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.97 | 0.97 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.74 | 0.74 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.94 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Cameco Corporation | 23.47% |
| National Atomic Company Kazatomprom JSC Sponsored GDR RegS | 10.48% |
| NexGen Energy Ltd. | 8.05% |
| Paladin Energy Ltd | 5.76% |
| Denison Mines Corp. | 5.24% |
| Energy Fuels Inc. | 4.00% |
| Uranium Energy Corp. | 3.16% |
| Yellow Cake Plc | 2.79% |
| Centrus Energy Corp. Class A | 2.06% |
| Macquarie Group Limited | 1.79% |
| Fission Uranium Corp. | 1.72% |
| CGN Power Co., Ltd. Class H | 1.71% |
| Global Atomic Corporation | 1.67% |
| Aecon Group Inc. | 1.57% |
| Sumitomo Corporation | 1.46% |
| Top 15 Weights | 74.93% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| URA | FTAG | JJT | LBJ | TMV | URNM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Uranium ETF | First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF | iPath Bloomberg Tin Subindex Total Return ETN | Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3x Shares ETF | Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 3x Shares ETF | North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF |
| Issuer | Global X | First Trust | iPath | Direxion | Direxion | URNM |
| Price | $19.73 | $27.9125 | $59.925 | $60.4 | $166.72 | $65.55 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.69% |  0.7% |  0.45% | 1.23% | 1.04% | 0.85% |
| Average Spread | 0.152% | 0.251% | 1.569% | 0.381% | 0.018% | 0.412% |
| AUM | $938,084,000 | $5,332,430 | $8,850,380 | $15,047,800 | $926,919,000 | $618,369,000 |
| Shares | 47,546,079 | 191,041 | 147,691 | 249,136 | 5,559,733 | 9,433,544 |
| Average Daily Volume | 2,539,193 | 4,516 | 933 | 3,820 | 380,400 | 270,650 |
| Home page | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site |
| Inception Date | 2010-11-04 | 2010-03-12 | 2018-01-17 | 2009-12-03 | 2009-04-16 | 2019-12-03 |
| Index Tracked | Solactive Global Uranium & Nuclear Components Index | Indxx Global Agriculture Index | Bloomberg Tin Subindex | S&P Latin America 40 Index | ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index | North Shore Global Uranium Mining Index |
| Category | Commodity Producers Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Metals | Leveraged Equities | Leveraged Bonds | Commodity Producers Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Commodity | Equity | Bond | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid/Small/Micro Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Mid/Small/Micro Caps | |||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | ||
| Region | North America | North America | North America | |||
| Countries | Broad | Broad | Broad | U.S. | Broad | |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.412 | $0.489 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.822 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.072% | 0.018% | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.074% |
| Number of Holdings | 44 | 52 | 33 | |||
| YTD Return | -13.08% | -7.31% | -48.78% | 11.30% | 206.13% | -8.98% |
| Beta | -1.04 | -0.99 | 1.04 | -17.38 | -1.63 | 1.78 |
| Upside Beta | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.09 | 1.61 |
| Downside Beta | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.51 | 3.74 | 0.05 | 0.86 |
| Volatility 1Y | 51.82% | 22.85% | 43.19% | 48.35% | 56.86% | 59.81% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 1.21 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.03 | -0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.00 |