Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF
ALTAR
Score™
-2.3% info Recommen-
dation
AVOID
2025E    2026E
P/E
ratio
-54.5x P/Sales
ratio
23.7x
P/BV
ratio
8.4x Div.
yield
1.5%


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URNJ seeks to track an index of small cap uranium miners around the globe, primarily those with revenues tied to the uranium mining and uranium industry. Securities are selected using a fundamental, proprietary methodology and weighted by market cap.

FUND BASICS
Category Global Equities
Fund Sponsor Sprott
Website www.sprottetfs.com/urnj-sprott-junior-uranium-miners-etf/
Inception date Jan 02, 2023
Assets (mns) $432
Currency USD
Expense ratio 80 bp
Distributions Annually

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting Market Cap
Index replication
Uses derivatives No
Options available Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

 


CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents 23
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) $2,308
Large cap (>$10bn) 13.1%
Mid cap ($2-10bn) 14.2%
Small cap (<$2bn) 71.3%
Developed mkts 100.0%
Emerging mkts 0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
PALADIN ENERGY LIMITED 13.2 %
DENISON MINES CORP 12.7 %
ENERGY FUELS INC. 12.4 %
NEXGEN ENERGY LTD. 11.6 %
DEEP YELLOW LTD 5.0 %
CGN MINING CO LTD 4.7 %
UR-ENERGY INC 4.6 %
ENCORE ENERGY CORP. 4.0 %
URANIUM ROYALTY CORP. 3.8 %
BOSS ENERGY LIMITED 3.4 %
Total 75.4 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
CANADA 44.9 %
AUSTRALIA 30.1 %
UNITED STATES 6.1 %
HONG KONG 4.6 %







HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru January 31)
Year-to-date 1 year 5 years 10 years Since Incep.
38.8% 92.0% -- -- 25.5%

Market Correlations
versus... Beta R-squared
S&P500 1.06 12%
MSCI EAFE 1.12 9%
MSCI Emg. Mkts. 1.45 19%

Technical Indicators
Recent close $30.52
30d moving avg. $30.20
Annualized volatility 43.6%
Short interest (ETF) 5.0%
Relative strength (RSI) 59

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.) 733
Turnover 5.2%
Bid/Ask (% of price) 0.51%
ADV underlying (mns) $158

Distributions


FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 50 potential alternatives to the Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with URNJ. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker: URNJ Expense: 80 bp ALTAR Score™: -2.3%


ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH URNJ
Ticker Fund
Name
Overlap1
vs URNJ
(%)
Expense
ratio
(bp)
Savings
vs URNJ
(bp)
ALTAR
Score™
(%)
ALTAR
vs URNJ
(%)
NLR VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF 21.6 61 19 1.6 +3.9
URAN Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF 18.0 35 45 1.2 +3.5
SETM Sprott Energy Transition Materials ETF 11.4 65 15 1.5 +3.8
URA Global X Uranium ETF 7.7 69 11 0.9 +3.2
AFK VanEck Africa Index ETF 2.0 98 -18 11.4 +13.7
IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF 0.9 60 20 -1.3 +1.0
ECNS iShares MSCI China Small-Cap ETF 0.8 59 21 9.1 +11.4
XME State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF 0.6 35 45 5.5 +7.8
GWX SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF 0.4 40 40 5.8 +8.1
SRVR Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF 0.3 55 25 4.2 +6.5
IGE iShares North American Natural Resources ETF 0.3 41 39 6.1 +8.4
IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 0.2 24 56 5.7 +8.0
VTWV Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF 0.2 10 70 5.8 +8.0
SCHC Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 0.2 11 69 6.6 +8.9
VSS Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF 0.2 8 72 6.4 +8.7
RSSL Global X Russell 2000 ETF 0.1 8 72 3.2 +5.5
SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 0.1 40 40 6.1 +8.4
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.1 19 61 3.2 +5.5
AVDS Avantis International Small Cap Equity ETF 0.1 30 50 5.8 +8.1
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 0.1 7 73 3.4 +5.6
EEMS iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF 0.1 70 10 6.6 +8.9
DFIS Dimensional International Small Cap ETF 0.1 39 41 6.1 +8.4
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 0.1 24 56 0.7 +3.0
VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF 0.1 7 73 5.6 +7.9
IPAC iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 0.1 9 71 5.5 +7.8
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF 0.1 10 70 0.8 +3.1
GXC SPDR S & P China ETF 0.0 59 21 14.9 +17.2
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 0.0 7 73 6.7 +8.9
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 0.0 7 73 6.0 +8.3
TLTD FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt 0.0 39 41 6.7 +9.0
AVSE Avantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETF 0.0 33 47 6.8 +9.1
VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF 0.0 3 77 6.0 +8.3
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 0.0 3 77 5.9 +8.2
VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock ETF 0.0 5 75 6.7 +9.0
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 0.0 9 71 8.4 +10.7
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 0.0 4 76 6.0 +8.3
AVSD Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF 0.0 23 57 4.6 +6.9
TLTE FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index 0.0 59 21 7.3 +9.6
SPGM SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF 0.0 9 71 4.9 +7.2
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.0 5 75 4.1 +6.4
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF 0.0 3 77 4.3 +6.6
VTHR Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF 0.0 7 73 4.3 +6.6
IWV iShares Russell 3000 ETF 0.0 20 60 4.2 +6.5
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF 0.0 6 74 5.2 +7.5
DFIC Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 0.0 23 57 6.2 +8.5
DFAX Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 0.0 30 50 6.5 +8.8
DFAI Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 0.0 18 62 6.0 +8.2
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 0.0 3 77 4.3 +6.6
AVDE Avantis International Equity ETF 0.0 23 57 6.2 +8.5
DFSI Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF 0.0 24 56 5.4 +7.7

1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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VALUATION METRICS
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AVOID

Not worthwhile for most investors. A rating of AVOID is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the lowest quintile (the bottom 20%) of their category. Often, funds in this category consist of stocks with little if any history or expectation of profitability, and as a result our fundamentally-driven analysis may not be relevant.

ALTAR Score™


Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity -12.7 %
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV 8.5 x
Less: Expense ratio 80 bp
Equals: ALTAR Score -2.3 %
info More information on ALTAR Score™

MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS
COMPOSITE
RATING
1.51 CATEGORY
AVERAGE
1.58
 
The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale:

BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3.

Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.
 

 

See RATING tab for calculation of ALTAR Score™
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Monthly returns based on changes in price plus dividends. May differ from daily returns reported by funds. See below for standardized returns.