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IDU vs NLR

Both Utilities.

iShares U.S. Utilities ETF · VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.5 %

3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDU and NLR would leave roughly 10.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IDU only 89.4% Shared 10.5% NLR only 93.4%
In IDU only
41 positions
Shared
3 positions
In NLR only
23 positions

Side by side

IDU

iShares U.S. Utilities ETF

iShares · Utilities

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.38%
Net assets
$1.39B
TTM yield
2.19%
Top-10 conc.
53.4%
NLR

VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF

VanEck · Utilities

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.52%
Net assets
$4.21B
TTM yield
2.89%
Top-10 conc.
57.9%

Sub-score comparison

62
Cost
48
81
Tax efficiency
80
63
Liquidity
84
38
Concentration
32
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Tracking quality
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IDU sub-score NLR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IDU is 14 bps cheaper than NLR. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for NLR.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IDU vs NLR.

Top shared holdings

3 shared in total
# Holding In IDU In NLR Overlap
1 CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION. 5.84% 7.90% 5.84%
2 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED 2.44% 6.10% 2.44%
3 PG&E CORPORATION 2.18% 5.58% 2.18%

Only in IDU

41 total
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 12.22%
  • THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 6.38%
  • DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 6.03%
  • WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 5.15%
  • AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. 4.39%
  • SEMPRA 3.71%
  • Dominion Energy, Inc. 3.29%
  • VISTRA CORP. 3.20%
  • ENTERGY CORPORATION 3.15%
  • Xcel Energy Inc. 2.94%

Only in NLR

23 total
  • Cameco Corp 7.97%
  • BWX Technologies Inc 6.66%
  • Fortum Oyj 5.25%
  • CGN Power Co Ltd 4.84%
  • NAC Kazatomprom JSC 4.58%
  • Uranium Energy Corp 4.55%
  • CEZ AS 4.43%
  • NexGen Energy Ltd 4.37%
  • Energy Fuels Inc/Canada 4.35%
  • Paladin Energy Ltd 4.24%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.