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Is URNJ a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) is a commodities and metals ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores URNJ 0.1 out of 10.

What stands out in URNJ's data

Owns a focused strategy in junior uranium miners, a niche commodity sleeve.

Earns very little on its capital compared to the typical commodity fund — the business model carries real costs.

Return on invested capital of 1.8% trails the 16.3% category median. The fund's 0.80% expense ratio is also high for a niche commodity sleeve.

A high-conviction satellite for portfolios already holding broad commodity exposure.

Why did URNJ move this week? It fell 5.0% in the week to October 9, 2026 — Paladin Energy and Energy Fuels drove it

URNJ fell 5.0% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Paladin Energy (−7.0%), Energy Fuels (−7.2%) and Denison Mines (−5.4%); Berkeley Energia (+36.2%) pushed the other way.

How is URNJ rated? ETF Copilot scores Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) 0.1 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) 0.1 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 0.1 / 10
  • Risk: 0.1 / 10
  • Quality: 0.1 / 10
  • Return: 0.1 / 10

What are URNJ's top holdings?

Nexgen Energy, Paladin Energy, Denison Mines, Energy Fuels, Isoenergy, CGN Mining, Boss Resources, Bannerman Resources, Ur-Energy and Deep Yellow are URNJ's largest holdings, in that order.

What is URNJ's expense ratio? 0.80% a year

As of October 9, 2026, URNJ charges 0.80% a year, yields 8.67% and holds $308M in assets.

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) — cost, income and size
MeasureURNJ
Expense ratio0.80%
Dividend yield8.67%
Assets under management$308M

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What ETF Copilot does not compute for URNJ

This page carries no sector or theme mix, concentration measure or price-to-earnings against its own history for URNJ: URNJ's holdings are not in ETF Copilot's data, and each of those is computed from them. The 0–10 scores, the expense ratio, the dividend yield and the assets above are reported or computed without them. The Commodities & Metals ETFs page carries the same measures for the funds in its category that do publish holdings.

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ETF Copilot, “Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) scores, cost and size”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/urnj

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