URNJ ETF — Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ)

Updated October 16, 2026.

URNJ is an ETF that tracks the Nasdaq Sprott Junior Uranium Miners Index. its distribution rate is 9.38%, its trailing-12-month yield is 9.38%, its expense ratio is 0.80%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 47/100 (Unproven). Total return is -0.1% over the past 3.7 years, 92.1 points behind SPY at 92.0%.

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF tracks an index of junior uranium mining and exploration companies, as well as uranium royalty and supply businesses, holding approximately 30 to 40 securities that each derive at least half their revenue or assets from uranium-related operations. The fund carries an expense ratio of 0.80% and distributes income annually at a modest current rate. The fund may appeal to investors seeking exposure to junior uranium companies and the nuclear energy sector.

URNJ performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -0.1% over the past 3.7 years, 92.1 points behind SPY at 92.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -40.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 57.5%.

URNJ key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

47 · Unproven

Issuer

Sprott

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/01/2023

Expense ratio

0.80%

Distribution rate

9.38%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

9.38%

Last close

$17.69 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$285,853,705

Average volume

804513.0

Dividend

$1.659

Ex-dividend date

12/18/2025

Payment date

12/22/2025

Beta

1.86

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (9.38%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (9.38%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Sprott; Index: Nasdaq Sprott Junior Uranium Miners Index; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

URNJ risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 57.5%.

Who may consider URNJ — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (URNJ pays annual); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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