Sprott ETFs

Name

Sprott ETFs

Legal name

Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc.

Website

https://sprottetfs.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

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Product category

Exchange-Traded Funds (Asset Management)

NAICS

Open-End Investment Funds (525910), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

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Thematic & Megatrend ETFs

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Asset Management — ETFs & Index Funds

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Real Assets & Infrastructure ETFs (REITs, Infrastructure, Natural Resources)

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Asset Management — ETFs & Index Funds

Keywords

• Precious metals ETFs
• Critical materials funds
• Uranium mining ETFs
• Gold miners ETFs
• Rare earths ETFs

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. ETF Management Fees: Sprott Asset Management USA earns annual advisory fees calculated daily and paid monthly based on net assets under management. Fee rates vary by fund, ranging from 0.50% to 0.65% of net assets annually.
2. Distribution Services: ALPS Distributors, Inc. serves as the registered broker-dealer and FINRA Member distributing Sprott ETFs. ALPS Advisors, Inc. serves as sub-adviser for certain funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sprott ETFs provides a suite of 13 exchange-traded funds that offer liquid, exchange-traded exposure to precious metals and critical materials including gold, silver, uranium, copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earths. The ETFs combine rules-based index tracking (co-developed with Nasdaq) and active management strategies to deliver thematic commodity exposure. Funds are listed on Nasdaq and available through major U.S. and Canadian brokerage platforms and financial advisors.

Product overview

Sprott ETFs offers a comprehensive suite of 13 exchange-traded funds focused on precious metals and critical materials. The product lineup consists of Critical Materials ETFs (SETM, URNM, URNJ, COPP, COPJ, REXC, LITP, NIKL), Precious Metals ETFs (GBUG, SGDM, SGDJ, SLVR), and Diversified Metals & Mining ETFs (METL). The funds provide targeted exposure to specific commodities and mining segments, including uranium, copper, lithium, nickel, rare earths, gold, and silver, through rules-based index tracking or active management strategies. The ETFs trade on Nasdaq and can be purchased through financial advisors and online brokerage firms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sprott Critical Materials ETFs: ETF suite covering critical materials including SETM, URNM, URNJ, COPP, COPJ, REXC, LITP, and NIKL
• Sprott Precious Metals ETFs
• Sprott Diversified Metals & Mining ETFs
• SETM - Sprott Critical Materials ETF
• URNM - Sprott Uranium Miners ETF
• URNJ - Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF
• COPP - Sprott Copper Miners ETF
• COPJ - Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF
• REXC - Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China ETF
• LITP - Sprott Lithium Miners ETF
• NIKL - Sprott Nickel Miners ETF
• GBUG - Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF
• SGDM - Sprott Gold Miners ETF
• SGDJ - Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF
• SLVR - Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF
• METL - Sprott Active Metals & Miners ETF

Products and services

• Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF (SLVR) The only silver ETF focused on silver miners and physical silver, offering pure-play exposure to silver producers, developers, explorers, and physical silver. Traded on Nasdaq with 0.65% annual expense ratio.
• Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China ETF (REXC) The only ETF providing focused pure-play exposure to rare earth companies outside China, investing exclusively in companies that may have significant growth potential as supply chain security becomes a national priority. Tracked by the Nasdaq Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China Index.
• Sprott Active Metals & Miners ETF (METL) Active, diversified portfolio positioned to benefit from increasing global demand for metals, with the transparency and flexibility of an ETF. Covers copper, silver, and uranium miners.
• Sprott Critical Materials ETF (SETM) Invests in critical materials to meet growing global energy demand as new technologies emerge, middle classes grow and the pursuit of decarbonization advances. Provides diversified exposure to uranium, copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earth producers.
• Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (URNM) Provides concentrated exposure to uranium mining companies for investors seeking to benefit from nuclear energy demand growth. Includes physical uranium holdings via Sprott Physical Uranium Trust.
• Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) Offers exposure to smaller, junior-stage uranium mining companies with higher growth potential and risk profile.
• Sprott Copper Miners ETF (COPP) Provides pure-play copper exposure through a fund tracking the Nasdaq Sprott Copper Miners Index with physical copper allocation.
• Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF (COPJ) Tracks 50 global junior copper miners primarily focused on exploration and development, offering levered exposure to high-growth copper stocks.
• Sprott Lithium Miners ETF (LITP) Supports the clean energy transition by tracking global lithium industry companies.
• Sprott Nickel Miners ETF (NIKL) Tracks global nickel-related companies, launched in March 2023 to provide exposure to the nickel market.
• Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF (GBUG) Actively managed diversified exposure to both gold and silver miners amid improving fundamentals and operational discipline across the industry.
• Sprott Gold Miners ETF (SGDM) Targets large-cap gold miners with strong balance sheets and low debt-to-equity ratios, benchmarked to the Solactive Gold Miners Custom Factors Index. Standard expense ratio of 0.50%.
• Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF (SGDJ) Targets smaller exploration-phase gold mining companies with higher sensitivity to gold price movements.

Quantifiable outcome

• SLVR returned 152.16% since inception (January 2025 to June 2026)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NasdaqcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026Nasdaq co-develops thematic indexes with Sprott Asset Management, including the Nasdaq Sprott Silver Miners Index, Nasdaq Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China Index, and other commodity-specific indexes. Nasdaq serves as Index Provider and is responsible for ongoing index maintenance.
• ALPS Distributors, Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 14 January 2025ALPS Distributors, Inc. serves as the registered broker-dealer and FINRA Member Distributor for all Sprott ETFs. Located at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80203.
• ALPS Advisors, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 January 2025ALPS Advisors, Inc. serves as Sub-Adviser for certain Sprott ETFs including SLVR, providing portfolio management services.
• Glass Lewis & Co.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 15 July 2024Sprott utilizes Glass Lewis for proxy voting research and recommendations to augment internal proxy voting processes for portfolio securities held by Sprott ETFs.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• VanEck: VanEck operates GDX (Gold Miners), GDXJ (Junior Gold Miners), and REMX (Rare Earth/Strategic Metals) — direct thematic competitors to Sprott's gold and rare earth ETFs (SGDM, SGDJ, REXC) with similar rules-based index methodology and target audience.
• Global X: Global X runs LIT (Lithium & Battery Tech), URA (Uranium), and COPX (Copper Miners) — the most direct head-to-head competitors to Sprott's LITP, URNM, and COPP, all targeting the same critical-materials themes with overlapping index approaches.

Broad incumbents

• iShares (BlackRock): iShares offers broad commodity and mining exposure through PICK (MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers), IAU (gold), and SLV (silver) — overlapping with Sprott's gold, silver, and mining ETFs but at much larger scale and lower fees.
• SPDR State Street Global Advisors: SPDR operates GLD (gold), SLV (silver), and XME (S&P Metals & Mining) — incumbents in the same metals/mining themes as Sprott, with substantially larger AUM, longer track records, and dominant retail brand recognition.
• Invesco: Invesco offers DB Base Metals (DBB), commodity index products, and the Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy — competing broadly with Sprott's commodity ETFs and benefiting from Invesco's much larger global distribution network.
• WisdomTree: WisdomTree operates broad commodity and metals ETFs (e.g., AGGG, USDU) and uses enhanced index methodologies that overlap with Sprott's rules-based index approach, while competing for the same advisor and retail allocations.
• First Trust: First Trust offers commodity and inflation-sensitive equity ETFs (e.g., FCPI) that compete for the same advisor allocations seeking commodity and natural-resource exposure, with similar advisor-channel distribution.

Emerging players

• abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Standard Investments): abrdn operates physical precious metals ETFs including GLTR (Physical Precious Metals Basket) — directly comparable to the physical silver component of Sprott's SLVR and the broader precious-metals exposure strategy.
• KraneShares: KraneShares focuses on thematic and critical-materials ETFs (e.g., KGRN, KBAT) targeting clean energy and supply-chain themes — an emerging competitor in the same thematic commodity and critical-materials category where Sprott competes.
• Amplify ETFs: Amplify operates specialized commodity and natural resources ETFs (e.g., familiar themes around gold, silver, and energy transition) — a smaller but direct competitor in the niche thematic commodity space where Sprott has built its franchise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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