Summary
Sprott Critical Materials ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Sprott. Positions inside: 157. The ten largest make up 40% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $458.3M
- Positions
- 157
- Dividend yield
- 1.84%
- Running since
- 2023
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last three years: 14%.
What to watch
- 75% of the fund is in one sector (Basic materials).
- Costs of 0.65% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 44% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -19%
- 3 months
- -15%
- This year
- -15%
- 1 year
- -10%
- 3 years
- +49%
- Avg. market cap
- $20.1B
- P/E
- 20.4x
- Forward P/E
- 15.6x
- P/S
- 4.2x
- P/B
- 2.6x
- P/FCF
- 19.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.5x
- Dividend yield
- 100.10%
- ROIC
- 6.3%
- ROE
- 7.3%
- Gross margin
- 21.0%
- Operating margin
- -44.9%
- Net margin
- -173.2%
- Payout ratio
- 2,046.7%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.5x
- Beta
- 1.33
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 86% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 FCFreeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX 5.6%
- 2 CCCameco CCJ 5.3%
- 3 LYLynas Rare Earths Limited LYC.AX 4.6%
- 4 KAJSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom KAP.IL 4.1%
- 5 TETeck Resources Limited TECK 3.6%
- 6 ALAlbemarle ALB 3.5%
- 7 PLPLS Group Limited PLS.AX 3.4%
- 8 SQSociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. SQM 3.3%
- 9 AGFirst Majestic Silver Corp. AG 3.2%
- 10 HLHecla Mining Company HL 3.2%
Positions in the fund: 157. The ten largest make up 40% of it.
Composition as of Oct 23, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Basic materials 75%
- Energy 23%
- Industrials 1.1%
- Consumer defensive 0.07%
By country
- Canada 35%
- United States 23%
- Australia 19%
- Kazakhstan 3.9%
- Other countries 18%
By company size
- Large cap 37%
- Mid cap 43%
- Small cap 18%
- Micro cap 2.7%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Basic materials (75%). Largest country: Canada (35%). Largest size group: Mid cap (43%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $65.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,099
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $65.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,099.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 3 years
- +14%
- Deepest drop
- -44%
- Yearly volatility
- 47%
Average yearly growth over the last three years: 14%. Deepest drop in these years: 44% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.84%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.45
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.45 per share, which is 1.84% of today's price. The last payment was $0.45 on Dec 18, 2025.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $4.13M
- Shares a day
- 168K
On an average day about $4.13M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 20.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 59 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 20%
- Fairly valued 4.8%
- Overvalued 75%
On average the companies inside trade for 20.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 75% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 86% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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