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Trailing the market and nuclear energy stocks

NuScale Power (SMR) stock vs the S&P 500 and nuclear energy stocks

As of 12 October 2026, NuScale Power (SMR) is trailing both the S&P 500 and nuclear energy stocks as a group (NLR) over the past three months.

Prices as of Last update : First tracked: trailing the market and nuclear energy stocks
SMR 1M
−22.2%
S&P 500 1M
+2.1%
Funds that hold it
2
Weight in NLR
4.3%

Where NuScale Power stands now

As of 12 October 2026, NuScale Power is behind the S&P 500 on every window Zensei tracks, from one month to one year. The market has preferred other stocks for some time.

Inside its group, SMR lags: it is behind nuclear energy stocks (NLR) over both the past month and three months. As a group, nuclear energy stocks are losing ground to the S&P 500 right now. The group is in transition, so the stock's place inside it matters more than usual.

NuScale Power is 4.3% of NLR, so its moves weigh on the fund. It sits in 2 of the sector and theme funds Zensei tracks. The thing to watch is the past month: a turn against the market usually shows there first.

NuScale Power peers in nuclear energy stocks

The largest other holdings of VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR), by weight in the fund, with their plain return over the past month. They share the fund with the stock. They are not always direct business competitors.

Stock
Weight
1M
CEGConstellation Energy Corp
9.0%+3.2%
PEGPublic Service Enterprise Group Inc
6.6%−2.3%
BWXTBWX Technologies Inc
5.5%−6.8%
UECUranium Energy Corp
5.1%−15.6%
NATKYNational Atomic Co Kazatomprom JSC
4.6%−8.6%
LEUCentrus Energy Corp
4.6%−11.2%
4.1%−25.6%
OKLOOklo
3.8%−11.0%
Each stock measured against the sector, with momentum and relative strengthUnlock with Premium

Is NuScale Power in the S&P 500?

No

As of 12 October 2026, NuScale Power is not in the S&P 500. Zensei groups it with nuclear energy stocks (NLR), where it has 4.3% weight.

None of the 11 S&P 500 sector funds holds it. See Nuclear Energy Stocks (NLR)

NuScale Power ETF: the funds that hold SMR

2 funds that Zensei tracks hold SMR. The main sector is the fund Zensei groups it with. The other funds follow by weight.

Fund
Weight
NLRNuclear Energy StocksMain sector
VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF
4.3%
Global X Uranium ETF
2.8%

SMR stock performance: 1-month, 3-month and 1-year vs the S&P 500

NuScale Power and the S&P 500 (SPY) side by side, over each window Zensei tracks.

Window
SMR
S&P 500
1 week−12.8%+0.4%
2 weeks−20.5%+0.9%
1 month−22.2%+2.1%
3 months−19.8%+4.1%
6 months−34.7%+12.6%
1 year−82.9%+20.4%

Prices as of · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure

Zensei Edge

SMR against nuclear energy stocks, in depth

See the size of the gap between NuScale Power and nuclear energy stocks (NLR) over every window, its momentum and its relative strength, and where it sits among nuclear energy stocks.

See the full analysis

NuScale Power stock: common questions

Which stocks are NuScale Power's peers?

As of 12 October 2026, the largest other holdings of VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR) by weight are Constellation Energy Corp (CEG), Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG), BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT), Uranium Energy Corp (UEC), National Atomic Co Kazatomprom JSC (NATKY). They share the fund with NuScale Power. They are fund peers among nuclear energy stocks, not always direct business competitors.

Which ETFs hold NuScale Power?

As of 12 October 2026, 2 funds that Zensei tracks hold SMR. Zensei groups it with nuclear energy stocks in VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR), where its weight is 4.3%. It is also in Global X Uranium ETF (URA, 2.8%).

Is NuScale Power in the S&P 500?

As of 12 October 2026, NuScale Power is not in the S&P 500. Zensei groups it with nuclear energy stocks (NLR), where it has 4.3% weight.

What sector is NuScale Power in?

As of 12 October 2026, Zensei groups NuScale Power with nuclear energy stocks (NLR, its primary fund). It is also in uranium stocks (URA).

Is NuScale Power stock beating the S&P 500?

As of 12 October 2026, NuScale Power (SMR) is down 22.2% over the past month. The S&P 500 is up 2.1% over the same month. Over three months, the stock is down 19.8% and the S&P 500 is up 4.1%.

Is NuScale Power doing better than other nuclear energy stocks?

As of 12 October 2026, NuScale Power (SMR) is behind nuclear energy stocks as a group (NLR) over the past three months. Zensei Edge shows the size of the gap, its momentum and its relative strength.

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