ETF comparison
COPXvsVAW
Both Materials.
Global X Copper Miners ETF · Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of COPX and VAW would leave roughly5.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VAW is 56 bps cheaper than COPX. On a $100,000 position that's about $560/yr more in fees for COPX.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with COPX vs VAW.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In COPX | In VAW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | 5.04% | 6.06% | 5.04% |
| 2 | Ivanhoe Electric Inc | 0.70% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in COPX
37 total- Lundin Mining Corporation6.06%
- GLENCORE PLC5.99%
- Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.5.97%
- KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SPOLKA AKCYJNA5.81%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc.4.94%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED4.91%
- ANTOFAGASTA PLC4.86%
- Teck Resources Limited4.85%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION4.84%
- Boliden AB4.33%
Only in VAW
108 total- Linde PLC14.92%
- Newmont Corp7.69%
- CRH PLC4.68%
- Sherwin-Williams Co/The4.59%
- Ecolab Inc4.19%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc3.81%
- Nucor Corp3.67%
- Corteva Inc3.40%
- Vulcan Materials Co2.40%
- Steel Dynamics Inc2.32%
Open COPX or VAW at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.