ETF comparison

COPXvsXLB

Both Materials.

Global X Copper Miners ETF · State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
5.0%

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of COPX and XLB would leave roughly5.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

COPX only 94.7%Shared 5.0%XLB only 94.8%
In COPX only
38 positions
Shared
1 positions
In XLB only
26 positions

Side by side

COPX

Global X Copper Miners ETF

Global X · Materials

60composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.65%
Net assets
$8.44B
TTM yield
2.18%
Top-10 conc.
53.3%
XLB

State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Materials

82composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$8.75B
TTM yield
1.67%
Top-10 conc.
58.4%

Sub-score comparison

35
Cost
92
81
Tax efficiency
82
97
Liquidity
97
38
Concentration
31
Tracking quality
COPXsub-scoreXLB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

XLB is 57 bps cheaper than COPX. On a $100,000 position that's about $570/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 XLB.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
#HoldingIn COPXIn XLBOverlap
1FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.5.04%5.30%5.04%

Only in COPX

38 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 XLB

26 total
  • Linde PLC14.06%
  • Newmont Corp5.84%
  • Corteva Inc4.96%
  • Sherwin-Williams Co/The4.94%
  • Ecolab Inc4.73%
  • Vulcan Materials Co4.72%
  • CRH PLC4.67%
  • Air Products and Chemicals Inc4.62%
  • Martin Marietta Materials Inc4.55%
  • Nucor Corp3.88%

Open COPX or XLB 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.