ETF comparison
COPX vs XME
Both Materials.
Global X Copper Miners ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of COPX and XME would leave roughly 4.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XME is 30 bps cheaper than COPX. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with COPX vs XME.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In COPX | In XME | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | 4.76% | 4.26% | 4.26% |
| 2 | Ivanhoe Electric Inc | 0.64% | 1.74% | 0.64% |
Only in COPX
38 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 5.48%
- Teck Resources Limited 5.39%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc. 5.26%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 5.08%
- FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD. 5.05%
- GLENCORE PLC 5.02%
- ANTOFAGASTA PLC 5.00%
- KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SPOLKA AKCYJNA 4.76%
- Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 4.54%
- Boliden AB 4.35%
Only in XME
37 total- Uranium Energy Corp 4.76%
- Hecla Mining Co 4.62%
- Centrus Energy Corp 4.60%
- USA Rare Earth Inc 4.47%
- Coeur Mining Inc 4.46%
- MP Materials Corp 4.41%
- Royal Gold Inc 4.26%
- Newmont Corp 4.24%
- Materion Corp 4.22%
- Reliance Inc 3.99%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.