ETF comparison
GDXvsGDXJ
Both Materials.
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GDX and GDXJ would leave roughly37.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
GDX is 1 bps cheaper than GDXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for GDXJ.
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 GDX vs GDXJ.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In GDX | In GDXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coeur Mining Inc | 2.38% | 5.14% | 2.38% |
| 2 | Alamos Gold Inc | 1.89% | 6.23% | 1.89% |
| 3 | Evolution Mining Ltd | 1.65% | 6.37% | 1.65% |
| 4 | Industrias Penoles SAB de CV | 1.52% | 2.88% | 1.52% |
| 5 | First Majestic Silver Corp | 1.43% | 2.72% | 1.43% |
| 6 | Endeavour Mining PLC | 1.39% | 5.33% | 1.39% |
| 7 | Hecla Mining Co | 1.38% | 2.63% | 1.38% |
| 8 | IAMGOLD Corp | 1.37% | 2.62% | 1.37% |
| 9 | Eldorado Gold Corp | 1.31% | 2.49% | 1.31% |
| 10 | Equinox Gold Corp | 1.27% | 6.28% | 1.27% |
| 11 | Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd | 1.08% | 2.05% | 1.08% |
| 12 | Lundin Gold Inc | 1.02% | 1.93% | 1.02% |
Only in GDX
14 total- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd10.67%
- Newmont Corp10.41%
- Barrick Mining Corp7.95%
- Wheaton Precious Metals Corp5.60%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc5.04%
- Franco-Nevada Corp4.89%
- Kinross Gold Corp4.39%
- Gold Fields Ltd4.07%
- Pan American Silver Corp2.97%
- Northern Star Resources Ltd2.63%
Only in GDXJ
68 total- Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp0.77%
- Allied Gold Corp0.62%
- Perpetua Resources Corp0.62%
- Emerald Resources NL0.62%
- Merdeka Gold Resources Tbk PT0.61%
- Novagold Resources Inc0.55%
- Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd0.52%
- Pan African Resources PLC0.51%
- Wanguo Gold Group Ltd0.50%
- Predictive Discovery Ltd0.48%
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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/.
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