ETF comparison

GDXvsGDXJ

Both Materials.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF · VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
37.2%

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.

GDX only 63.1%Shared 37.2%GDXJ only 63.7%
In GDX only
14 positions
Shared
48 positions
In GDXJ only
68 positions

Side by side

GDX

VanEck Gold Miners ETF

VanEck · Materials

66composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.51%
Net assets
$30.54B
TTM yield
0.66%
Top-10 conc.
58.6%
GDXJ

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

VanEck · Materials

68composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.52%
Net assets
$9.63B
TTM yield
2.13%
Top-10 conc.
42.7%

Sub-score comparison

49
Cost
48
84
Tax efficiency
81
100
Liquidity
99
31
Concentration
53
Tracking quality
GDXsub-scoreGDXJ

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
#HoldingIn GDXIn GDXJOverlap
1Coeur Mining Inc2.38%5.14%2.38%
2Alamos Gold Inc1.89%6.23%1.89%
3Evolution Mining Ltd1.65%6.37%1.65%
4Industrias Penoles SAB de CV1.52%2.88%1.52%
5First Majestic Silver Corp1.43%2.72%1.43%
6Endeavour Mining PLC1.39%5.33%1.39%
7Hecla Mining Co1.38%2.63%1.38%
8IAMGOLD Corp1.37%2.62%1.37%
9Eldorado Gold Corp1.31%2.49%1.31%
10Equinox Gold Corp1.27%6.28%1.27%
11Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd1.08%2.05%1.08%
12Lundin Gold Inc1.02%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/.

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.