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ETF comparison

GDXJ vs GUNR

Both Materials.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF · Northern Trust Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.6 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GDXJ and GUNR would leave roughly 0.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GDXJ unmatched 99.2% Shared 0.6% GUNR unmatched 99.3%

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.

In GDXJ only
113 positions
Shared
2 positions
In GUNR only
137 positions

Side by side

GDXJ

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

VanEck · Materials

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.52%
Net assets
$8.37B
TTM yield
2.67%
Top-10 conc.
42.7%
GUNR

Northern Trust Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF

FlexShares · Materials

70 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.46%
Net assets
$6.84B
TTM yield
2.28%
Top-10 conc.
36.6%

Sub-score comparison

48
Cost
54
80
Tax efficiency
81
97
Liquidity
93
53
Concentration
62
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Tracking quality
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GDXJ sub-score GUNR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

GUNR is 6 bps cheaper than GDXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with GDXJ vs GUNR.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In GDXJ In GUNR Overlap
1 Evolution Mining Ltd 6.37% 0.35% 0.35%
2 Coeur Mining Inc 5.14% 0.30% 0.30%

Only in GDXJ

113 total
  • Equinox Gold Corp 6.28%
  • Alamos Gold Inc 6.23%
  • Endeavour Mining PLC 5.33%
  • Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 2.88%
  • First Majestic Silver Corp 2.72%
  • Hecla Mining Co 2.63%
  • IAMGOLD Corp 2.62%
  • Eldorado Gold Corp 2.49%
  • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd 2.05%
  • Lundin Gold Inc 1.93%

Only in GUNR

137 total
  • ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 5.08%
  • Corteva, Inc. 4.93%
  • BHP Group Ltd. 4.61%
  • Nutrien Ltd. 4.32%
  • Shell plc 3.76%
  • Chevron Corp. 3.72%
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 3.23%
  • TotalEnergies SE 2.78%
  • Rio Tinto plc 2.26%
  • Newmont Corp. 1.85%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open GDXJ or GUNR 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.