ETF comparison
GDXJvsVAW
Both Materials.
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF · Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GDXJ and VAW would leave roughly2.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VAW is 43 bps cheaper than GDXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 GDXJ vs VAW.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In GDXJ | In VAW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coeur Mining Inc | 5.14% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 2 | Hecla Mining Co | 2.63% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 3 | Perpetua Resources Corp | 0.62% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 4 | McEwen Inc | 0.33% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in GDXJ
112 total- Evolution Mining Ltd6.37%
- Equinox Gold Corp6.28%
- Alamos Gold Inc6.23%
- Endeavour Mining PLC5.33%
- Industrias Penoles SAB de CV2.88%
- First Majestic Silver Corp2.72%
- IAMGOLD Corp2.62%
- Eldorado Gold Corp2.49%
- Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd2.05%
- Lundin Gold Inc1.93%
Only in VAW
106 total- Linde PLC14.92%
- Newmont Corp7.69%
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc6.06%
- CRH PLC4.68%
- Sherwin-Williams Co/The4.59%
- Ecolab Inc4.19%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc3.81%
- Nucor Corp3.67%
- Corteva Inc3.40%
- Vulcan Materials Co2.40%
Open GDXJ or VAW 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.