ETF comparison
PICK vs XME
Both Materials.
iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PICK and XME would leave roughly 15.1% 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 4 bps cheaper than PICK. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for PICK.
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 PICK vs XME.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In PICK | In XME | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | 5.44% | 4.26% | 4.26% |
| 2 | NUCOR CORPORATION | 3.30% | 3.74% | 3.30% |
| 3 | STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. | 2.08% | 3.60% | 2.08% |
| 4 | ALCOA CORPORATION | 1.16% | 3.35% | 1.16% |
| 5 | RELIANCE, INC. | 1.15% | 3.99% | 1.15% |
| 6 | MP MATERIALS CORP | 0.53% | 4.41% | 0.53% |
| 7 | COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | 0.49% | 3.59% | 0.49% |
| 8 | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | 0.44% | 3.18% | 0.44% |
| 9 | WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. | 0.29% | 3.59% | 0.29% |
| 10 | MATERION CORPORATION | 0.26% | 4.22% | 0.26% |
| 11 | CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY | 0.21% | 3.28% | 0.21% |
| 12 | KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION | 0.17% | 2.94% | 0.17% |
Only in PICK
226 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 13.03%
- RIO TINTO PLC 6.91%
- GLENCORE PLC 4.37%
- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 3.45%
- VALE S.A. 3.43%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.86%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 2.23%
- Teck Resources Limited 1.75%
- ArcelorMittal SA 1.69%
- FORTESCUE LTD 1.57%
Only in XME
16 total- Uranium Energy Corp 4.76%
- Hecla Mining Co 4.62%
- Centrus Energy Corp 4.60%
- Coeur Mining Inc 4.46%
- Royal Gold Inc 4.26%
- Newmont Corp 4.24%
- Core Natural Resources Inc 3.69%
- Peabody Energy Corp 3.37%
- Hycroft Mining Holding Corp 2.68%
- McEwen Inc 1.34%
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- PICK vs GDXJ · VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF 0.8%
- PICK vs GDX · VanEck Gold Miners ETF 0.5%
- PICK vs URNM · Sprott Uranium Miners ETF 0.0%
- PICK vs VGT · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with XME
- XME vs GDX · VanEck Gold Miners ETF 9.9%
- XME vs URA · Global X Uranium ETF 9.0%
- XME vs GDXJ · VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF 8.4%
- XME vs COPX · Global X Copper Miners ETF 4.9%
- XME vs URNM · Sprott Uranium Miners ETF 4.9%
- XME vs GUNR · Northern Trust Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF 4.2%
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.