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GDXW vs SLJY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GDXW paid 53.9% of its price in cash against SLJY’s 27.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $81m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Gold Miners WeeklyPay ETF, and $63m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covered Call ETF.

GDXW on its own →SLJY on its own →
At a glance
53.9%
GDXW cash paid, 1 year
27.5%
SLJY cash paid, 1 year
+20.3%
GDXW total return, 1 year
+18.6%
SLJY total return, 1 year
GDXW · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.5 pts behind GDX
GDXW
+20.3%
GDX
+24.8%

4.5 pts behind GDX

GDXW over 1 year: paid 53.9%, price −27.7%, total +20.3%, GDX +24.8%, −4.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GDX

+24.8%

GDXW

+20.3%

53.9% of it arrived as cash

4.5 pts behind GDX

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.5 pts behind GDX

GDXW over 1 year: paid 53.9%, price −27.7%, total +20.3%, GDX +24.8%, −4.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GDX

+24.8%

GDXW

+20.3%

53.9% as cash

4.5 pts behind GDX

53.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GDXW over 1 year: paid 53.9%, price −27.7%, total +20.3%, GDX +24.8%, −4.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SLJY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind SILJ
SLJY
+18.6%
SILJ
+19.6%

1 pt behind SILJ

SLJY over 1 year: paid 27.5%, price −5.4%, total +18.6%, SILJ +19.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SILJ

+19.6%

SLJY

+18.6%

27.5% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind SILJ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind SILJ

SLJY over 1 year: paid 27.5%, price −5.4%, total +18.6%, SILJ +19.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SILJ

+19.6%

SLJY

+18.6%

27.5% as cash

1 pt behind SILJ

27.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SLJY over 1 year: paid 27.5%, price −5.4%, total +18.6%, SILJ +19.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SLJY costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; GDXW is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GDXW vs SLJY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGDXWSLJY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+20.3%+18.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 27.7%fell 5.4%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkGold miners, measured through GDXJunior silver miners, measured through SILJ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%0.76%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$74m$63m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SLJY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score31.4GDXW42.8SLJY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GDXW and SLJY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GDXW SLJY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GDXW
Only in SLJY
Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF 24.31%
Hecla Mining Co 6.74%
First Majestic Silver Corp 6.17%
COEUR MINING INC. 5.48%
Skeena Resources Ltd 5.06%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 4.41%
Franco-Nevada Corp 4.31%
Endeavour Silver Corp 4.17%
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Side by side

GDXW Roundhill Gold Miners WeeklyPay ETF · Option income on GDX, paying weekly SLJY Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SILJ, paying monthly
Issuer Roundhill Amplify
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark Gold miners (GDX) Junior silver miners (SILJ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 26.0% 22.6%
Expense ratio 0.99% 0.76%
Cash paid, 1 year 53.9% 27.5%
Price change, 1 year −27.7% −5.4%
Total return, 1 year +20.3% +18.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +24.8% +19.6%
Ahead or behind −4.5 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 1.0 years 1.2 years
Net assets, GDXW as of Nov 4, 2026 and SLJY as of Nov 3, 2026 $81m $63m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: GDXW vs SLJY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGDXWSLJYGDXWSLJYGDXWSLJY
3 months−0.6%−10.0%12.6%5.6%−1.7 pts+2.0 pts
6 months−13.0%−17.2%19.7%10.2%−4.5 pts+4.2 pts
1 year+20.3%+18.6%53.9%27.5%−4.4 pts−1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GDXW Oct 2025 · SLJY Aug 2025+11.0%+30.8%49.7%33.2%−5.9 pts−22.3 pts

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About each fund
GDXW

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GDXW paid 53.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.3%. Gold miners (GDX) returned +24.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.0%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SLJY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SLJY paid 27.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. Junior silver miners (SILJ) returned +19.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.6%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GDXW or SLJY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GDXW paid 53.9% of its starting price in cash and SLJY paid 27.5%, so GDXW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GDXW or SLJY?
With every distribution reinvested, GDXW returned +20.3% and SLJY +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GDXW or SLJY?
GDXW charges 0.99% a year and SLJY charges 0.76%, so SLJY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
GDXW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
GDXW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
GDXW 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Roundhill page for GDXW ↗
SLJY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SLJY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
SLJY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Amplify page for SLJY ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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