Do AUAU and FMTL hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 22% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AUAU or FMTL?

AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FMTL has 12%, so AUAU differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AUAU or FMTL?

AUAU charges 0.35% a year and FMTL charges 0.65%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AUAU vs FMTL: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AUAU and FMTL hold 22% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $6.1m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Gold Miners ETF, and $29m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

12.4%

FMTL in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+35.8%

FMTL total return, since launch, Nov 5, 2025

AUAU · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 88% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

12% of AUAU's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

FMTL · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 88% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

12% of FMTL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.30 points a year less; FMTL is 4.9 times larger.

AUAU vs FMTL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	FMTL
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	FMTL
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	18.5%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AUAU	FMTL
What it tracks	Gold miners	Rare earth and critical materials
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	FMTL
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$30m
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	FMTL
Holdings in common	22%

Method

What they share

22%

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and FMTL hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU FMTL

NEWMONT CORPORATION 12.35% 4.66%

BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 7.56% 4.64%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.94% 4.50%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 6.11% 4.36%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 1.22% 1.07%

OceanaGold Corporation 0.69% 0.64%

SSR MINING INC. 0.68% 0.64%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 0.67% 0.59%

Centerra Gold Inc. 0.44% 0.46%

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Only in AUAU

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 8.98%

Franco-Nevada Corporation 5.04%

Gold Fields Limited 3.76%

KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 3.56%

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 3.27%

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 2.49%

Pan American Silver Corp. 2.35%

ROYAL GOLD, INC. 2.17%

Only in FMTL

Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (Class B) 8.26%

BHP Group Limited 8.22%

Rio Tinto Plc 7.83%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 7.74%

Anglo American Plc 6.31%

Sumitomo Corporation 4.89%

Glencore Plc 4.51%

Vale S.A. (ADR) 4.10%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs FMTL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AUAU	FMTL
3 months	+1.2%	−8.9%
6 months	−8.0%	−12.1%
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · FMTL Nov 2025	+4.0%	+35.8%

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Side by side

AUAU Global X Gold Miners ETF · Holds 105 stocks in gold miners, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies FMTL First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF · Holds 46 stocks in rare earth and critical materials, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X First Trust

Theme Gold miners Rare earth and critical materials

In the S&P 500 12.3% 12.4%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 99.7%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 46

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 61.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.65%

Total return, 1 year +4.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +35.8% (since launch, Nov 5, 2025)

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −26.3% −18.5%

Net assets, AUAU as of Oct 12, 2026 and FMTL as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.1m $29m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

22% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

AUAU

By weight, 12% of AUAU's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 105 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Since it first traded on Dec 10, 2025 the fund returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 26.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

FMTL

By weight, 12% of FMTL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 46 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Since it first traded on Nov 5, 2025 the fund returned +35.8% with distributions reinvested. It sits 18.5% below its all-time high of Aug 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and FMTL hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 22% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AUAU or FMTL?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FMTL has 12%, so AUAU differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or FMTL?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and FMTL charges 0.65%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →AUAU on its own →FMTL on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →FMTL dividend history →FMTL holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AUAU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AUAU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AUAU ↗

FMTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FMTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FMTL ↗

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How this is computed

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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