Do AUAU and GBUG hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 37% 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 GBUG?

AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GBUG has 4%, so AUAU differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AUAU or GBUG?

AUAU charges 0.35% a year and GBUG charges 0.90%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AUAU vs GBUG: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AUAU and GBUG hold 37% 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 $157m on Nov 4, 2026 for Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

3.6%

GBUG in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+29.6%

GBUG total return, 1 year

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.

GBUG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 96% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

4% of GBUG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.55 points a year less; GBUG is far larger, $174m against $6.1m.

AUAU vs GBUG: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	GBUG
Return
Measure	AUAU	GBUG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+29.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	GBUG
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	25.4%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AUAU	GBUG
What it tracks	Gold miners	Gold miners
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	GBUG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.90%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$174m
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	GBUG
Holdings in common	37%

Method

What they share

37%

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and GBUG hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU GBUG

NEWMONT CORPORATION 12.35% 3.56%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 8.98% 3.26%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 6.11% 3.22%

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 2.49% 3.84%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.94% 2.30%

BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 7.56% 2.30%

EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED 2.06% 2.14%

COEUR MINING, INC. 1.99% 3.16%

ALAMOS GOLD INC. 1.51% 1.83%

IAMGOLD CORPORATION 1.06% 3.99%

Eldorado Gold Corporation 1.01% 3.47%

DPM Metals Inc. 0.97% 5.11%

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Only in AUAU

Franco-Nevada Corporation 5.04%

Gold Fields Limited 3.76%

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 3.27%

ROYAL GOLD, INC. 2.17%

ENDEAVOUR MINING PLC 1.33%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 1.22%

HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1.13%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 0.95%

Only in GBUG

Valterra Platinum Ltd. 1.66%

Artemis Gold Inc. 1.12%

Americas Gold & Silver Corp. 0.66%

Hemlo Mining Corp. 0.66%

LunR Royalties Corp. 0.06%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs GBUG: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AUAU	GBUG
3 months	+1.2%	−2.1%
6 months	−8.0%	−5.5%
1 year	–	+29.6%
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · GBUG Feb 2025	+4.0%	+117.5%

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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 GBUG Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF · Holds 43 stocks in gold miners, 4% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X Sprott

Theme Gold miners Gold miners

In the S&P 500 12.3% 3.6%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 43

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 39.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.90%

Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.90%

Total return, 1 year +4.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +29.6%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −26.3% −25.4%

Net assets, AUAU as of Oct 12, 2026 and GBUG as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.1m $157m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

37% 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.

GBUG

By weight, 4% of GBUG'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 40% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +29.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 25.4% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and GBUG hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 37% 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 GBUG?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GBUG has 4%, so AUAU differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or GBUG?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and GBUG charges 0.90%, 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 →GBUG on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →GBUG dividend history →GBUG 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 ↗

GBUG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GBUG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Sprott page for GBUG ↗

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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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