Do AUAU and GDX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 84% 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 GDX?

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

Which is cheaper, AUAU or GDX?

AUAU charges 0.35% a year and GDX charges 0.51%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AUAU vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AUAU and GDX hold 84% 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 $23.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for VanEck Gold Miners ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

11.6%

GDX in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+24.8%

GDX 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.

GDX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 88% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

12% of GDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.16 points a year less; GDX is far larger, $26.6bn against $6.1m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AUAU vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	GDX
Return
Measure	AUAU	GDX
Total return, 1 year	not published	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	GDX
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	27.0%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AUAU	GDX
What it tracks	Gold miners	Gold miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 9.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	GDX
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.51%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$26.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	GDX
Holdings in common	84%

Method

What they share

84%

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and GDX hold 84% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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84% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU GDX

NEWMONT CORPORATION 12.35% 11.67%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 8.98% 11.35%

BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 7.56% 8.16%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 6.11% 5.50%

Franco-Nevada Corporation 5.04% 5.46%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.94% 4.81%

Gold Fields Limited 3.76% 4.11%

KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 3.56% 3.60%

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 2.49% 3.21%

Pan American Silver Corp. 2.35% 2.57%

ROYAL GOLD, INC. 2.17% 2.21%

COEUR MINING, INC. 1.99% 1.83%

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Only in AUAU

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 3.27%

DPM Metals Inc. 0.97%

Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. 0.76%

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

TOREX GOLD RESOURCES INC. 0.46%

WESDOME GOLD MINES LTD. 0.35%

FORTUNA MINING CORP. 0.33%

PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC 0.32%

Only in GDX

Industrias Penoles Sab De Cv 1.31%

Dundee Precious Metals Inc 0.94%

Cia De Minas Buenaventura Saa 0.84%

Amman Mineral Internasional Pt 0.64%

Artemis Gold Inc 0.62%

Other 0.55%

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd 0.43%

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc 0.38%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AUAU	GDX	AUAU	GDX
3 months	+1.2%	+1.1%	not measured	+2.4 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−8.0%	−8.5%	not measured	−11.1 pts vs ACWI
1 year	–	+24.8%	–	+9.8 pts vs ACWI
3 years	–	+197.2%	–	+119.6 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · GDX May 2006	+4.0%	+175.1%	not measured	not measured

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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 GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF · Holds 59 stocks in gold miners, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X VanEck

Theme Gold miners Gold miners

In the S&P 500 12.3% 11.6%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 59

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 60.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.51%

Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.51%

Total return, 1 year +4.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +24.8%

vs its benchmark not measured +9.8 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −26.3% −27.0%

Net assets, AUAU as of Oct 12, 2026 and GDX as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.1m $23.9bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

84% 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.

GDX

By weight, 12% of GDX'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 60% of the fund across 59 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 9.8 pts. It sits 27.0% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and GDX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 84% 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 GDX?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GDX has 12%, so AUAU differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or GDX?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and GDX charges 0.51%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →AUAU on its own →GDX on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →GDX dividend history →GDX 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 ↗

GDX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GDX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

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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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