Do AUAU and GOEX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 21% 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 GOEX?

AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GOEX has 0%, so GOEX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AUAU or GOEX?

AUAU charges 0.35% a year and GOEX 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 GOEX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AUAU and GOEX hold 21% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 12, 2026: $6.1m for Global X Gold Miners ETF and $121m for Global X Gold Explorers ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

0.0%

GOEX in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+23.8%

GOEX 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.

GOEX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of GOEX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.30 points a year less; GOEX is 19.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AUAU vs GOEX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	GOEX
Return
Measure	AUAU	GOEX
Total return, 1 year	not published	+23.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	GOEX
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	30.4%, high on Mar 2, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AUAU	GOEX
What it tracks	Gold miners	Gold miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 8.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	GOEX
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$121m
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	GOEX
Holdings in common	21%

Method

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and GOEX hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU GOEX

COEUR MINING, INC. 1.99% 4.09%

ALAMOS GOLD INC. 1.51% 3.07%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 1.22% 4.94%

Eldorado Gold Corporation 1.01% 3.82%

DPM Metals Inc. 0.97% 4.83%

Equinox Gold Corp. 0.87% 3.24%

G Mining Ventures Corp 0.82% 3.33%

Lundin Gold Inc. 0.72% 3.56%

OceanaGold Corporation 0.69% 3.55%

SSR MINING INC. 0.68% 3.29%

PERSEUS MINING LIMITED 0.59% 2.93%

GENESIS MINERALS LIMITED 0.55% 2.52%

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Only in AUAU

NEWMONT CORPORATION 12.35%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 8.98%

BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 7.56%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 6.11%

Franco-Nevada Corporation 5.04%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.94%

Gold Fields Limited 3.76%

KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 3.56%

Only in GOEX

ARTEMIS GOLD INC. 2.29%

PT Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk 1.82%

ORLA MINING LTD 1.76%

PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk 1.30%

PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk 0.86%

Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd 0.86%

DRDGOLD LIMITED 0.56%

VICTORIA GOLD CORP. 0.00%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs GOEX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AUAU	GOEX	AUAU	GOEX
3 months	+1.2%	−3.8%	not measured	−2.5 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−8.0%	−11.1%	not measured	−13.7 pts vs ACWI
1 year	–	+23.8%	–	+8.8 pts vs ACWI
3 years	–	+233.2%	–	+155.6 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · GOEX Nov 2010	+4.0%	+9.8%	not measured	−359.4 pts vs ACWI

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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 GOEX Global X Gold Explorers ETF · Holds 52 stocks in gold miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X Global X

Theme Gold miners Gold miners

In the S&P 500 12.3% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 52

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 37.7%

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) +23.8%

vs its benchmark not measured +8.8 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −26.3% −30.4%

Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $6.1m $121m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

21% 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.

GOEX

By weight, 0% of GOEX'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 38% of the fund across 52 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 8.8 pts. It sits 30.4% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and GOEX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 21% 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 GOEX?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GOEX has 0%, so GOEX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or GOEX?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and GOEX charges 0.65%, 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 →GOEX on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →GOEX dividend history →GOEX holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AUAU and GOEX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AUAU and GOEX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AUAU ↗

Global X page for GOEX ↗

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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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