Do AUAU and ISTM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% 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 ISTM?

AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ISTM has 1%, so ISTM differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AUAU or ISTM?

AUAU charges 0.35% a year and ISTM charges 0.47%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AUAU vs ISTM: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AUAU and ISTM hold 0% 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 $28m on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Strategic Metals ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

0.9%

ISTM in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+18.3%

ISTM 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.

ISTM · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 99% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

1% of ISTM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 99% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.12 points a year less; ISTM is 4.4 times larger.

AUAU vs ISTM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	ISTM
Return
Measure	AUAU	ISTM
Total return, 1 year	not published	+18.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	ISTM
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	22.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AUAU	ISTM
What it tracks	Gold miners	Rare earth and critical materials
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	ISTM
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$27m
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	ISTM
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and ISTM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU ISTM

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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 ISTM

CRH AMERICA FINANCE INC 144A 1.89%

DTE ELECTRIC CO 1.13%

COLUMBIA FUNDING COMPANY LLC 144A 1.09%

GLENCOVE FUNDING LLC 144A 1.09%

OMERS FINANCE TRUST 144A 1.09%

SHINHAN BANK NEW YORK 144A 1.06%

BUNGE LTD FINANCE CORP 144A 0.98%

ASB BANK LIMITED 144A 0.97%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs ISTM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AUAU	ISTM
3 months	+1.2%	−8.4%
6 months	−8.0%	−12.6%
1 year	–	+18.3%
3 years	–	+68.3%
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · ISTM Sep 2023	+4.0%	+66.9%

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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 ISTM iShares Strategic Metals ETF · Holds 86 stocks in rare earth and critical materials, 1% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X iShares

Theme Gold miners Rare earth and critical materials

In the S&P 500 12.3% 0.9%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 86

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 11.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.47%

Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.47%

Total return, 1 year +4.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +18.3%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −26.3% −22.6%

Net assets, AUAU as of Oct 12, 2026 and ISTM as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.1m $28m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% 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.

ISTM

By weight, 1% of ISTM'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 11% of the fund across 86 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested. It sits 22.6% below its all-time high of Jan 29, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and ISTM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% 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 ISTM?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ISTM has 1%, so ISTM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or ISTM?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and ISTM charges 0.47%, 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 →ISTM on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →ISTM dividend history →ISTM 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 ↗

ISTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ISTM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ISTM ↗

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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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