Do AUAU and RING hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 65% 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 RING?

AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RING has 18%, so AUAU differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AUAU or RING?

AUAU charges 0.35% a year and RING charges 0.39%, so AUAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AUAU vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AUAU and RING hold 65% 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 $2.3bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

17.6%

RING in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+28.4%

RING 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.

RING · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 82% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

18% of RING's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 82% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.04 points a year less; RING is far larger, $2.3bn against $6.1m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AUAU vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	RING
Return
Measure	AUAU	RING
Total return, 1 year	not published	+28.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	RING
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	25.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AUAU	RING
What it tracks	Gold miners	Gold miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 13.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	RING
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.39%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$2.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	RING
Holdings in common	65%

Method

What they share

65%

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and RING hold 65% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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65% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU RING

NEWMONT CORPORATION 12.35% 17.65%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 8.98% 12.79%

BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 7.56% 8.72%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 6.11% 7.33%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.94% 4.40%

Gold Fields Limited 3.76% 4.51%

KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 3.56% 3.74%

Pan American Silver Corp. 2.35% 3.02%

COEUR MINING, INC. 1.99% 2.84%

ALAMOS GOLD INC. 1.51% 2.36%

ENDEAVOUR MINING PLC 1.33% 2.01%

IAMGOLD CORPORATION 1.06% 2.11%

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Only in AUAU

Franco-Nevada Corporation 5.04%

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 3.27%

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 2.49%

ROYAL GOLD, INC. 2.17%

EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED 2.06%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 1.22%

HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1.13%

DPM Metals Inc. 0.97%

Only in RING

HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITE 1.92%

TOREX RESOURCES 1.27%

CHINA GOLD INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES 1.11%

EMERALD RESOURCES 0.75%

KOZA ALTIN ISLETMELERI A 0.33%

POLYUS 0.00%

S&P/TSE 60 INDEX DEC 26 0.00%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AUAU	RING	AUAU	RING
3 months	+1.2%	+2.4%	not measured	+3.7 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−8.0%	−7.2%	not measured	−9.8 pts vs ACWI
1 year	–	+28.4%	–	+13.4 pts vs ACWI
3 years	–	+233.8%	–	+156.2 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · RING Feb 2012	+4.0%	+74.0%	not measured	−293.7 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 RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF · Holds 41 stocks in gold miners, 18% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X iShares

Theme Gold miners Gold miners

In the S&P 500 12.3% 17.6%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 41

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 67.5%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.39%

Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.39%

Total return, 1 year +4.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +28.4%

vs its benchmark not measured +13.4 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −26.3% −25.1%

Net assets, AUAU as of Oct 12, 2026 and RING as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.1m $2.3bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

65% 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.

RING

By weight, 18% of RING'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 68% of the fund across 41 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 13.4 pts. It sits 25.1% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and RING hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 65% 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 RING?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RING has 18%, so AUAU differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or RING?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and RING charges 0.39%, 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 →RING on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →RING dividend history →RING 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 ↗

RING filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RING prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for RING ↗

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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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