Do AUAU and SETM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 4% 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 SETM?

AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SETM has 9%, so AUAU differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AUAU or SETM?

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

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AUAU and SETM hold 4% 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 $421m on Nov 4, 2026 for Sprott Critical Materials ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

9.1%

SETM in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+3.9%

SETM 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.

SETM · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 91% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

9% of SETM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AUAU costs 0.30 points a year less; SETM is far larger, $491m against $6.1m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AUAU vs SETM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	SETM
Return
Measure	AUAU	SETM
Total return, 1 year	not published	+3.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	SETM
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	37.4%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AUAU	SETM
What it tracks	Gold miners	Rare earth and critical materials
Against the S&P 500, 1 year		behind by 10.9 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		behind by 10.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	SETM
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$491m
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	SETM
Holdings in common	4%

Method

What they share

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

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU SETM

HECLA MINING COMPANY 1.22% 3.42%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 0.95% 3.33%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 0.67% 2.78%

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. 0.35% 2.79%

ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP. 0.29% 0.95%

SILVERCORP METALS INC. 0.26% 0.97%

AbraSilver Resource Corp 0.18% 0.47%

Vizsla Silver Corp. 0.14% 0.41%

GoGold Resources Inc 0.11% 0.42%

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd 0.07% 0.28%

Highlander Silver Corp 0.07% 0.24%

New Pacific Metals Corp 0.06% 0.21%

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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 SETM

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 5.47%

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. 4.87%

Cameco Corp. 4.81%

NAC Kazatomprom JSC 4.15%

Teck Resources Ltd. 3.95%

Albemarle Corp. 3.61%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 3.40%

PLS Group Ltd. 3.12%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs SETM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AUAU	SETM	AUAU	SETM
3 months	+1.2%	−21.2%	not measured	−21.1 pts vs VOO
6 months	−8.0%	−35.3%	not measured	−40.3 pts vs VOO
1 year	–	+3.9%	–	−10.9 pts vs VOO
3 years	–	+57.7%	–	−25.6 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · SETM Feb 2023	+4.0%	+29.5%	not measured	−64.0 pts vs VOO

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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 SETM Sprott Critical Materials ETF · Holds 156 stocks in rare earth and critical materials, 9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X Sprott

Theme Gold miners Rare earth and critical materials

In the S&P 500 12.3% 9.1%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 105 156

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 40.1%

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) +3.9%

vs its benchmark not measured −10.9 pts vs VOO

Below its high −26.3% −37.4%

Net assets, AUAU as of Oct 12, 2026 and SETM as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.1m $421m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

4% 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.

SETM

By weight, 9% of SETM'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 156 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +3.9% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Total Return Index, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. It sits 37.4% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and SETM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 4% 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 SETM?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SETM has 9%, so AUAU differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or SETM?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and SETM 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 →SETM on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →SETM dividend history →SETM 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 ↗

SETM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SETM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Sprott page for SETM ↗

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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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