Do AUAU and SIL hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 19% 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 SIL?

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

Which is cheaper, AUAU or SIL?

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

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AUAU and SIL hold 19% 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 $4.4bn for Global X Silver Miners ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

AUAU in the S&P 500

0.0%

SIL in the S&P 500

+4.0%

AUAU total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025

+27.1%

SIL 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.

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

0% of SIL'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; SIL is far larger, $4.4bn against $6.1m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AUAU vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AUAU	SIL
Return
Measure	AUAU	SIL
Total return, 1 year	not published	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AUAU	SIL
Below its all-time high	26.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	33.7%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AUAU	SIL
What it tracks	Gold miners	Silver miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 12.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AUAU	SIL
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.1m	$4.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AUAU	SIL
Holdings in common	19%

Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, AUAU and SIL hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AUAU SIL

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 6.11% 22.38%

Pan American Silver Corp. 2.35% 12.54%

COEUR MINING, INC. 1.99% 10.59%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 1.22% 4.63%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 0.95% 4.47%

FRESNILLO PLC 0.79% 4.30%

Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. 0.76% 1.50%

OR Royalties Inc. 0.72% 4.16%

SSR MINING INC. 0.68% 3.85%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 0.67% 4.18%

DISCOVERY MINING LTD. 0.42% 3.00%

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. 0.35% 2.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AUAU

NEWMONT CORPORATION 12.35%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 8.98%

BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 7.56%

Franco-Nevada Corporation 5.04%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.94%

Gold Fields Limited 3.76%

KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 3.56%

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 3.27%

Only in SIL

INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A.B. DE C.V. 5.21%

KOREA ZINC INC 2.43%

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd 0.62%

INTEGRA RESOURCES CORP. 0.29%

Silver Tiger Metals Inc 0.22%

Andean Silver Ltd 0.18%

Unico Silver Ltd 0.18%

Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd 0.17%

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Window by window

Window by window: AUAU vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AUAU	SIL	AUAU	SIL
3 months	+1.2%	−6.8%	not measured	−5.5 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−8.0%	−17.4%	not measured	−20.0 pts vs ACWI
1 year	–	+27.1%	–	+12.1 pts vs ACWI
3 years	–	+223.9%	–	+146.3 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AUAU Dec 2025 · SIL Apr 2010	+4.0%	+110.6%	not measured	−282.3 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 SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF · Holds 39 stocks in silver miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X Global X

Theme Gold miners Silver 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 39

Top ten, share of the fund 58.1% 76.3%

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) +27.1%

vs its benchmark not measured +12.1 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −26.3% −33.7%

Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $6.1m $4.4bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

19% 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.

SIL

By weight, 0% of SIL'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 76% of the fund across 39 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 12.1 pts. It sits 33.7% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AUAU and SIL hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 19% 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 SIL?: AUAU has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AUAU or SIL?: AUAU charges 0.35% a year and SIL 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 →SIL on its own →AUAU dividend history →AUAU holdings →SIL dividend history →SIL holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AUAU and SIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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

Global X page for AUAU ↗

Global X page for SIL ↗

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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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