Do COPX and GDX 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, COPX or GDX?

COPX has 5% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GDX has 12%, so COPX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, COPX or GDX?

COPX charges 0.65% a year and GDX charges 0.51%, so GDX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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COPX vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, COPX returned +27.5% to GDX's +19.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.3bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Copper Miners ETF, and $25.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for VanEck Gold Miners ETF.

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At a glance

4.8%

COPX in the S&P 500

11.7%

GDX in the S&P 500

+27.5%

COPX total return, 1 year

+19.0%

GDX total return, 1 year

COPX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 95% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

5% of COPX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

GDX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 88% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

12% of GDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 22, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GDX costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.5 points; GDX is 3.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

COPX vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	COPX	GDX
Return
Measure	COPX	GDX
Total return, 1 year	+27.5%	+19.0%
Drawdown
Measure	COPX	GDX
Below its all-time high	20.3%, high on Aug 27, 2026	27.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	COPX	GDX
What it tracks	Copper	Gold miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 14.1 pts	ahead by 5.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	COPX	GDX
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.51%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$7.3bn	$26.6bn
Holdings
Measure	COPX	GDX
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 30, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026 · 860 weekly returns · each against ACWI

COPX GDX

Return

Total return edge COPX +152.9% +85.0%

Annualized edge COPX +5.8% +3.8%

Price return edge COPX +78.9% +58.8%

Risk

Volatility edge GDX (slight) 37.4% 36.5%

Max drawdown edge GDX (slight) −83.0% −79.2%

Downside capture 136.2% 73.7%

Beta 1.64 0.73

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge COPX 0.30 0.24

Sortino edge COPX 0.44 0.35

Treynor 0.068 0.122

Calmar edge COPX 0.07 0.05

Against the benchmark

Alpha −4.5% a year +1.9% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.69 0.23

Information ratio 0.05 −0.02

Tracking error 28.4% 34.8%

Reading

COPX returned more: +152.9% to +85.0%. GDX swung slightly less: 36.5% to 37.4%. GDX fell slightly less at its worst: −79.2% to −83.0%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: COPX vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	COPX	GDX	ACWI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+152.9%	+85.0%		COPX	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+3.8%		COPX	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+78.9%	+58.8%		COPX	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	37.4%	36.5%		GDX (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	25.3%	25.2%		Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−83.0%	−79.2%		GDX (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	204.4%	48.6%	100.0%	COPX	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	136.2%	73.7%	100.0%	GDX	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.64	0.73	1.00	GDX lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.50	0.10	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.30	0.24		COPX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.44	0.35		COPX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.068	0.122	0.095	GDX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.07	0.05		COPX	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	ACWI	ACWI	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−4.5% a year	+1.9% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.69	0.23		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−17.4% to +8.3%	−14.8% to +18.7%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.05	−0.02		COPX	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	28.4%	34.8%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 860 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, COPX and GDX hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first COPX GDX

Only in one fund ↓

Only in COPX

BHP GROUP LIMITED 5.48%

Teck Resources Limited 5.39%

Hudbay Minerals Inc. 5.26%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 5.08%

FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD. 5.04%

GLENCORE PLC 5.02%

ANTOFAGASTA PLC 5.00%

KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SPOLKA AKCYJNA 4.76%

Only in GDX

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 11.45%

Newmont Corp 11.42%

Barrick Mining Corp 8.07%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 5.50%

Franco-Nevada Corp 5.33%

Anglogold Ashanti Plc 4.78%

Gold Fields Ltd 3.96%

Kinross Gold Corp 3.88%

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Window by window

Window by window: COPX vs GDX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	COPX	GDX	COPX	GDX
3 months	+0.9%	+14.1%	−3.5 pts vs ACWI	+9.7 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−0.8%	−2.6%	−8.2 pts vs ACWI	−10.0 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+27.5%	+19.0%	+14.1 pts vs ACWI	+5.6 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+141.8%	+197.7%	+52.9 pts vs ACWI	+108.8 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: COPX Apr 2010 · GDX May 2006	+146.6%	+173.0%	−248.6 pts vs ACWI	not measured

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Side by side

COPX Global X Copper Miners ETF · Holds 40 stocks in copper, 5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF · Holds 59 stocks in gold miners, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X VanEck

Theme Copper Gold miners

In the S&P 500 4.8% 11.7%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.9% 99.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 40 59

Top ten, share of the fund 50.3% 60.1%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.51%

Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.51%

Total return, 1 year +27.5% +19.0%

vs its benchmark +14.1 pts vs ACWI +5.6 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −20.3% −27.5%

Net assets, COPX as of Oct 12, 2026 and GDX as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.3bn $25.6bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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COPX and GDX are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. COPX covers Copper and GDX covers Gold miners.
What each follows. COPX follows Copper and GDX follows Gold miners.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

COPX

By weight, 5% of COPX'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 50% of the fund across 40 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +27.5% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 14.1 pts. It sits 20.3% below its all-time high of Aug 27, 2026.

GDX

By weight, 12% of GDX'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 60% of the fund across 59 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +19.0% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 5.6 pts. It sits 27.5% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do COPX and GDX 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, COPX or GDX?: COPX has 5% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GDX has 12%, so COPX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, COPX or GDX?: COPX charges 0.65% a year and GDX charges 0.51%, so GDX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

COPX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

COPX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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GDX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GDX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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