Do FMTL and GBUG hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 15% 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, FMTL or GBUG?

FMTL has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GBUG has 4%, so GBUG differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FMTL or GBUG?

FMTL charges 0.65% a year and GBUG charges 0.90%, so FMTL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FMTL vs GBUG: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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FMTL and GBUG hold 15% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $29m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF, and $157m on Nov 4, 2026 for Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF.

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At a glance

12.4%

FMTL in the S&P 500

3.6%

GBUG in the S&P 500

+35.8%

FMTL total return, since launch, Nov 5, 2025

+29.6%

GBUG total return, 1 year

FMTL · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 88% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

12% of FMTL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

GBUG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 96% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

4% of GBUG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FMTL costs 0.25 points a year less; GBUG is 5.0 times larger.

FMTL vs GBUG: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	FMTL	GBUG
Return
Measure	FMTL	GBUG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+29.6%
Drawdown
Measure	FMTL	GBUG
Below its all-time high	18.5%, high on Aug 25, 2026	25.4%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FMTL	GBUG
What it tracks	Rare earth and critical materials	Gold miners
Cost and size
Measure	FMTL	GBUG
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.90%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$29m	$146m
Holdings
Measure	FMTL	GBUG
Holdings in common	15%

Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, FMTL and GBUG hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FMTL GBUG

Newmont Corporation 4.66% 3.56%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 4.36% 3.22%

AngloGold Ashanti plc 4.50% 2.30%

Barrick Mining Corporation 4.64% 2.30%

Valterra Platinum Limited 2.15% 1.66%

OceanaGold Corporation 0.64% 3.14%

SSR Mining Inc. 0.64% 1.54%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (ADR) 0.59% 1.09%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FMTL

Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (Class B) 8.26%

BHP Group Limited 8.22%

Rio Tinto Plc 7.83%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 7.74%

Anglo American Plc 6.31%

Sumitomo Corporation 4.89%

Glencore Plc 4.51%

Vale S.A. (ADR) 4.10%

Only in GBUG

DPM Metals Inc. 5.11%

Discovery Mining Ltd. 4.80%

G Mining Ventures Corp. 4.74%

IAMGOLD Corp. 3.99%

Northern Star Resources Ltd. 3.84%

Montage Gold Corp. 3.53%

Eldorado Gold Corp. 3.47%

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. 3.33%

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Window by window

Window by window: FMTL vs GBUG: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	FMTL	GBUG
3 months	−8.9%	−2.1%
6 months	−12.1%	−5.5%
1 year	–	+29.6%
Since launchNot the same days: FMTL Nov 2025 · GBUG Feb 2025	+35.8%	+117.5%

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Side by side

FMTL First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF · Holds 46 stocks in rare earth and critical materials, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies GBUG Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF · Holds 43 stocks in gold miners, 4% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Sprott

Theme Rare earth and critical materials Gold miners

In the S&P 500 12.4% 3.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.7% 99.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 46 43

Top ten, share of the fund 61.6% 39.6%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.90%

Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.90%

Total return, 1 year +35.8% (since launch, Nov 5, 2025) +29.6%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −18.5% −25.4%

Net assets, FMTL as of Nov 3, 2026 and GBUG as of Nov 4, 2026 $29m $157m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

15% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

FMTL

By weight, 12% of FMTL'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 62% of the fund across 46 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Since it first traded on Nov 5, 2025 the fund returned +35.8% with distributions reinvested. It sits 18.5% below its all-time high of Aug 25, 2026.

GBUG

By weight, 4% of GBUG'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 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +29.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 25.4% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FMTL and GBUG hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 15% 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, FMTL or GBUG?: FMTL has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GBUG has 4%, so GBUG differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FMTL or GBUG?: FMTL charges 0.65% a year and GBUG charges 0.90%, so FMTL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →FMTL on its own →GBUG on its own →FMTL dividend history →FMTL holdings →GBUG dividend history →GBUG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FMTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FMTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FMTL ↗

GBUG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GBUG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Sprott page for GBUG ↗

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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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