Do FMTL and GDMN hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 20% 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 GDMN?

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

Which is cheaper, FMTL or GDMN?

FMTL charges 0.65% a year and GDMN charges 0.45%, so GDMN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FMTL vs GDMN: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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FMTL and GDMN hold 20% 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 $221m on Aug 31, 2026 for WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund.

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At a glance

12.4%

FMTL in the S&P 500

11.7%

GDMN in the S&P 500

+35.8%

FMTL total return, since launch, Nov 5, 2025

+11.8%

GDMN 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.

GDMN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 88% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

12% of GDMN's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GDMN costs 0.20 points a year less.

FMTL vs GDMN: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	FMTL	GDMN
Return
Measure	FMTL	GDMN
Total return, 1 year	not published	+11.8%
Drawdown
Measure	FMTL	GDMN
Below its all-time high	18.5%, high on Aug 25, 2026	44.7%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FMTL	GDMN
What it tracks	Rare earth and critical materials	Gold miners
Cost and size
Measure	FMTL	GDMN
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.45%
Net assets, FMTL as of Nov 3, 2026 and GDMN as of Aug 31, 2026	$29m	$221m
Holdings
Measure	FMTL	GDMN
Holdings in common	20%

Method

What they share

20%

By the books each fund has filed, FMTL and GDMN hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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20% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FMTL GDMN

Newmont Corporation 4.66% 11.66%

Barrick Mining Corporation 4.64% 7.09%

AngloGold Ashanti plc 4.50% 5.95%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 4.36% 4.04%

OceanaGold Corporation 0.64% 1.03%

SSR Mining Inc. 0.64% 1.24%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (ADR) 0.59% 1.22%

Centerra Gold Inc. 0.46% 0.76%

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 GDMN

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD 7.23%

KINROSS GOLD CORP 4.82%

GOLD FIELDS LTD 4.58%

FRANCO-NEVADA CORP 3.75%

EVOLUTION MINING LTD 3.19%

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 3.07%

PAN AMERICAN SILVER CORP 2.93%

ROYAL GOLD INC 2.65%

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Window by window

Window by window: FMTL vs GDMN: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	FMTL	GDMN
3 months	−8.9%	−5.4%
6 months	−12.1%	−22.4%
1 year	–	+11.8%
3 years	–	+294.4%
Since launchNot the same days: FMTL Nov 2025 · GDMN Dec 2021	+35.8%	+269.7%

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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 GDMN WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund · Holds 54 stocks in gold miners, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust WisdomTree

Theme Rare earth and critical materials Gold miners

In the S&P 500 12.4% 11.7%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 46 54

Top ten, share of the fund 61.6% 55.4%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.45%

Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.45%

Total return, 1 year +35.8% (since launch, Nov 5, 2025) +11.8%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −18.5% −44.7%

Net assets, FMTL as of Nov 3, 2026 and GDMN as of Aug 31, 2026 $29m $221m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

20% 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.

GDMN

By weight, 12% of GDMN'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 55% of the fund across 54 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +11.8% with distributions reinvested. It sits 44.7% below its all-time high of Jan 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FMTL and GDMN hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 20% 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 GDMN?: FMTL has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GDMN has 12%, so GDMN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FMTL or GDMN?: FMTL charges 0.65% a year and GDMN charges 0.45%, so GDMN 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 →GDMN on its own →FMTL dividend history →FMTL holdings →GDMN dividend history →GDMN 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 ↗

GDMN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GDMN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

WisdomTree page for GDMN ↗

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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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