Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
FMTL vs GDXJ: Holdings Overlap & Returns
FMTL and GDXJ hold 3% of their weight in the same names.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $29m for First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF and $7.0bn for VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF.
12% of FMTL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 88% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.
0% of GDXJ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.
Pair scorecard
GDXJ costs 0.13 points a year less; GDXJ is far larger, $7.0bn against $29m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | FMTL | GDXJ |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +21.7% |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its all-time high | 18.5%, high on Aug 25, 2026 | 33.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026 |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Rare earth and critical materials | Gold miners |
| Its benchmark, total return, 1 year | +15.0% | |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | ahead by 6.7 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.52% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $29m | $7.0bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 3% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, FMTL and GDXJ hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.
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Window by window
| Total return | vs its benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FMTL | GDXJ | FMTL | GDXJ |
| 3 months | −8.9% | −4.8% | not measured | −3.5 pts vs ACWI |
| 6 months | −12.1% | −15.1% | not measured | −17.7 pts vs ACWI |
| 1 year | – | +21.7% | – | +6.7 pts vs ACWI |
| 3 years | – | +210.2% | – | +132.6 pts vs ACWI |
| Since launchNot the same days: FMTL Nov 2025 · GDXJ Nov 2009 | +35.8% | +44.7% | not measured | not measured |
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Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
3% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
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.
GDXJ
By weight, 0% of GDXJ'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 41% of the fund across 155 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 6.7 pts. It sits 33.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do FMTL and GDXJ hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
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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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