Do FMTL and SGDM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 17% 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 SGDM?

FMTL has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SGDM has 8%, so SGDM differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FMTL or SGDM?

FMTL charges 0.65% a year and SGDM charges 0.46%, so SGDM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FMTL vs SGDM: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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FMTL and SGDM hold 17% 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 $617m on Nov 4, 2026 for Sprott Gold Miners ETF.

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At a glance

12.4%

FMTL in the S&P 500

8.0%

SGDM in the S&P 500

+35.8%

FMTL total return, since launch, Nov 5, 2025

+27.9%

SGDM 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.

SGDM · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 92% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

8% of SGDM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 92% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SGDM costs 0.19 points a year less; SGDM is 19.7 times larger.

FMTL vs SGDM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	FMTL	SGDM
Return
Measure	FMTL	SGDM
Total return, 1 year	not published	+27.9%
Drawdown
Measure	FMTL	SGDM
Below its all-time high	18.5%, high on Aug 25, 2026	25.6%, high on Mar 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FMTL	SGDM
What it tracks	Rare earth and critical materials	Gold miners
Cost and size
Measure	FMTL	SGDM
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.46%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$29m	$570m
Holdings
Measure	FMTL	SGDM
Holdings in common	17%

Method

What they share

17%

By the books each fund has filed, FMTL and SGDM hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FMTL SGDM

Newmont Corporation 4.66% 8.00%

Barrick Mining Corporation 4.64% 7.73%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 4.36% 7.10%

AngloGold Ashanti plc 4.50% 1.67%

OceanaGold Corporation 0.64% 2.63%

Centerra Gold Inc. 0.46% 2.73%

SSR Mining Inc. 0.64% 0.27%

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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 SGDM

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 10.02%

Franco-Nevada Corp. 6.17%

Kinross Gold Corp. 3.85%

Lundin Gold Inc. 3.58%

Pan American Silver Corp. 3.45%

Endeavour Mining PLC 3.11%

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. 2.98%

Coeur Mining Inc. 2.97%

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Window by window

Window by window: FMTL vs SGDM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	FMTL	SGDM
3 months	−8.9%	+2.7%
6 months	−12.1%	−5.9%
1 year	–	+27.9%
3 years	–	+198.6%
Since launchNot the same days: FMTL Nov 2025 · SGDM Jul 2014	+35.8%	+219.4%

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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 SGDM Sprott Gold Miners ETF · Holds 48 stocks in gold miners, 8% 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% 8.0%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 46 48

Top ten, share of the fund 61.6% 56.0%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.46%

Total return, 1 year +35.8% (since launch, Nov 5, 2025) +27.9%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −18.5% −25.6%

Net assets, FMTL as of Nov 3, 2026 and SGDM as of Nov 4, 2026 $29m $617m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

17% 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.

SGDM

By weight, 8% of SGDM'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 56% of the fund across 48 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +27.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 25.6% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FMTL and SGDM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 17% 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 SGDM?: FMTL has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SGDM has 8%, so SGDM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FMTL or SGDM?: FMTL charges 0.65% a year and SGDM charges 0.46%, so SGDM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FMTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FMTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FMTL ↗

SGDM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SGDM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Sprott page for SGDM ↗

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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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