Do GDX and PAVE 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, GDX or PAVE?

GDX has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PAVE has 62%, so GDX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, GDX or PAVE?

GDX charges 0.51% a year and PAVE charges 0.47%, so PAVE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GDX vs PAVE: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GDX returned +19.0% to PAVE's +11.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $25.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for VanEck Gold Miners ETF, and $13.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF.

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At a glance

11.7%

GDX in the S&P 500

62.1%

PAVE in the S&P 500

+19.0%

GDX total return, 1 year

+11.4%

PAVE total return, 1 year

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.

PAVE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PAVE costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.6 points; GDX is 2.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GDX vs PAVE: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	GDX	PAVE
Return
Measure	GDX	PAVE
Total return, 1 year	+19.0%	+11.4%
Drawdown
Measure	GDX	PAVE
Below its all-time high	27.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026	10.9%, high on Jun 25, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	GDX	PAVE
What it tracks	Gold miners	Infrastructure
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 5.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	GDX	PAVE
Expense ratio	0.51%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$26.6bn	$13.6bn
Holdings
Measure	GDX	PAVE
Holdings in common	0%

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

Risk and return

Mar 17, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 501 weekly returns

GDX PAVE

Return

Total return edge GDX (slight) +288.8% +267.9%

Annualized edge GDX (slight) +15.1% +14.5%

Price return edge GDX (slight) +253.8% +246.3%

Risk

Volatility edge PAVE 36.4% 24.0%

Max drawdown edge PAVE (slight) −46.5% −42.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge PAVE 0.50 0.58

Sortino edge PAVE 0.74 0.84

Calmar edge PAVE (slight) 0.33 0.34

Reading

GDX returned slightly more: +288.8% to +267.9%. PAVE swung less: 24.0% to 36.4%. PAVE fell slightly less at its worst: −42.2% to −46.5%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: GDX vs PAVE: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	GDX	PAVE	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+288.8%	+267.9%	GDX (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+14.5%	GDX (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+253.8%	+246.3%	GDX (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	36.4%	24.0%	PAVE	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	24.6%	16.5%	PAVE	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−46.5%	−42.2%	PAVE (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.50	0.58	PAVE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.74	0.84	PAVE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.33	0.34	PAVE (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 501 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GDX PAVE

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in PAVE

QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 4.18%

CSX Corporation 3.48%

EATON CORPORATION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 3.30%

HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 3.27%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 3.19%

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION 3.12%

NUCOR CORPORATION 3.10%

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 2.92%

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Window by window

Window by window: GDX vs PAVE: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	GDX	PAVE	GDX	PAVE
3 months	+14.1%	−3.0%	+9.7 pts vs ACWI	not measured
6 months	−2.6%	−3.1%	−10.0 pts vs ACWI	not measured
1 year	+19.0%	+11.4%	+5.6 pts vs ACWI	not measured
3 years	+197.7%	+92.8%	+108.8 pts vs ACWI	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: GDX May 2006 · PAVE Mar 2017	+173.0%	+284.2%	not measured	not measured

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Side by side

GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF · Holds 59 stocks in gold miners, 12% of its weight in S&P 500 companies PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF · Holds 100 stocks in infrastructure, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck Global X

Theme Gold miners Infrastructure

In the S&P 500 11.7% 62.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 97.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 6.2%

Holdings 59 100

Top ten, share of the fund 60.1% 32.3%

Expense ratio 0.51% 0.47%

Fee for the differing part 0.51% 0.48%

Total return, 1 year +19.0% +11.4%

vs its benchmark +5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Below its high −27.5% −10.9%

Net assets, GDX as of Oct 27, 2026 and PAVE as of Oct 12, 2026 $25.6bn $13.6bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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

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About each fund

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.

PAVE

By weight, 62% of PAVE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 100 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +11.4% with distributions reinvested. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do GDX and PAVE 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, GDX or PAVE?: GDX has 12% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PAVE has 62%, so GDX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GDX or PAVE?: GDX charges 0.51% a year and PAVE charges 0.47%, so PAVE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

GDX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GDX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

PAVE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PAVE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for PAVE ↗

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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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