Do GDXJ and RING hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 28% 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, GDXJ or RING?

GDXJ has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RING has 18%, so GDXJ differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, GDXJ or RING?

GDXJ charges 0.52% a year and RING charges 0.39%, so RING is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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GDXJ vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GDXJ returned +21.7% to RING's +28.4%; 28% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.0bn on Nov 3, 2026 for VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF, and $2.3bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF.

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At a glance

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GDXJ in the S&P 500

17.6%

RING in the S&P 500

+21.7%

GDXJ total return, 1 year

+28.4%

RING total return, 1 year

GDXJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of GDXJ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.

RING · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 82% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

18% of RING's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 82% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RING costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points; GDXJ is 3.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GDXJ vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	GDXJ	RING
Return
Measure	GDXJ	RING
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+28.4%
Drawdown
Measure	GDXJ	RING
Below its all-time high	33.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	25.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	GDXJ	RING
What it tracks	Gold miners	Gold miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 6.7 pts	ahead by 13.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	GDXJ	RING
Expense ratio	0.52%	0.39%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.0bn	$2.1bn
Holdings
Measure	GDXJ	RING
Holdings in common	28%

Method

Risk and return

Feb 10, 2012 to Oct 30, 2026 · 768 weekly returns · each against ACWI

GDXJ RING

Return

Total return edge RING +4.6% +62.1%

Annualized edge RING +0.3% +3.3%

Price return edge RING −15.1% +35.2%

Risk

Volatility edge RING 42.8% 37.2%

Max drawdown edge RING (slight) −84.1% −78.7%

Downside capture 87.9% 70.7%

Beta 0.89 0.74

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge RING 0.19 0.23

Sortino edge RING 0.27 0.33

Treynor 0.090 0.114

Calmar edge RING 0.00 0.04

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.7% a year +1.2% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.06 0.13

Information ratio −0.04 −0.04

Tracking error 40.6% 35.6%

Reading

From Feb 2012 to Oct 2026, RING returned more: +62.1% to +4.6%. RING swung less: 37.2% to 42.8%. RING fell slightly less at its worst: −78.7% to −84.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: GDXJ vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	GDXJ	RING	ACWI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+4.6%	+62.1%		RING	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+0.3%	+3.3%		RING	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−15.1%	+35.2%		RING	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	42.8%	37.2%		RING	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	30.0%	25.4%		RING	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−84.1%	−78.7%		RING (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	55.2%	44.7%	100.0%	GDXJ	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	87.9%	70.7%	100.0%	RING	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.89	0.74	1.00	RING lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.10	0.09	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.19	0.23		RING	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.27	0.33		RING	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.090	0.114	0.098	RING	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.00	0.04		RING	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	ACWI	ACWI	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.7% a year	+1.2% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.06	0.13		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−21.5% to +20.1%	−17.0% to +19.4%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.04	−0.04		RING (slight)	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	40.6%	35.6%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 768 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, GDXJ and RING hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GDXJ RING

Coeur Mining Inc 6.07% 2.84%

Equinox Gold Corp 6.34% 2.47%

Alamos Gold Inc 6.47% 2.36%

Iamgold Corp 5.24% 2.11%

Endeavour Mining Plc 5.60% 2.01%

Eldorado Gold Corp 1.61% 1.74%

Lundin Gold Inc 2.17% 1.59%

Ssr Mining Inc 1.46% 1.48%

B2gold Corp 1.90% 1.45%

G Mining Ventures Corp 1.86% 1.20%

Oceanagold Corp 1.66% 1.16%

Centerra Gold Inc 1.04% 1.38%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in GDXJ

Industrias Penoles Sab De Cv 2.55%

First Majestic Silver Corp 2.22%

Hecla Mining Co 2.22%

Dundee Precious Metals Inc 1.82%

Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd 1.64%

Cia De Minas Buenaventura Saa 1.63%

Discovery Mining Ltd 1.42%

Perseus Mining Ltd 1.38%

Only in RING

NEWMONT 17.65%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES 12.79%

BARRICK MINING 8.72%

WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 7.33%

GOLD FIELDS 4.51%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.40%

KINROSS GOLD 3.74%

PAN AMERICAN SILVER 3.02%

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Window by window

Window by window: GDXJ vs RING: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	GDXJ	RING	GDXJ	RING
3 months	−4.8%	+2.4%	−3.5 pts vs ACWI	+3.7 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−15.1%	−7.2%	−17.7 pts vs ACWI	−9.8 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+21.7%	+28.4%	+6.7 pts vs ACWI	+13.4 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+210.2%	+233.8%	+132.6 pts vs ACWI	+156.2 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: GDXJ Nov 2009 · RING Feb 2012	+44.7%	+74.0%	not measured	−293.7 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

GDXJ VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF · Holds 155 stocks in gold miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF · Holds 41 stocks in gold miners, 18% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck iShares

Theme Gold miners Gold miners

In the S&P 500 0.0% 17.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 99.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 155 41

Top ten, share of the fund 40.7% 67.5%

Expense ratio 0.52% 0.39%

Fee for the differing part 0.52% 0.39%

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +28.4%

vs its benchmark +6.7 pts vs ACWI +13.4 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −33.3% −25.1%

Net assets, GDXJ as of Nov 3, 2026 and RING as of Nov 4, 2026 $7.0bn $2.3bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

28% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

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.

RING

By weight, 18% of RING'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 68% of the fund across 41 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 13.4 pts. It sits 25.1% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do GDXJ and RING hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 28% 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, GDXJ or RING?: GDXJ has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RING has 18%, so GDXJ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GDXJ or RING?: GDXJ charges 0.52% a year and RING charges 0.39%, so RING is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

GDXJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GDXJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

RING filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RING prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for RING ↗

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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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