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GDXJ vs XBI: which is really different?

GDXJ and XBI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XBI returned +45.0% over the year. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF.

XBI costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.9 points; XBI is 1.2 times larger.

GDXJXBI
Expense ratio0.52%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$8.2bn$9.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.1%+45.0%
What it tracksGold minersBiotech
Holdings in common0%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearahead by 27.7 pts
Below its all-time high26.7%, high on Feb 27, 202611.1%, high on Feb 8, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

0.0%
GDXJ in the S&P 500
12.7%
XBI in the S&P 500
+17.1%
GDXJ total return, 1 year
+45.0%
XBI total return, 1 year
GDXJ · 1 year to Oct 9, 2026100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
100% of its weight is outside the S&P 5000% of GDXJ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 41% of the fund · 156 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in100% of its weight is outside the S&P 5000% of GDXJ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · Nasdaq-100: 0% in

0% of GDXJ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

XBI · 1 year to Oct 9, 202687% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
87% of its weight is outside the S&P 50013% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 17% of the fund · 165 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in87% of its weight is outside the S&P 50013% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 9% in

13% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · GDXJ scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

A percentile among the 391 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GDXJ and XBI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding GDXJ XBI
Only in GDXJ
Alamos Gold Inc 6.59%
Coeur Mining Inc 6.54%
Equinox Gold Corp 6.04%
Endeavour Mining Plc 5.45%
Iamgold Corp 5.21%
Industrias Penoles Sab De Cv 2.71%
Hecla Mining Co 2.41%
First Majestic Silver Corp 2.29%
Only in XBI
MODERNA INC 2.20%
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 1.84%
NATERA INC 1.79%
ABBVIE INC 1.65%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 1.59%
AMGEN INC 1.58%
BIOGEN INC 1.57%
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC 1.55%

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

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowGDXJXBIGDXJXBIGDXJXBI
3 months+15.7%−3.3%+12.3 pts−6.7 pts+12.1 pts−7.0 pts
6 months−11.2%+18.9%−26.3 pts+3.8 pts−34.4 pts−4.3 pts
1 year+17.1%+45.0%−0.2 pts+27.7 pts−6.5 pts+21.4 pts
3 years+267.6%+114.6%+181.8 pts+28.8 pts+160.3 pts+7.3 pts
Since launch
GDXJ Nov 2009 · XBI Feb 2006
+58.8%+890.7%−796.5 pts+92.2 pts−1,817.9 pts−1,164.7 pts

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On the same fields

GDXJ
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF · Holds 156 stocks in gold miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XBI
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF · Holds 165 stocks in biotech, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer VanEck State Street
Theme Gold miners Biotech
In the S&P 500 0.0% 12.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 98.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 8.5%
Holdings 156 165
Top ten, share of the fund 41.0% 16.9%
Expense ratio 0.52% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.52% 0.36%
Total return, 1 year +17.1% +45.0%
vs the S&P 500 −0.2 pts +27.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −6.5 pts +21.4 pts
Below its high −26.7% −11.1%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $8.2bn $9.9bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

GDXJ in plain words

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 156 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even. It sits 26.7% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

XBI in plain words

By weight, 13% of XBI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 17% of the fund across 165 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +45.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 27.7 pts. It sits 11.1% below its all-time high of Feb 8, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do GDXJ and XBI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, GDXJ or XBI?
GDXJ has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XBI has 13%, so GDXJ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GDXJ or XBI?
GDXJ charges 0.52% a year and XBI charges 0.35%, so XBI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
GDXJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GDXJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗XBI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XBI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation.

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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