Do RING and WDIG 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.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, RING or WDIG?

RING has 18% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDIG has 4%, so RING differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, RING or WDIG?

RING charges 0.39% a year and WDIG charges 0.55%, so RING is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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RING vs WDIG: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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RING and WDIG hold 3% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $2.3bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF, and $5.8m on Aug 31, 2026 for WisdomTree Efficient Rare Earth Plus Strategic Metals Fund.

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At a glance

17.6%

RING in the S&P 500

3.6%

WDIG in the S&P 500

+28.4%

RING total return, 1 year

−36.1%

WDIG total return, since launch, May 7, 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.

WDIG · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 96% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

4% of WDIG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RING costs 0.16 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RING vs WDIG: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	RING	WDIG
Return
Measure	RING	WDIG
Total return, 1 year	+28.4%	not published
Drawdown
Measure	RING	WDIG
Below its all-time high	25.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	40.2%, high on May 13, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	RING	WDIG
What it tracks	Gold miners	Rare earth and critical materials
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 13.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	RING	WDIG
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.55%
Net assets, RING as of Nov 4, 2026 and WDIG as of Aug 31, 2026	$2.3bn	$5.8m
Holdings
Measure	RING	WDIG
Holdings in common	3%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, RING and WDIG hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RING WDIG

WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 7.33% 1.73%

COEUR MINING 2.84% 0.94%

SSR MINING 1.48% 0.54%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in RING

NEWMONT 17.65%

AGNICO EAGLE MINES 12.79%

BARRICK MINING 8.72%

GOLD FIELDS 4.51%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 4.40%

KINROSS GOLD 3.74%

PAN AMERICAN SILVER 3.02%

EQUINOX GOLD 2.47%

Only in WDIG

ATI INC 4.34%

MATERION CORP 3.45%

LYNAS RARE EARTHS LTD 2.93%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 2.71%

ILUKA RESOURCES LTD 2.38%

FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC 2.32%

MP MATERIALS CORP 2.30%

GRUPO MEXICO SAB DE CV 2.13%

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Window by window

Window by window: RING vs WDIG: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	RING	WDIG	RING	WDIG
3 months	+2.4%	−24.6%	+3.7 pts vs ACWI	not measured
6 months	−7.2%	–	−9.8 pts vs ACWI	–
1 year	+28.4%	–	+13.4 pts vs ACWI	–
3 years	+233.8%	–	+156.2 pts vs ACWI	–
Since launchNot the same days: RING Feb 2012 · WDIG May 2026	+74.0%	−36.1%	−293.7 pts vs ACWI	not measured

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Side by side

RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF · Holds 41 stocks in gold miners, 18% of its weight in S&P 500 companies WDIG WisdomTree Efficient Rare Earth Plus Strategic Metals Fund · Holds 101 stocks in rare earth and critical materials, 4% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares WisdomTree

Theme Gold miners Rare earth and critical materials

In the S&P 500 17.6% 3.6%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 41 101

Top ten, share of the fund 67.5% 26.4%

Expense ratio 0.39% 0.55%

Fee for the differing part 0.39% 0.55%

Total return, 1 year +28.4% −36.1% (since launch, May 7, 2026)

vs its benchmark +13.4 pts vs ACWI not measured

Below its high −25.1% −40.2%

Net assets, RING as of Nov 4, 2026 and WDIG as of Aug 31, 2026 $2.3bn $5.8m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

3% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

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.

WDIG

By weight, 4% of WDIG'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 26% of the fund across 101 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Since it first traded on May 7, 2026 the fund returned −36.1% with distributions reinvested. It sits 40.2% below its all-time high of May 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do RING and WDIG 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.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, RING or WDIG?: RING has 18% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDIG has 4%, so RING differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, RING or WDIG?: RING charges 0.39% a year and WDIG charges 0.55%, so RING 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 →RING on its own →WDIG on its own →RING dividend history →RING holdings →WDIG dividend history →WDIG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

RING filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RING prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for RING ↗

WDIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

WDIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

WisdomTree page for WDIG ↗

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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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