Do SGDM and SIL hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 23% 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, SGDM or SIL?

SGDM has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, SGDM or SIL?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SGDM vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SGDM returned +27.9% to SIL's +27.1%; 23% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $617m on Nov 4, 2026 for Sprott Gold Miners ETF, and $4.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Silver Miners ETF.

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8.0%

SGDM in the S&P 500

0.0%

SIL in the S&P 500

+27.9%

SGDM total return, 1 year

+27.1%

SIL total return, 1 year

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.

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

0% of SIL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SGDM costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; SIL is 6.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SGDM vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	SGDM	SIL
Return
Measure	SGDM	SIL
Total return, 1 year	+27.9%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	SGDM	SIL
Below its all-time high	25.6%, high on Mar 2, 2026	33.7%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	SGDM	SIL
What it tracks	Gold miners	Silver miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 12.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	SGDM	SIL
Expense ratio	0.46%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$654m	$4.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SGDM	SIL
Holdings in common	23%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 25, 2014 to Oct 30, 2026 · 640 weekly returns

SGDM SIL

Return

Total return edge SGDM +182.9% +95.2%

Annualized edge SGDM +8.8% +5.6%

Price return edge SGDM +156.9% +68.1%

Risk

Volatility edge SGDM (slight) 37.5% 40.0%

Max drawdown edge SGDM −52.3% −62.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SGDM 0.36 0.29

Sortino edge SGDM 0.53 0.42

Calmar edge SGDM 0.17 0.09

Reading

From Jul 2014 to Oct 2026, SGDM returned more: +182.9% to +95.2%. SGDM swung slightly less: 37.5% to 40.0%. SGDM fell less at its worst: −52.3% to −62.7%.

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Risk and return: SGDM vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	SGDM	SIL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+182.9%	+95.2%	SGDM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.8%	+5.6%	SGDM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+156.9%	+68.1%	SGDM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	37.5%	40.0%	SGDM (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	25.3%	27.5%	SGDM (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−52.3%	−62.7%	SGDM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.36	0.29	SGDM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.53	0.42	SGDM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.17	0.09	SGDM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 640 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

23%

By the books each fund has filed, SGDM and SIL hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SGDM SIL

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 7.10% 22.38%

Pan American Silver Corp. 3.45% 12.54%

Coeur Mining Inc. 2.97% 10.59%

OR Royalties Inc. 2.88% 4.16%

Discovery Mining Ltd. 2.65% 3.00%

Fortuna Mining Corp. 2.18% 1.92%

Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. 2.75% 1.50%

SSR Mining Inc. 0.27% 3.85%

Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. 0.11% 0.66%

McEwen Inc. 0.06% 0.66%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SGDM

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 10.02%

Newmont Corp. 8.00%

Barrick Mining Corp. 7.73%

Franco-Nevada Corp. 6.17%

Kinross Gold Corp. 3.85%

Lundin Gold Inc. 3.58%

Endeavour Mining PLC 3.11%

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. 2.98%

Only in SIL

INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A.B. DE C.V. 5.21%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 4.63%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 4.47%

FRESNILLO PLC 4.30%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 4.18%

KOREA ZINC INC 2.43%

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. 2.01%

ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP. 1.66%

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Window by window

Window by window: SGDM vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	SGDM	SIL	SGDM	SIL
3 months	+2.7%	−6.8%	not measured	−5.5 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−5.9%	−17.4%	not measured	−20.0 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+27.9%	+27.1%	not measured	+12.1 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+198.6%	+223.9%	not measured	+146.3 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: SGDM Jul 2014 · SIL Apr 2010	+219.4%	+110.6%	not measured	−282.3 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

SGDM Sprott Gold Miners ETF · Holds 48 stocks in gold miners, 8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF · Holds 39 stocks in silver miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Sprott Global X

Theme Gold miners Silver miners

In the S&P 500 8.0% 0.0%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 48 39

Top ten, share of the fund 56.0% 76.3%

Expense ratio 0.46% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.46% 0.65%

Total return, 1 year +27.9% +27.1%

vs its benchmark not measured +12.1 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −25.6% −33.7%

Net assets, SGDM as of Nov 4, 2026 and SIL as of Oct 12, 2026 $617m $4.4bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

23% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

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.

SIL

By weight, 0% of SIL'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 76% of the fund across 39 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 12.1 pts. It sits 33.7% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do SGDM and SIL hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 23% 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, SGDM or SIL?: SGDM has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SGDM or SIL?: SGDM charges 0.46% a year and SIL charges 0.65%, so SGDM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

SGDM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SGDM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Sprott page for SGDM ↗

SIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for SIL ↗

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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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