{
 "ticker": "GDXJ",
 "name": "VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF",
 "issuer": "VanEck",
 "desk": "themes",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/GDXJ",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/GDXJ",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/GDXJ.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "GDXJ holds 110 stocks, and 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "GDXJ, already in the S&P 500: 0.0%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "100.0%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "GDXJ, active share vs the S&P 500: 100.0%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_holdings",
   "label": "Top ten holdings",
   "value": "42.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "GDXJ, top ten holdings: 42.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+42.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "GDXJ, total return, 1 year: +42.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$7.1bn",
   "source": "SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "GDXJ, net assets: $7.1bn (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.52%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 29, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "GDXJ, expense ratio: 0.52% (485BPOS XBRL, Apr 29, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "theme",
   "label": "Theme",
   "value": "Miners and metals",
   "source": "ETFIQ, editorial"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Jan 4, 2010",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500, by weight",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "100.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_nasdaq_100_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_nasdaq_100",
   "label": "Active share vs the Nasdaq-100",
   "value": "100.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_holdings_weight",
   "label": "Top ten holdings weight",
   "value": "42.4%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "110",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_as_of",
   "label": "Holdings as of",
   "value": "Sep 10, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily file"
  },
  {
   "key": "top_holdings",
   "label": "Top holdings",
   "value": "Equinox Gold Corp 7.0%, Evolution Mining Ltd 6.1%, Alamos Gold Inc 5.8%, Endeavour Mining Plc 5.2%, Coeur Mining Inc 5.0%, Industrias Penoles Sab De Cv 2.8%, Eldorado Gold Corp 2.7%, Hecla Mining Co 2.7%, Iamgold Corp 2.6%, First Majestic Silver Corp 2.5%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$7.1bn",
   "source": "SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_all_time_high",
   "label": "Below its all-time high",
   "value": "\u221219.7%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.52%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 29, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "fee_for_the_part_that_differs_from_the_s_p_500_active_expense_ratio",
   "label": "Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio",
   "value": "0.52%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "closest_funds_by_holdings_overlap",
   "label": "Closest funds by holdings overlap",
   "value": "GOEX 49%, GBUG 38%, GDX 37%, AUMI 37%, AUAU 32%",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "+20.3%",
   "S&P 500": "+3.3%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "+17.0 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "+21.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "+1.2%",
   "S&P 500": "+16.0%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221214.8 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221219.5 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+42.4%",
   "S&P 500": "+17.5%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "+24.9 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "+19.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+284.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+77.9%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "+206.6 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "+189.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+65.3%",
   "S&P 500": "+804.4%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u2212739.1 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u22121608.6 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much of GDXJ is in S&P 500 companies?",
   "a": "By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of GDXJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 100%, so that share is the part doing something different."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does GDXJ hold?",
   "a": "110 positions as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026, with the top ten at 42% of the fund. The largest are Equinox Gold Corp at 7.0%, Evolution Mining Ltd at 6.1%, Alamos Gold Inc at 5.8%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Has GDXJ beaten the S&P 500?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 GDXJ returned +42.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 24.9 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does GDXJ cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.52% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.52%."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}