Is there a rare earth and critical materials ETF?
Yes.
ETFIQ covers 7 rare earth and critical materials ETFs as of Oct 20, 2026. The largest is REMX at $1.5bn. The cheapest is ISTM at 0.47%.
How much of a rare earth and critical materials fund is already in the S&P 500 decides how much of it is new exposure. Across these 7 funds the median is 8.1% of the weight. The rest is what you are buying that an index fund does not already hold.
Concentration is the other thing to read. The median rare earth and critical materials ETF here holds 44.3% of its weight in its top ten positions. That is what a theme fund does: it buys a shortlist, not a market.
ETFIQ files a fund under a theme editorially, from what the fund holds rather than from its name, and every figure on this page is the one its rare earth and critical materials hub prints.
On ETFIQ today
| Ticker | Fund | Issuer | Net assets | Fee | In the S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REMX | VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF | VanEck | $1.5bn | 0.53% | 8.6% |
| SETM | Sprott Critical Materials ETF | Sprott | $454m | 0.65% | 9.2% |
| REXC | Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China ETF | Sprott | $68m | 0.65% | 0.0% |
| EART | Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF | Global X | $47m | 0.59% | 8.1% |
| FMTL | First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF | First Trust | $30m | 0.65% | 12.6% |
| ISTM | iShares Strategic Metals ETF | iShares | $26m | 0.47% | 0.0% |
| WDIG | WisdomTree Efficient Rare Earth Plus Strateg | WisdomTree | $8m | 0.55% | 3.3% |
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