{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-miners","section":"rankings","title":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most | ETFIQ","description":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.","as_of":"Oct 20, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most","numberOfItems":6,"itemListOrder":"https://schema.org/ItemListOrderDescending","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"SLX","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/slx"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PICK","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pick"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GOAU","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/goau"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"METL","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/metl"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"XME","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/xme"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"NIKL","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nikl"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most","description":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-miners","dateModified":"2026-10-20","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creditText":"ETFIQ (etfiq.com)","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Weight overlap with the S&P 500","Active share","Holdings","Top ten share of the fund","Total return","Fee for the differing part","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Thematic ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned m...","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-miners"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most","description":"The miners and metals ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-miners","dateModified":"2026-10-20","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2988,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The miners and metals ETFs that returned m... \n \n As of Oct 20, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The miners and metals ETFs that returned most\n See 6 funds ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year. Updated Oct 20, 2026. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, so the gap from top to bottom of this list reflects what they own, not the theme.\n The miners and metals ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 SLX VanEck Steel ETF +37.2% +22.1 pts vs ACWI 12.6% 0.55% \n 2 PICK iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Prod +27.9% +12.8 pts vs ACWI 12.4% 0.39% \n 3 GOAU US Global GO Gold and Precious Metal Min +2.2% not measured 2.8% 0.60% \n 4 METL Sprott Active Metals & Miners ETF +0.1% \u221215.7 pts vs VOO 14.2% 0.99% \n 5 XME State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ET \u22126.2% \u221222.0 pts vs IVV 21.5% 0.35% \n 6 NIKL Sprott Nickel Miners ETF \u221224.4% \u221240.3 pts vs VOO 0.0% 0.75% \n \n Method\n The 6 of 6 ETFs in the miners and metals theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Oct 20, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -24.4% to 37.2%. A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every miners and metals ETF and what it holds The largest miners and metals ETFs Where these figures came from\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The miners and metals ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-miners Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. 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