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Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 NANR State Street SPDR S&P North American Nat +39.4% not measured 47.3% 0.35% \n 2 IGE iShares North American Natural Resources +37.1% not measured 49.1% 0.37% \n 3 HAP VanEck Natural Resources ETF +34.3% +19.3 pts vs ACWI 39.0% 0.41% \n 4 GNR State Street SPDR S&P Global Natural Res +32.9% not measured 25.9% 0.40% \n 5 CSNR Cohen & Steers Natural Resources Active +29.7% \u22123.2 pts vs GNR 33.1% 0.50% \n 6 NRES Xtrackers RREEF Global Natural Resources +27.4% \u22125.5 pts vs GNR 33.4% 0.45% \n 7 GUNR Northern Trust Morningstar Global Upstre +26.8% not measured 27.1% 0.46% \n 8 CCNR ALPS | CoreCommodity Natural Resources E +25.6% not measured 8.9% 0.39% \n 9 TURF T. Rowe Price Natural Resources ETF +25.6% \u22121.2 pts vs GUNR 30.2% 0.44% \n 10 MGNR American Beacon GLG Natural Resources ET +21.7% \u221211.2 pts vs GNR 21.3% 0.75% \n 11 FTRI First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resourc +21.2% +6.2 pts vs ACWI 14.9% 0.70% \n 12 FTWO Strive Natural Resources and Security ET +14.6% not measured 67.8% 0.49% \n \n Method\n The 12 of 12 ETFs in the natural resources theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Nov 4, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from 14.6% to 39.4%. A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every natural resources ETF and what it holds The largest natural resources ETFs Sources\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers\u2019 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 Links are sources, not endorsements.\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 natural resources ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-natural-resources Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. 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