Ranked by net assets, as of . Rebuilt every trading night.
The largest miners and metals ETFs
Every fund here is sold on miners and metals. What each one holds, and how much of it the S&P 500 already holds for you, is the column beside the size.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Net assets | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y | Fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDX | VanEck Gold Miners ETF | $22.8bn | 11.0% | +40.2% | 0.51% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 2 | GDXJ | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | $7.1bn | 0.0% | +42.4% | 0.52% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 3 | SIL | Global X Silver Miners ETF | $5.3bn | 0.0% | +49.1% | 0.65% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 4 | XME | State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & | $4.4bn | 17.3% | +32.5% | 0.35% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 5 | SILJ | Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF | $3.4bn | 0.0% | +53.0% | 0.69% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 6 | RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | $2.8bn | 16.5% | +45.1% | 0.39% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 7 | REMX | VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals E | $2.7bn | 7.2% | +21.9% | 0.53% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 8 | PICK | iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Prod | $2.2bn | 11.2% | +53.1% | 0.39% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 9 | SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Mi | $999m | 4.6% | +58.9% | 0.39% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 10 | SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners ETF | $559m | 7.1% | +40.9% | 0.46% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 11 | SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF | $265m | 0.0% | +63.9% | 0.50% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 12 | GDMN | WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Mine | $210m | 12.4% | +38.8% | 0.45% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 13 | SLX | VanEck Steel ETF | $170m | 11.6% | +53.3% | 0.55% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 14 | GOAU | US Global GO Gold and Precious Metal Min | $165m | 2.9% | +30.0% | 0.60% | SEC filing, whole fund |
| 15 | GBUG | Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF | $141m | 3.1% | +48.4% | 0.90% | SEC filing, whole fund |
Method
The 28 ETFs in the miners and metals theme, of which 26 publish net assets, ranked on the most recent figure for each. Across the funds listed here the weight held in S&P 500 companies runs from 0.0% to 17.3%. Size is not a measure of anything a fund did. It is where the money is. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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