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The largest rare earth ETFs
Every fund here is sold on rare earth. 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 | REMX | VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals E | $2.0bn | 7.6% | +14.7% | 0.53% | Issuer holdings, Sep 17, 2026 |
| 2 | SETM | Sprott Critical Materials ETF | $568m | 8.4% | +37.9% | 0.65% | Issuer page, Sep 18, 2026 |
| 3 | REXC | Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China ETF | $65m | 0.0% | too new | 0.65% | Issuer page, Sep 18, 2026 |
| 4 | EART | Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials | $42m | 8.2% | +34.5% | 0.59% | Issuer daily, Sep 18, 2026 |
| 5 | ISTM | iShares Strategic Metals ETF | $34m | 0.0% | +43.4% | 0.47% | Issuer daily, Sep 18, 2026 |
| 6 | FMTL | First Trust Indxx Critical Metals ETF | $30m | 13.2% | too new | 0.65% | Issuer page, Sep 18, 2026 |
| 7 | WDIG | WisdomTree Efficient Rare Earth Plus Str | $5m | 3.8% | too new | 0.55% | Issuer page, Sep 11, 2026 |
Method
The 7 ETFs in the rare earth and critical materials theme, of which 7 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 13.2%. 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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Cite this page. ETFIQ, The largest rare earth ETFs, ranked by net assets, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-rare-earth Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.