The gold miners ETFs least like the S&P 500
Every fund here is sold on gold miners, and they differ in how much of the index they hand you back. The one at the top is the one adding the most that is new.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Weight in S&P 500 companies ↑ | Active share | Net assets | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUMI | Themes Gold Miners ETF | 0.0% | 100.0% | $25m | 0.35% |
| 2 | GDXJ | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | 0.0% | 100.0% | $8.2bn | 0.52% |
| 3 | GOEX | Global X Gold Explorers ETF | 0.0% | 100.0% | $118m | 0.65% |
| 4 | SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF | 0.0% | 100.0% | $323m | 0.50% |
| 5 | GBUG | Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF | 3.3% | 99.8% | $170m | 0.90% |
| 6 | SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners ETF | 7.6% | 99.8% | $638m | 0.46% |
| 7 | GDX | VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 11.2% | 99.8% | $26.1bn | 0.51% |
| 8 | GDMN | WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Mine | 12.4% | 99.8% | $210m | 0.45% |
| 9 | AUAU | Global X Gold Miners ETF | 12.9% | 99.8% | $6m | 0.35% |
| 10 | RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | 17.0% | 99.8% | $2.3bn | 0.39% |
Method
The 10 of 10 ETFs in the gold miners theme with a filed book, least overlap first, each measured against the S&P 500 holdings ETFIQ reads for the same date.
The rest of the method
Across the funds listed here the weight held in S&P 500 companies runs from 0.0% to 17.0%. A thematic fund is worth its fee only for the part of it you do not already own. 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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ETFIQ, The gold miners ETFs least like the S&P 500, ranked by the share of the fund by weight that is held in S&P 500 companies, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-off-index-gold
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