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VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

AMEX · inception 2006-05-22 · beta 0.81 · avg volume 22,541,238 · holdings as of 2026-10-15 · prices through 2026-10-16
AUM$26.6B
Holdings59
Top-10 weight59.4%
1-yr return+7.7%
Max drawdown 5y-46.5%
Volatility 1y51.2%

Performance vs S&P 500 (SPY)

■ GDX ■ SPY
5514723832942120222023202420252026
Total return1m3m6mYTD1y3y5y
GDX-8.6%+24.0%-12.6%+2.3%+7.7%+218.5%+204.3%
SPY+0.3%+2.9%+7.5%+11.7%+15.1%+80.0%+84.9%
Rebased to 100 five years ago, weekly adjusted closes. Max drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough fall in that window (trough 2022-09-26). 3y and 5y returns are cumulative.

Top holdings

#TickerNameWeight
1NEMNewmont Corp11.25%
2AEMAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd11.15%
3BBarrick Mining Corp7.96%
4WPMWheaton Precious Metals Corp5.63%
5FNVFranco-Nevada Corp5.27%
6AUAnglogold Ashanti Plc4.87%
7GFIGold Fields Ltd3.92%
8KGCKinross Gold Corp3.73%
9NST.AXNorthern Star Resources Ltd3.02%
10PAASPan American Silver Corp2.63%

Exposure

Sector
Basic Materials99.9%
Unclassified0.1%
Country
CA55.8%
US22.6%
AU8.7%
ZA4.8%
MX2.5%
GB1.6%
HK1.2%
ID1.2%
PE0.9%
CN0.6%
Unclassified0.1%
Weights of holdings joined to company profiles; bonds, cash and derivatives fall under Unclassified.

InsiderStreet scores of the holdings

Holdings-weighted scoreScorePercentile vs ETFs
Overall85/10099
Quality92/100100
Profitability90/10099
Balance sheet86/10099
Earnings quality77/10095
Growth78/10099
Value74/10096
Momentum98/100100
Risk (safety)96/10094
Portfolio fundamentalsValue
P/E606.3
P/B158.1
P/S198.8
Earnings yield0.2%
FCF yield0.2%
ROE28.7%
Net margin32.8%
Revenue growth (yoy)+63.0%
Dividend yield1.57%
Debt / equity0.13
Scores are weighted by holding; 98% of the fund's weight is in companies we score. Percentile ranks the fund among ETFs with at least half their weight scored. A score describes the holdings, not the outlook for the fund.

Most similar ETFs by holdings overlap

ETFNameOverlapShared holdingsAUM
AUAUGlobal X - Gold Miners ETF84.5%52$14.6M
OGMYXInvesco Gold & Special Minerals Y70.7%40$4.0B
OGMIXInvesco Gold & Special Minerals R670.7%40$4.0B
PMTLFIRST TRUST INDXX QUALITY PRECIOUS METALS MINE63.2%47$1.2M
GDMNWisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Str56.3%31$161.7M
Overlap = sum over shared holdings of the smaller of the two weights.
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