ETF comparison
GDX vs GDXJ
Both Materials.
Holdings overlap
39 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GDX and GDXJ would leave roughly 35.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
GDX is 1 bps cheaper than GDXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for GDXJ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with GDX vs GDXJ.
Top shared holdings
39 shared in total| # | Holding | In GDX | In GDXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alamos Gold Inc | 2.56% | 7.13% | 2.56% |
| 2 | Coeur Mining Inc | 2.43% | 6.68% | 2.43% |
| 3 | Equinox Gold Corp | 1.64% | 6.64% | 1.64% |
| 4 | Endeavour Mining PLC | 1.58% | 6.05% | 1.58% |
| 5 | First Majestic Silver Corp | 1.57% | 2.82% | 1.57% |
| 6 | Evolution Mining Ltd | 1.57% | 6.01% | 1.57% |
| 7 | Industrias Penoles SAB de CV | 1.35% | 2.41% | 1.35% |
| 8 | IAMGOLD Corp | 1.32% | 2.37% | 1.32% |
| 9 | Hecla Mining Co | 1.26% | 2.27% | 1.26% |
| 10 | Lundin Gold Inc | 1.26% | 2.26% | 1.26% |
| 11 | Zhaojin Mining Industry Co Ltd | 1.11% | 2.00% | 1.11% |
| 12 | OceanaGold Corp | 1.06% | 1.90% | 1.06% |
Only in GDX
13 total- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 12.08%
- Newmont Corp 10.77%
- Barrick Mining Corp 7.63%
- Franco-Nevada Corp 5.16%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 5.09%
- Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 4.89%
- Kinross Gold Corp 4.68%
- Gold Fields Ltd 4.48%
- Pan American Silver Corp 3.19%
- Northern Star Resources Ltd 2.59%
Only in GDXJ
75 total- Aura Minerals Inc 0.92%
- Merdeka Gold Resources Tbk PT 0.86%
- Montage Gold Corp 0.86%
- Skeena Resources Ltd 0.79%
- Pan African Resources PLC 0.77%
- Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp 0.73%
- Regis Resources Ltd 0.72%
- Vault Minerals Ltd 0.70%
- Silvercorp Metals Inc 0.69%
- Perpetua Resources Corp 0.69%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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