ETF comparison
GDXJ vs PICK
Both Materials.
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF · iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GDXJ and PICK would leave roughly 1.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
PICK is 13 bps cheaper than GDXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 GDXJ vs PICK.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In GDXJ | In PICK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA | 1.83% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk PT | 0.92% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 3 | Wanguo Gold Group Ltd | 0.66% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | Americas Gold & Silver Corp | 0.39% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | Vizsla Silver Corp | 0.31% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Collective Mining Ltd | 0.21% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | TR Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS | 0.15% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in GDXJ
107 total- Alamos Gold Inc 7.13%
- Coeur Mining Inc 6.68%
- Equinox Gold Corp 6.64%
- Endeavour Mining PLC 6.05%
- Evolution Mining Ltd 6.01%
- First Majestic Silver Corp 2.82%
- Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 2.41%
- IAMGOLD Corp 2.37%
- Hecla Mining Co 2.27%
- Lundin Gold Inc 2.26%
Only in PICK
228 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 12.15%
- RIO TINTO PLC 6.59%
- FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 5.76%
- GLENCORE PLC 4.28%
- VALE S.A. 3.69%
- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 3.29%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.60%
- NUCOR CORPORATION 2.39%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 2.33%
- VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED 1.84%
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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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