GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF
Tracks the price and yield performance of the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index.
By VanEck · Launched 2006
Annual Cost
0.51%
#2,794 of 5,853 · average
Fund Size
$22.8B
#138 of 5,853 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+44.1%
Track Record
20 years
#289 of 5,853 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,732+17.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 60.6% of fundconcentrated
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
12.1%
Newmont Corp
10.8%
Barrick Mining Corp
7.6%
Franco-Nevada Corp
5.2%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc
5.1%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
4.9%
Kinross Gold Corp
4.7%
Gold Fields Ltd
4.5%
Pan American Silver Corp
3.2%
Northern Star Resources Ltd
2.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Basic Materials
100.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
48.5%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-49.7%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.86Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.22Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the price and yield performance of the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index.
- Strategy
- Uses a passive investment approach to invest at least 80% of total assets in securities that comprise the Gold Miners Index, which includes small- and medium-capitalization companies primarily in the gold and silver mining industry. The Fund does not seek to outperform the Index and may concentrate investments in the gold mining sector.
- Inception date
- May 16, 2006
- Fund family
- VanEck
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Data updated on 2026-08-02