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GDXJVanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Grow my money16y track recordRanked #344 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index.

By VanEck · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.52%

#2,719 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$8.6B

#301 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+57.3%

Track Record

16 years

#711 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$14,395+43.9%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Cap

Small

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Focus

Gold

Index tracked

MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 42.9% of fundmoderately concentrated

Pan American Silver Corp
7.0%
Alamos Gold Inc
6.3%
Coeur Mining Inc
5.8%
Equinox Gold Corp
5.5%
Royal Gold Inc
5.0%
Industrias Penoles SAB de CV
3.1%
Evolution Mining Ltd
2.7%
Endeavour Mining PLC
2.6%
Hecla Mining Co
2.5%
IAMGOLD Corp
2.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.8%
Cash
0.2%

By sector

Basic Materials
100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
52.2%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-57.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.01Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.45Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in securities that comprise the Junior Gold Miners Index, which includes companies involved in gold mining. The Fund does not seek to outperform the Index and may concentrate investments in industries represented in the Index.
Inception date
November 10, 2009
Fund family
VanEck

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Data updated on 2026-06-19