Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the NYSE Arca Gold Miners. The GDX ETF contains 56 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $23.13 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.31% |
| Expense ratio | 0.52% |
| Average spread | 0.043% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.563% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -5.6% | 13.7% | 11.5% | -8.8% | -9.3% | -13.7% | -4.1% | -9.4% | 1.3% | -4.1% | -28.3% | ||
| 2021 | -4.2% | -9.8% | 4.4% | 5.7% | 14.7% | -13.8% | 2.8% | -6.6% | -9.6% | 7.6% | 0.3% | 2.5% | -6.0% |
| 2020 | -1.0% | -9.6% | -12.1% | 40.0% | 6.4% | 6.9% | 17.1% | -1.6% | -7.4% | -4.3% | -7.5% | 4.4% | 31.4% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | -2.0% | 0.8% | -6.8% | 3.4% | 18.4% | 3.7% | 12.7% | -10.5% | 5.4% | -3.8% | 8.9% | 37.6% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -10.1% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 0.3% | -0.1% | -4.6% | -12.8% | -0.2% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 11.1% | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 14.4% | -4.5% | -0.2% | -2.5% | 2.1% | -2.7% | 3.5% | 8.1% | -7.1% | -2.1% | -0.0% | 4.3% | 13.2% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | 36.4% | 3.0% | 29.3% | -12.6% | 22.7% | 10.4% | -16.7% | 3.7% | -7.2% | -15.0% | 0.7% | 58.3% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | -4.5% | -14.3% | 10.3% | -2.6% | -9.3% | -22.6% | 2.6% | -2.6% | 8.9% | -8.0% | 0.6% | -20.4% |
| 2014 | 11.1% | 10.2% | -8.8% | 2.1% | -6.7% | 17.6% | -2.0% | 3.0% | -20.0% | -19.4% | 6.7% | 0.8% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | -10.3% | -10.1% | 1.2% | -19.8% | -2.8% | -17.0% | 10.2% | 4.2% | -11.1% | 0.3% | -11.2% | -4.3% | -70.6% |
| 2012 | 9.8% | -1.9% | -10.6% | -6.4% | -5.6% | 2.3% | -4.3% | 11.9% | 12.0% | -1.5% | -10.1% | -1.4% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | -12.3% | 11.0% | 0.5% | 3.5% | -6.5% | -6.1% | 4.2% | 10.4% | -12.1% | 6.6% | 2.7% | -14.6% | -12.9% |
| 36.5% | 18.8% | -21.5% | 48.0% | -19.4% | 5.1% | 14.2% | 5.9% | -63.5% | -7.6% | -45.3% | 12.8% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.54 | 0.54 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.19 | 0.19 | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.19 | 0.19 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.19 | 0.19 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.46 | 0.46 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.15 | 0.15 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.29 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Newmont Corporation | 13.36% |
| Barrick Gold Corporation | 10.26% |
| Franco-Nevada Corporation | 8.44% |
| Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | 5.63% |
| Newcrest Mining Limited | 5.22% |
| Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | 4.37% |
| Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. | 4.31% |
| Gold Fields Limited Sponsored ADR | 3.14% |
| Northern Star Resources Ltd | 3.09% |
| Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Class H | 2.94% |
| AngloGold Ashanti Limited Sponsored ADR | 2.93% |
| Kinross Gold Corporation | 2.91% |
| Royal Gold, Inc. | 2.46% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 2.38% |
| Pan American Silver Corp. | 2.04% |
| Top 15 Weights | 73.48% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| GDX | GDXJ | GLDM | GOAU | OUNZ | SLVP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF | SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF | Van Eck Merk Gold Trust ETF | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF |
| Issuer | VanEck | VanEck | SPDR | US Global | VanEck | iShares |
| Price | $23.1301 | $28.185 | $32.3336 | $12.275 | $15.79 | $8.94 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.52% |  0.53% |  0.18% | 0.6% | 0.25% | 0.39% |
| Average Spread | 0.043% | 0.035% | 0.031% | 0.733% | 0.063% | 0.447% |
| AUM | $10,024,100,000 | $2,995,810,000 | $7,843,410,000 | $65,065,700 | $525,453,000 | $170,679,000 |
| Shares | 433,380,637 | 106,290,951 | 242,577,552 | 5,300,668 | 33,277,553 | 19,091,570 |
| Average Daily Volume | 26,612,710 | 8,820,625 | 1,819,911 | 27,205 | 1,110,007 | 131,863 |
| Home page | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site |
| Inception Date | 2006-05-16 | 2009-11-11 | 2018-06-25 | 2017-06-27 | 2014-05-16 | 2012-01-31 |
| Index Tracked | NYSE Arca Gold Miners | MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index | Gold Spot | U.S. Global GO Gold and Precious Metal Miners Index | Gold Spot | MSCI ACWI Select Silver Miners IMI Index |
| Category | Materials | Materials | Precious Metals | Materials | Precious Metals | Materials |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Commodity | Equity | Commodity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid/Small Caps | Mid/Small Caps | Large/Mid/Small Caps | Large/Mid/Small Caps | ||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | ||
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | ||
| Countries | Broad | Broad | Broad | Broad | ||
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.535 | $0.745 | $0 | $0.228 | $0 | $0.118 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.023% | 0.026% | 0.000% | 0.019% | 0.000% | 0.013% |
| Number of Holdings | 56 | 101 | 30 | 29 | ||
| YTD Return | -27.79% | -32.78% | -11.07% | -31.16% | -11.19% | -30.36% |
| Beta | -0.85 | -1.41 | 0.47 | 1.03 | 0.66 | -0.27 |
| Upside Beta | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.32 | 0.76 | 0.36 | 0.92 |
| Downside Beta | -0.16 | 0.08 | 0.61 | 0.72 | -0.06 | 0.13 |
| Volatility 1Y | 35.67% | 42.25% | 14.09% | 35.79% | 14.15% | 43.28% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.20 | -0.26 | 0.17 | -0.34 | 0.16 | -0.05 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |