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GDXJ

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Themes · VanEck · Inception 2009-11-10 · SEC filings

$121.90−6.07 (−4.74%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 69 prints from 127.97 to 121.90. Range 120.70 to 124.05. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$121.00$123.00$124.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.52%
Fund size
$9.1B
1Y return
+37.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.07%
Holdings
119
Volume · 30D
5.4M sh
NAV per share
$122.85
52W range
low $87.35high $157.49

The ETF.net GDXJ Grade

B

57/ 100

Rank 8 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for GDXJ. Scores out of 100: Cost 50, Risk 34, Mission 73, Tradability 69, Holdings 84, Durability 85. Strongest: Durability (85). Weakest: Risk (34). Leans toward Durability and Holdings.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 57 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    CScore 50
    Category rank10/18 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 73
    Category rank6/6 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    DScore 34
    Category rank13/17 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 69
    Category rank6/18 · top 33%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 84
    Category rank3/18 · top 17%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 85
    Category rank2/18 · top 11%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on GDXJ

ETF.net Research

BThe junior tier of the gold trade. GDXJ tracks an index of small-cap gold and silver miners, about 120 names worldwide, and has done so since 2009. It owns the up-and-comers rather than the household-name majors.

Stated mandate

GDXJ seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index, which represents small-capitalization companies primarily engaged in gold and/or silver mining.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Small by design: the index covers companies primarily engaged in gold and/or silver mining at the small-capitalization end, roughly 120 of them across global markets.
  2. 02Silver rides along. The mandate covers gold and/or silver miners, so the basket is broader precious metals than the name suggests.
  3. 03One of the busiest tickets in the junior-miner niche: a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades very actively, which matters when the whole sector moves at once.
  4. 040.52% a year sits right at the median for precious-metals miner funds, and roughly the same sticker as VanEck's large-cap sibling GDX at 0.51%.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Junior miners are the jumpy end of a jumpy sector: smaller companies, fewer mines, and moves that can run far wider than the metal itself.
  2. 02Income is not the story here. Distributions land once or twice a year at most.
  3. 03Average price, not a bargain. Cheaper miner funds exist in the group, including RING at 0.39%.

GDXJ Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 6:07 AM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
119
Top-10 weight
42%
Largest holding
EQX7.1%

Sectors

  • Materials99.9%
  • Financials0.1%

Geography

  • Canada50.39%
  • Australia18.74%
  • United States12.73%
  • United Kingdom6.11%
  • South Africa3.11%
  • Mexico2.77%
  • China2.36%
  • Indonesia1.61%
  • Other countries (4)2.18%

Developed 87% · Emerging 13% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 11.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001EQXEquinox Gold Corp7.09%52,627,188$643M22
002AGIAlamos Gold Inc5.87%14,885,387$532M22
003EDV.LEndeavour Mining Plc5.41%7,889,259$491M100
004EVN.AXEvolution Mining Ltd5.29%50,865,351$480M120
005CDECoeur Mining Inc5.03%22,854,564$457M206
006PE&OLES.MXIndustrias Penoles Sab De Cv2.69%4,783,198$244M84
007IAGIamgold Corp2.66%11,992,855$242M37
008HLHecla Mining Co2.58%12,363,618$234M191
009AGFirst Majestic Silver Corp2.50%11,623,610$227M19
010EGOEldorado Gold Corp2.42%5,190,145$220M20
011HMYHarmony Gold Mining Co Ltd2.16%9,795,730$196M23
012GMIN.TOG Mining Ventures Corp1.94%4,938,788$176M43
013LUG.TOLundin Gold Inc1.87%2,600,566$170M93
014DPM.TODundee Precious Metals Inc1.81%3,912,074$164M60
015BTGB2gold Corp1.77%29,704,494$160M18

Showing 1–15 of 160 holdings

GDXJ Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

GDXJ$13,742
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. GDXJ $13,742. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,872$13,115$17,357Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for GDXJ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGDXJ
Year to date+12.5%
1 month−3.5%
3 months+20.6%
1 year+37.4%
3 years+58.2%per year
5 years+28.2%per year
10 years+12.2%per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for GDXJ
YearReturn barGDXJ
2026 YTD+12.5%
2025+172.0%
2024+15.7%
2023+7.1%
2022−14.5%
2021−21.3%
2020+30.4%

GDXJ in the news

GDXJ Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
2.07%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$2.65Last 12 months
Last payment
$2.65 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 18, 2017 $0.01; Dec 20, 2018 $0.14; Dec 23, 2019 $0.16; Dec 21, 2020 $0.86; Dec 20, 2021 $0.75; Dec 19, 2022 $0.18; Dec 18, 2023 $0.27; Dec 23, 2024 $1.11; Dec 22, 2025 $2.65. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 22, 2025Dec 26, 2025$2.65
Dec 23, 2024Dec 24, 2024$1.11
Dec 18, 2023Dec 22, 2023$0.27
Dec 19, 2022Dec 23, 2022$0.18
Dec 20, 2021Dec 27, 2021$0.75
Dec 21, 2020Dec 28, 2020$0.86
Dec 23, 2019Dec 30, 2019$0.16
Dec 20, 2018Dec 27, 2018$0.14
Dec 18, 2017Dec 22, 2017$0.01
Dec 19, 2016Dec 23, 2016$1.51
Dec 21, 2015Dec 28, 2015$0.14
Dec 22, 2014Dec 29, 2014$0.18

GDXJ Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
44.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.12
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−48.8%
Trough Sep 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.91
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

GDXJ Cost

Expense ratio0.52%
  • The middle half of Precious Metals Miners funds
  • Median 0.52%

9 of the 18 Precious Metals Miners funds charge less.

GDXJ costs $52.00 a year on $10,000. The median Precious Metals Miners fund costs $51.50.