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Global X - Gold Explorers ETF

GOEXNYSE ArcaC

$82.710.00 (0.00%)

As of Oct 13, 2026, 9:46 AM

C40/ 100

Rank 14 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners

C40/100Rank 14 of 18inPrecious Metals Miners
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Expense ratio
0.65%
Fund size
$122M
1Y total return
+21.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.14%
Holdings
52
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$83.30
52W range
low $62.30high $110.19
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net GOEX Grade

C

Score 40 out of 100

Category
Precious Metals Miners⁠
Rank
14 of 18
Six-pillar profile for GOEX. Scores out of 100: Cost 26, Risk 45, Mission 76, Tradability 25, Holdings 87, Durability 60. Strongest: Holdings (87). Weakest: Tradability (25). Leans toward Holdings.

Score 40 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    D26 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 6

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C45 out of 100
    Rank 11 of 17

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D25 out of 100
    Rank 14 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A87 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B60 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 18

Our read on GOEX

ETF.net Research

CMost gold funds buy the miners already pulling metal out of the ground. GOEX buys the ones still looking for it: a global basket of explorers and developers, tracking a Solactive index since 2010.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive Global Gold Explorers & Developers Total Return Index.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Owns the front end of the gold supply chain: explorers and developers hunting deposits and building mines, not the established producers most gold funds lean on.
  2. 02About 50 names, a global mandate, and a portfolio that stays tight to the explorers-and-developers index it names.
  3. 03Trading since 2010, so there is a real record across more than one full gold cycle to dig through.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.65% a year it costs more than the category heavyweights: GDX charges 0.51%, RING 0.39%.
  2. 02It trades lightly next to the big gold-miner funds, so bid-ask spreads can widen when markets move fast.
  3. 03Explorers and developers often have no producing mine and no revenue, which makes for a bumpier ride than producer-heavy gold funds.

GOEX Holdings

As of Oct 11, 2026
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
52
Top-10 weight
40%
Largest holding
EQX.TO5.3%

Sectors

  • Materials100.0%

Geography

  • Canada52.81%
  • Australia23.13%
  • United States16.36%
  • Indonesia3.60%
  • South Africa1.95%
  • United Kingdom1.13%
  • China1.02%

Developed 92% · Emerging 8% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 4.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001EQX.TOEquinox Gold Corp5.26%560,831$6M61
002HLHecla Mining Co4.92%351,290$6M188
003DPM.TODpm Metals Inc4.72%138,127$6M58
004ELD.TOEldorado Gold Corp3.93%127,047$5M47
005CDECoeur Mining Inc3.87%275,270$5M208
006SSRM.TOSsr Mining Inc3.76%129,124$5M57
007LUG.TOLundin Gold Inc3.52%63,851$4M92
008OGC.TOOceanagold Corp3.35%147,955$4M49
009PRU.AXPerseus Mining Ltd3.15%863,146$4M70
010GMIN.TOG Mining Venture Corp3.10%109,597$4M42
011AGI.TOAlamos Gold Inc-Class A3.00%111,032$4M67
012DSV.TODiscovery Mining Ltd2.78%413,448$3M41
013GMD.AXGenesis Minerals Ltd2.66%629,720$3M56
014RMS.AXRamelius Resources Ltd2.60%1,200,491$3M61
015TXG.TOTorex Gold Resources Inc2.59%61,076$3M52

Showing 1–15 of 52 holdings

GOEX Performance

Launched Nov 3, 2010

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

GOEX$12,139
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$12,044
Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026. GOEX $12,139. SPY $12,044. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,876$12,657$16,439Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 10, 2025 – Oct 12, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 GOEX. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGOEX
Year to date+2.4%
1 month−8.9%
3 months+16.7%
1 year+21.4%
3 yearsper year+58.9%
5 yearsper year+25.0%
10 yearsper year+14.5%

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 GOEX
YearReturn barGOEX
2026 YTD+2.4%
2025+179.4%
2024+19.4%
2023+2.0%
2022−14.6%
2021−14.5%
2020+34.9%

GOEX in the news

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GOEX 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 Oct 12, 2026.
2.14%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.77Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.09 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 13 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 27, 2019 $0.01; Dec 30, 2019 $0.41; Jun 29, 2020 $0.03; Dec 30, 2020 $0.90; Jun 29, 2021 $0.15; Dec 30, 2021 $0.54; Jun 29, 2022 $0.05; Dec 29, 2022 $0.21; Jun 29, 2023 $0.01; Jun 27, 2024 $0.006; Dec 30, 2024 $0.72; Dec 30, 2025 $1.67; Jun 29, 2026 $0.09. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 29, 2026Jul 7, 2026$0.09
Dec 30, 2025Jan 7, 2026$1.67
Dec 30, 2024Jan 7, 2025$0.72
Jun 27, 2024Jul 5, 2024$0.006
Jun 29, 2023Jul 10, 2023$0.01
Dec 29, 2022Jan 9, 2023$0.21
Jun 29, 2022Jul 8, 2022$0.05
Dec 30, 2021Jan 7, 2022$0.54
Jun 29, 2021Jul 8, 2021$0.15
Dec 30, 2020Jan 8, 2021$0.90
Jun 29, 2020Jul 8, 2020$0.03
Dec 30, 2019Jan 8, 2020$0.41

GOEX Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
42.9%
Annualised · 36 months to Sep 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.
1.18
vs 3-month T-bills · to Sep 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.
−47.1%
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.
1.03
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.

GOEX Cost

Expense ratio0.65%
  • The middle half of Precious Metals Miners funds
  • Median 0.52%

11 of the 18 Precious Metals Miners funds charge less.

GOEX costs $65.00 a year on $10,000. The median Precious Metals Miners fund costs $51.50.

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