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iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF

RINGNasdaqiSharesB

$68.80+1.95 (+2.92%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B67/ 100

Rank 1 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners

B67/100Rank 1 of 18inPrecious Metals Miners
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 66.85 to 68.80. Range 68.48 to 69.70. Use the arrow keys to read each point.67.5068.0069.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.39%
Fund size
$2.06B
1Y total return
+10.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.35%
Holdings
49
Avg volume · 30D
649K sh
52W range
low $58.23high $100.41
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net RING Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

B

Score 67 out of 100

Category
Precious Metals Miners⁠
Rank
1 of 18
Six-pillar profile for RING. Scores out of 100: Cost 79, Risk 66, Mission not scored, Tradability 72, Holdings 22, Durability 81. Strongest: Durability (81). Weakest: Holdings (22). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 67 of 100 falls in the B 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.
    A79 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B66 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A72 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    F22 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 18

Our read on RING

ETF.net Research

In short

BThe low-fee way to own the gold diggers. RING holds roughly 40 gold mining companies worldwide for 0.39% a year, undercutting most funds in its niche, and it has been running that playbook since 2012.

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. It invests at least 80% of total assets in securities of companies economically tied to gold exploration.

Why people hold it

  • At 0.39% a year it charges less than the typical gold-miner fund, and less than VanEck's GDX and GDXJ, the category's best-known names.ishares.com
  • Pure play by design: the index targets companies primarily in the business of gold mining, so you get miners rather than a mixed metals-and-materials basket.ishares.com
  • The mandate is global, not US-only, so the portfolio can reach gold producers listed across developed and emerging markets.ishares.com
  • Live since 2012, a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the strongest builds in its precious-metals miner peer group.

Worth knowing

  • Roughly 40 stocks in a single industry. The largest miners carry real weight, so one company's bad quarter is felt across the fund.ishares.com
  • This is mining equity, not bullion. Alongside the gold price you take on company execution, mine geology, labor and country risk.ishares.com
  • Income is an afterthought here: distributions come once or twice a year, not monthly.

RING Holdings

Holdings pillarF22 out of 100Rank 16 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
49
Top-10 weight
67%
Largest holding
NEM17.7%

Sectors

  • Gold99.0%
  • Diversified Metals & Mining1.0%

Geography

  • Canada55.85%
  • United States20.80%
  • South Africa11.23%
  • Australia6.04%
  • United Kingdom3.74%
  • China2.34%

Developed 83% · Emerging 17% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 4.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1NEMNewmont17.66%3,417,209$364M442
2AEM.TOAgnico Eagle Mines12.74%1,589,902$263M106
3ABX.TOBarrick Mining8.77%4,890,346$181M100
4WPM.TOWheaton Precious Metals7.32%1,297,787$151M96
5ANG.JOAnglogold Ashanti PLC4.30%1,104,601$88.6M114
6GFI.JOGold Fields4.26%2,652,174$87.8M82
7K.TOKinross Gold3.82%3,911,586$78.9M98
8PAAS.TOPan American Silver3.01%1,638,369$62.2M77
9CDECoeur Mining2.80%4,406,425$57.7M206
10EQX.TOEquinox Gold2.42%5,133,420$49.8M64
11AGI.TOAlamos Gold Class A2.41%1,810,798$49.7M68
12EDV.LEndeavour Mining2.12%875,285$43.8M102
13IMG.TOIamgold Corp2.07%2,770,766$42.7M51
14HAR.JOHarmony Gold Mining Company Limite1.84%2,585,107$38M67
15ELD.TOEldorado Gold1.69%1,139,081$34.9M48

Showing 1–15 of 49 holdings

RING Performance

Launched Jan 31, 2012

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

RING$11,030
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. RING $11,030. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,500$15,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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 RING. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodRING
Year to date−8.6%
1 month−12.7%
3 months+4.8%
1 year+10.3%
3 yearsper year+46.9%
5 yearsper year+22.8%
10 yearsper year+14.1%

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 RING
YearReturn barRING
2026 YTD−8.6%
2025+164.7%
2024+16.0%
2023+12.3%
2022−15.4%
2021−7.5%
2020+25.0%

RING in the news

RING 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 30, 2026.
1.35%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.90Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.53 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. 19 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 20, 2017 $0.03; Dec 19, 2017 $0.05; Jun 19, 2018 $0.07; Dec 18, 2018 $0.04; Jun 17, 2019 $0.14; Dec 16, 2019 $0.05; Jun 15, 2020 $0.10; Dec 14, 2020 $0.14; Jun 10, 2021 $0.31; Dec 13, 2021 $0.33; Jun 9, 2022 $0.23; Dec 13, 2022 $0.28; Jun 7, 2023 $0.21; Dec 20, 2023 $0.28; Jun 11, 2024 $0.19; Dec 17, 2024 $0.22; Jun 16, 2025 $0.24; Dec 16, 2025 $0.38; Jun 15, 2026 $0.53. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.53
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.38
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.24
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.22
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.19
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.28
Jun 7, 2023Jun 13, 2023$0.21
Dec 13, 2022Dec 19, 2022$0.28
Jun 9, 2022Jun 15, 2022$0.23
Dec 13, 2021Dec 17, 2021$0.33
Jun 10, 2021Jun 16, 2021$0.31
Dec 14, 2020Dec 18, 2020$0.14

See all 29 payments⁠

$10,000 in RING 10 years ago paid $1,916 in dividends.⁠

RING Risk

Risk pillarB66 out of 100Rank 4 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
42.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
1.01
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−47.9%
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.
0.94
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

RING Cost

Compare RING and AUMI

Overpaying vs AUMI, tied cheapest in Precious Metals Miners

$772

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • RING 0.39%

    $7,898

  • AUMI 0.35% Tied cheapest

    $7,126

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • RING 0.39%
  • AUMI 0.35%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K051015202530RING $7,898AUMI $7,126

Year by year

YearRINGAUMIOverpaying
10$705$634$71
20$2,725$2,454$271
30$7,898$7,126$772

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