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Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF

SGDJNYSE ArcaSprottB

$74.14+1.77 (+2.45%)

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

B54/ 100

Rank 9 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners

B54/100Rank 9 of 18inPrecious Metals Miners
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Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$304M
1Y total return
+9.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
9.73%
Holdings
31
Avg volume · 30D
46K sh
52W range
low $67.68high $115.78
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net SGDJ Grade

B

Score 54 out of 100

Category
Precious Metals Miners⁠
Rank
9 of 18
Six-pillar profile for SGDJ. Scores out of 100: Cost 59, Risk 56, Mission 73, Tradability 34, Holdings 74, Durability 55. Strongest: Holdings (74). Weakest: Tradability (34). Leans toward Holdings and Mission.

Score 54 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. The letter stays B for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    B59 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A73 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 6

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B56 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D34 out of 100
    Rank 11 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A74 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B55 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 18

Our read on SGDJ

ETF.net Research

In short

BJunior gold, filtered. Sprott runs roughly 30 explorers, developers and producers through a revenue-growth and price-momentum screen instead of owning the entire junior bench by size alone.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Solactive Junior Gold Miners Custom Factor Index. It uses passive indexing and invests primarily in junior gold companies, including exploration-stage companies, developers and producers.

Why people hold it

  • The screen is the whole point: the index tilts toward junior miners with better revenue growth and price momentum, not just whatever is small and listed.
  • 0.50% a year, a shade under the median for precious-metals miner funds and under GDXJ's 0.52% for the broader junior basket.
  • Trading since 2015 from a house built around precious metals, and it sits in the upper half of its miner peer group on our review.
  • Rules-based and passive: it follows a published Solactive index rather than a manager's stock picks, so you can see what the portfolio is chasing.

Worth knowing

  • Juniors are the jumpy end of an already jumpy sector. Exploration-stage names move on drill results and financing, not only on the gold price.
  • About 30 holdings, spread across US, developed, emerging and frontier listings. Concentration means one company's news lands harder than in a broad miner index.
  • Moderately traded rather than a top-of-book name, so spreads deserve a look and limit orders earn their keep.

SGDJ Performance

Launched Mar 30, 2015

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

SGDJ$10,966
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. SGDJ $10,966. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,500$15,000$17,500Oct 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 SGDJ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSGDJ
Year to date−14.0%
1 month−18.2%
3 months−0.9%
1 year+9.7%
3 yearsper year+48.7%
5 yearsper year+16.9%
10 yearsper year+9.4%

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 SGDJ
YearReturn barSGDJ
2026 YTD−14.0%
2025+174.7%
2024+19.6%
2023+6.6%
2022−27.5%
2021−15.1%
2020+47.8%

SGDJ in the news

SGDJ 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.
9.73%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$7.04Last 12 months
Last payment
$7.04 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. 8 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 21, 2017 $0.05; Dec 19, 2019 $0.22; Dec 16, 2020 $0.97; Dec 15, 2021 $0.90; Dec 15, 2022 $0.71; Dec 14, 2023 $1.34; Dec 12, 2024 $2.18; Dec 18, 2025 $7.04. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 18, 2025Dec 22, 2025$7.04
Dec 12, 2024Dec 19, 2024$2.18
Dec 14, 2023Dec 21, 2023$1.34
Dec 15, 2022Dec 22, 2022$0.71
Dec 15, 2021Dec 22, 2021$0.90
Dec 16, 2020Dec 23, 2020$0.97
Dec 19, 2019Dec 27, 2019$0.22
Dec 21, 2017Dec 28, 2017$0.05
Dec 21, 2016Dec 29, 2016$0.56
Dec 23, 2015Dec 31, 2015$0.16

$10,000 in SGDJ 10 years ago paid $3,524 in dividends.

SGDJ Risk

Risk pillarB56 out of 100Rank 8 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
44.2%
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.
1.02
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.
−52.7%
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.
1.04
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.

SGDJ Cost

Compare SGDJ and AUMI

Overpaying vs AUMI, tied cheapest in Precious Metals Miners

$2,853

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

  • SGDJ 0.50%

    $9,979

  • AUMI 0.35% Tied cheapest

    $7,126

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • SGDJ 0.50%
  • 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$8K$10K051015202530SGDJ $9,979AUMI $7,126

Year by year

YearSGDJAUMIOverpaying
10$900$634$266
20$3,460$2,454$1,006
30$9,979$7,126$2,853

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