ETF Filings
Merk's junior gold filing sets a $2.5 billion line that VanEck's largest holdings sit above
Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF
$85.26−1.86 (−2.13%)
- 0.50%
- $330M
- +25.3%
- 8.10%
- 0M sh
- $87.31
- low $67.60high $115.78
The ETF.net SGDJ Grade
B
Score 56 out of 100
- 9 of 18
Score 56 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.B59 out of 100Rank 8 of 18Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A76 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B65 out of 100Rank 4 of 17Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D34 out of 100Rank 11 of 18Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A73 out of 100Rank 6 of 18Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B55 out of 100Rank 9 of 18
Our read on SGDJ
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.
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 Holdings
- Stocks
- 32
- 47%
- WDO.TO
Sectors
- Materials100.0%
Geography
- Australia36.70%
- Canada31.81%
- United States11.14%
- Turkey9.56%
- South Africa3.97%
- Hong Kong3.36%
- Colombia1.95%
- Philippines1.50%
Developed 81% · Emerging 19%
SGDJ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SGDJ$12,527
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.
| Period | SGDJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +3.4% |
| 1 month | −10.7% |
| 3 months | +12.1% |
| 1 year | +25.3% |
| 3 years | +60.3% |
| 5 years | +21.9% |
| 10 years | +12.4% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SGDJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +3.4% | |
| 2025 | +174.7% | |
| 2024 | +19.6% | |
| 2023 | +6.6% | |
| 2022 | −27.5% | |
| 2021 | −15.1% | |
| 2020 | +47.8% |
SGDJ in the news
SGDJ Dividends
- 8.10%
- $7.04
- $7.04 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
SGDJ Risk
- 42.1%
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.
- 1.24
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.
- −52.7%
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.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SGDJ Cost
0.50%
SGDJ0.50%
- The middle half of Precious Metals Miners funds
- Median 0.52%
7 of the 18 Precious Metals Miners funds charge less.
Other funds in Precious Metals Miners
- BAUMIThemes Gold Miners ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +15.7%
- BGDXJVanEck Junior Gold Miners ETFExpense ratio 0.52%1 year return +15.5%
- CGDMNWisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy FundExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return +6.0%
- CGOAUU.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +10.2%
- CSILGlobal X - Silver Miners ETFExpense ratio 0.65%1 year return +23.0%