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RING vs SILJ

iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF

RINGBNasdaq

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

SILJCNYSE Arca

Overlap

Expense ratio

RING −0.30pt a year

RING0.39%SILJ0.69%

Avg volume · 30D

SILJ 5.7×the volume

RING649KSILJ3.67M

10Y return · a year

RING +7.8pt

RING+14.1%SILJ+6.3%

RING vs SILJ Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+179.8%RING+87.3%SILJ

Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026. RING +179.8%. SILJ +87.3%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.0%300%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026
Expense ratio
RING 0.39%, better
SILJ 0.69%
Fund size
RING $2.06B
SILJ $2.91B
1Y total return
RING +10.3%, better
SILJ +1.5%
Yield (12M)
RING 1.35%
SILJ 2.46%, better
Holdings
RING 49
SILJ 67
Avg volume (30D)
RING 649K sh
SILJ 3.67M sh, better
NAV per share
RING $67.07
SILJ $22.53
52W range

ETF.net Grade

RING: Cost 79, Risk 66, Mission not scored, Tradability 72, Holdings 22, Durability 81. SILJ: Cost 12, Risk 30, Mission not scored, Tradability 93, Holdings 60, Durability 78.
Pillar letters and Scores for RING, SILJ, with each pillar’s weight
PillarRINGSILJ
Cost30% weightA79HigherF12
Mission25% weightNot scoredNot scored
Risk15% weightB66HigherD30
Tradability15% weightA72A93Higher
Holdings10% weightF22B60Higher
Durability5% weightA81HigherA78

Rank among Precious Metals Miners funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. RING and SILJ are both graded against the same 18 Precious Metals Miners funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Precious Metals Miners⁠

Category · 18 funds
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RING ranks 1st and SILJ 13th of 18 funds in the Precious Metals Miners Category.

  1. Rank 1BRINGiShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETFScore 67
  2. Rank 2BSGDMSprott Gold Miners ETFScore 66
  3. Rank 11CSILGlobal X Silver Miners ETFScore 45
  4. Rank 13CSILJAmplify Junior Silver Miners ETFScore 42
  5. Rank 14DGOEXGlobal X Gold Explorers ETFScore 41

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

RINGBiShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF

SILJCAmplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

In short

RING The 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.

SILJ The original junior-silver play. Since 2012 SILJ has done one job: passively track an index of roughly 70 small silver miners, producers and explorers, the high-octane end of a niche most metals funds cover with gold.

Stated mandate

RING 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.

SILJ The Fund is a passively managed ETF seeking results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to an index focused on companies engaged in silver mining.

Why people hold it

  • RING 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.
  • SILJ Pure junior-silver mandate: the index holds companies that earn most of their revenue from silver mining, production or exploration, not a gold fund with a silver garnish.amplifyetfs.com
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which matters in a corner of the market built from thin, tiny stocks.
  • Rules over hunches: a passive fund that rebalances when its Nasdaq index does, with roughly 70 holdings and a published methodology behind them.amplifyetfs.com
  • Launched in 2012, it has run through several silver cycles and kept the same strategy through a change of sponsor to Amplify and an index renaming in 2024.sec.gov

Worth knowing

  • RING 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.
  • SILJ The 0.69% expense ratio sits above the typical fee in its precious-metals-miner peer group. Specialist access has a sticker price.
  • Non-diversified by design and concentrated in metals and mining, so a handful of names can drive the outcome.amplifyetfs.com
  • Junior miners are the geared end of silver. The prospectus flags small-cap, foreign-issuer and commodity-price risks that move the fund in both directions.amplifyetfs.com

Full RING profile⁠

Full SILJ profile⁠

RING vs SILJ Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

RING vs SILJ Cost

Overpaying SILJ vs RING

$5,531

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

  • RING 0.39%

    $7,898

  • SILJ 0.69%

    $13,429

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • RING 0.39%
  • SILJ 0.69%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530SILJ $13,429RING $7,898

Year by year

YearRINGSILJOverpaying
10$705$1,232$527
20$2,725$4,697$1,972
30$7,898$13,429$5,531

Expense ratio

  • 0.39%RING, cheaper
  • 0.69%SILJ
  • Middle half of Precious Metals Miners funds
  • Median 0.52%

RING 4th cheapest of 18 funds

SILJ 16th cheapest of 18 funds

RING vs SILJ Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Yield (12M)
RING 1.35%
SILJ 2.46%, better
Payout (12M)
RING $0.90
SILJ $0.55
Last payment
RING $0.53
SILJ $0.55
Ex-dividend
RING Jun 15, 2026
SILJ Dec 29, 2025
Paid on
RING Jun 18, 2026
SILJ Dec 30, 2025
Frequency
RING Twice a year
SILJ Annual

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

RINGTwice a year · 19 paymentsAll RING payments⁠
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.$0$0.502017202020232026YTD
SILJAnnual · 9 paymentsAll SILJ payments⁠
One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 24, 2018 $0.13; Sep 20, 2019 $0.01; Dec 30, 2019 $0.17; Dec 14, 2020 $0.20; Dec 28, 2021 $0.04; Dec 28, 2022 $0.0057; Dec 27, 2023 $0.0009; Dec 30, 2024 $0.72; Dec 29, 2025 $0.55. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.502017202020232026YTD

RING vs SILJ Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

  • RING
  • SILJ
Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026. Worst fall: SILJ −48.3% · Feb 2024. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−50%−40%−30%−20%−10%0%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
RING 42.3%, betterSILJ 49.0%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
RING 1.01, betterSILJ 0.88
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
RING −47.9%, betterSILJ −48.3%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
RING 0.94SILJ 1.28

RING and SILJ in the news

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