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VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF

Fund Description

VanEck Vectors® Gold Miners ETF (GDX®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (GDMNTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in the gold mining industry.

 
 

  • Fund Ticker

    GDX

  • Exchange

    NYSE Arca

  • Commencement

    05/16/2006

  • ETF Structure

    Physical

  • Administrator

    Van Eck Associates

  • Custodian

    Bank of New York Mellon

  • Index Ticker

    GDMNTR

  • Index Rebalancing

    Quarterly

 
as of 01/18/19

  • 30-Day SEC Yield1

    0.61%

  • Total Net Assets

    $10.0B

  • Number of Holdings

    46

  • Options

    Available

  • Gross Expense Ratio2

    0.53%

  • Net Expense Ratio/TER2

    0.53%

  • Distribution Frequency

    Annual

  • Next Distribution Date

    --

Fundamentals
as of 12/31/18

  • Weighted Average Market Cap

    $7.7B

  • Price/Earnings Ratio
    (Last 12 Months)*

    31.07

  • Price/Book Ratio
    (Last 12 Months)*

    1.39
*A weighted harmonic average is used to calculate this metric. Price/Book Ratio is the price of a security divided by the book value per share of the security. Price/Earnings Ratio is the price of a security divided by the last twelve months earnings per share of the security.

Market Capitalization (%)
as of 12/31/18

  • Capitalization

    % of Net
    Assets ($)

  • Large (>$5.0B)

    65.8%

  • Mid ($1.0 - $5.0B)

    29.7%

  • Small (<$1.0B)

    4.6%
This breakdown represents what percentage of the ETF's assets represent large/mid/small-sized companies. The market capitalization of an individual, publicly traded company is calculated by multiplying the company's stock price by the total number of its shares outstanding.

3-YR Risk Measures
as of 12/31/18

  • Beta vs. S&P 500 Index

    -0.51

  • Correlation vs. S&P 500 Index

    -0.15

  • Volatility (Standard Deviation)

    37.08

  • Sharpe Ratio

    0.40

Source: VanEck, FactSet.

Beta is a measure of sensitivity to market movements. Correlation measures the extent of linear association between the ETF performance and the index performance. Volatility is the annualized standard deviation of the ETF's monthly returns. Sharpe ratio measures risk-adjusted return, and represents the ETF's return less the risk free rate divided by the standard deviation. See S&P 500 Index definition.6

Country Weightings (%) as of 12/31/18

  • Country

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    CANADA

    54.49
  • ■

    AUSTRALIA

    16.84
  • ■

    UNITED STATES

    15.23
  • ■

    SOUTH AFRICA

    6.05
  • ■

    PERU

    2.99
  • ■

    CHINA

    2.17
  • ■

    CÔTE D'IVOIRE

    1.18
  • ■

    EGYPT

    1.08
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    -0.03

Portfolio Composition (%)
as of 01/18/19

  • % of Net Assets

  • Stocks

    99.89

  • Bonds

    0.00

  • Other

    0.00

  • Cash

    0.11

Sector Weightings (%) as of 12/31/18

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Materials

    100.0
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.0

Currency Exposure (%)
as of 12/31/18

  • U.S. Dollar

    71.89

  • Australian Dollar

    15.33

  • Canadian Dollar

    9.56

  • Hong Kong Dollar

    2.17

  • British Pound

    1.08

  • Other/Cash

    -0.03