Summary
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by VanEck. Positions inside: 161. The ten largest make up 41% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.52%
- Fund size
- $8.10B
- Positions
- 161
- Dividend yield
- 2.43%
- Running since
- 2009
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $8.10B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $531.9M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%.
- It has been running since 2009.
What to watch
- 99% of the fund is in one sector (Basic materials).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 55% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -12%
- 3 months
- +19%
- This year
- -3.4%
- 1 year
- +6.6%
- 3 years
- +216%
- 5 years
- +153%
- 10 years
- +162%
- Avg. market cap
- $9.15B
- P/E
- 13.4x
- Forward P/E
- 12.2x
- P/S
- 4.0x
- P/B
- 2.7x
- P/FCF
- 15.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.9x
- Dividend yield
- 0.64%
- ROIC
- 355.7%
- ROE
- 22.4%
- Gross margin
- 53.0%
- Operating margin
- 46.7%
- Net margin
- 33.0%
- Payout ratio
- 8.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -0.3x
- Beta
- 0.88
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 77% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 AGAlamos Gold Inc. AGI 6.7%
- 2 EQEquinox Gold Corp. EQX 6.1%
- 3 CDCoeur Mining CDE 6.1%
- 4 Endeavour Mining Plc 5.6%
- 5 IAIAMGOLD IAG 5.1%
- 6 PEIndustrias Peñoles, S.A.B. de C.V. PE&OLES.MX 2.7%
- 7 HLHecla Mining Company HL 2.3%
- 8 AGFirst Majestic Silver Corp. AG 2.2%
- 9 LULundin Gold Inc. LUG.TO 2.1%
- 10 GMG Mining Ventures Corp. GMIN.TO 1.9%
Positions in the fund: 161. The ten largest make up 41% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Basic materials 99%
- Financials 0.2%
- Other 0.3%
By country
- Canada 55%
- United States 14%
- Australia 13%
- United Kingdom 6.5%
- Other countries 12%
By company size
- Large cap 35%
- Mid cap 49%
- Small cap 14%
- Micro cap 1.0%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 92% of the fund.
Largest sector: Basic materials (99%). Largest country: Canada (55%). Largest size group: Mid cap (49%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- A year from $10,000
- $52.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,508
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $52.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,508.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +10%
- Deepest drop
- -55%
- Yearly volatility
- 57%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%. Deepest drop in these years: 55% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.43%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $2.65
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.65 per share, which is 2.43% of today's price. The last payment was $2.65 on Dec 22, 2025.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $531.9M
- Shares a day
- 4.9M
On an average day about $531.9M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 13.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 78 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 27%
- Fairly valued 15%
- Overvalued 58%
On average the companies inside trade for 13.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 58% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 77% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G2 G2XJ.DE VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.55% | $1.22B | +14% | Reinvests | 57% |
GD GDXJ.MI VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.55% | $1.22B | +14% | Reinvests | 57% |
PM PMTL FIRST TRUST INDXX QUALITY PRECIOUS METALS MINERS ETF | United States | 0.65% | $1.16M | - | - | 36% |
GD GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | United States | 0.51% | $26.8B | +11% | Pays out | 34% |
GO GOEX Global X - Gold Explorers ETF | United States | 0.65% | $118.1M | +10% | Pays out | 32% |
AU AUAU Global X - Gold Miners ETF | United States | 0.35% | $14.6M | - | Pays out | 32% |
