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VanEck Steel ETF SLX · AMEX

$103.58 +0.69% (+$0.71)

Summary

VanEck Steel ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by VanEck. Positions inside: 44. The ten largest make up 57% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.55%
Fund size
$154.6M
Positions
44
Dividend yield
1.27%
Running since
2006

What speaks for it

  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
  • It has been running since 2006.

What to watch

  • The ten largest positions make up 57% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
  • 92% of the fund is in one sector (Basic materials).
  • Costs of 0.55% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • In the last five years its price once dropped by 34% 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
-3.0%
3 months
+3.9%
This year
+21%
1 year
+34%
3 years
+72%
5 years
+79%
10 years
+217%
Avg. market cap
$52.2B
P/E
17.1x
Forward P/E
12.7x
P/S
0.8x
P/B
1.2x
P/FCF
19.7x
EV/EBITDA
8.0x
Dividend yield
2.51%
ROIC
7.1%
ROE
9.9%
Gross margin
23.9%
Operating margin
14.7%
Net margin
8.3%
Payout ratio
42.9%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.7x
Beta
1.23

Weighted average of the 38 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated
  1. 1
    BH
    BHP Group Limited BHP 7.1%
  2. 2
    NU
    Nucor Corporation NUE 7.0%
  3. 3
    RI
    Rio Tinto RIO 6.9%
  4. 4
    VA
    Vale VALE 6.5%
  5. 5
    ST
    Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD 5.5%
  6. 6
    MT
    ArcelorMittal S.A. MT 5.4%
  7. 7
    RS
    Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS 5.1%
  8. 8
    54
    Nippon Steel Corporation 5401.T 4.5%
  9. 9
    RI
    Rio Tinto Group RIO.AX 4.5%
  10. 10
    PK
    POSCO Holdings Inc. PKX 4.3%

Positions in the fund: 44. The ten largest make up 57% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One sector dominates

By sector

By country

By company size

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.

Largest sector: Basic materials (92%). Largest country: United States (22%). Largest size group: Large cap (62%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive
A year from $10,000
$55.00
Over 20 years
$2,646

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $55.00 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 $2,646.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+12%
Deepest drop
-34%
Yearly volatility
24%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 34% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
1.27%
Payments a year
1
Last payment
$1.32

Over the last 12 months it paid $1.32 per share, which is 1.27% of today's price. The last payment was $1.32 on Dec 22, 2025.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Yes
Traded a day
$4.77M
Shares a day
46K

On an average day about $4.77M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
17.1
Average Bulios Score
60 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 17.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 64% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (38), which make up 100% 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
BA
BASE.TO Evolve Global Materials & Mining Enhanced Yield Index ETF
Canada 0.60% $39.1M +15% Pays out 34%
XM
XME SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF
United States 0.35% $3.98B -5.5% Pays out 21%

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