GDX Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
Gold Miners · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US
VMCI-Composite holdings score
ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.
GDX Gold Miners ETF — analysis
GDX Gold Miners ETF runs $402.5B against Index Benchmark, with 29 bps of annual cost. The GDX ticker is the listing on the primary US exchange; the strategy has been live since 2021 in the gold miners category.
Composite quality on GDX's top-10 sleeve: VMCI of 56/100. The number aggregates Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, and Risk pillars across the funds' largest positions. The cohort comparison reads mid-table composite quality.
GDX performance ledger: 5y CAGR 15.6% (benchmark: 14.0%), 3y 12.5%, 1y -30.5%, YTD 5.6%. The 5y delta to index is 1.6 pp annualized.
Distribution metrics on GDX: 1.10% TTM yield, 2.6% 5y dividend CAGR. The two numbers together set the carry-and-growth math that income allocators run on this kind of fund.
On portfolio structure, GDX carries a 31% top-10 weight and a Technology-led sector mix (33%). The fund's largest single position is AAPL at 3.62%.
Funds that sit closest to GDX on the gold miners shelf: GLD, IAU. Allocators usually choose between them on cost (29 bps on this fund), distribution profile, and underlying methodology rather than headline category.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.62% | 51 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.62% | 79 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.53% | 48 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.43% | 55 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 3.28% | 41 |
| 6 | META | 3.13% | 42 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.99% | 63 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.69% | 71 |
| 9 | V | 2.45% | 43 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.45% | 62 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.20% | 68 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.15% | 55 |
| 13 | JNJ | 2.06% | 47 |
| 14 | PG | 1.76% | 66 |
| 15 | MA | 1.71% | 89 |
| 16 | HD | 1.62% | 47 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.52% | 81 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.22% | 54 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.18% | 40 |
| 20 | COST | 0.88% | 82 |
| 21 | KO | 0.69% | 81 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.69% | 69 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.59% | 49 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.29% | 42 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.24% | 61 |
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