VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

NYSEARCA: GDX · Real-Time Price · USD
53.00
-0.51 (-0.95%)
Jun 18, 2025, 4:00 PM - Market closed
-0.95%
Assets $16.51B
Expense Ratio 0.51%
PE Ratio 20.43
Shares Out 307.00M
Dividend (ttm) $0.40
Dividend Yield 0.76%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 23, 2024
Payout Ratio 15.84%
1-Year Return +59.64%
Volume 15,051,910
Open 53.35
Previous Close 53.51
Day's Range 52.90 - 53.70
52-Week Low 33.07
52-Week High 54.70
Beta 0.55
Holdings 61
Inception Date May 22, 2006

About GDX

Fund Home Page

The VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NYSE Arca Gold Miners index, a market-cap-weighted index of global gold-mining firms. GDX was launched on May 22, 2006 and is issued by VanEck.

Asset Class Equity
Category Equity Precious Metals
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol GDX
ETF Provider VanEck
Index Tracked NYSE Arca Gold Miners

Top 10 Holdings

63.64% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Newmont Corporation NEM 11.95%
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited AEM 11.39%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM 7.61%
Barrick Mining Corporation B 6.75%
Franco-Nevada Corporation FNV 6.04%
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU 5.18%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR EDG.DE 4.48%
Kinross Gold Corporation K 3.96%
Northern Star Resources Limited NST 3.21%
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 2899 3.08%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 23, 2024 $0.4025 Dec 24, 2024
Dec 18, 2023 $0.5001 Dec 22, 2023
Dec 19, 2022 $0.4762 Dec 23, 2022
Dec 20, 2021 $0.5348 Dec 27, 2021
Dec 21, 2020 $0.1899 Dec 28, 2020
Dec 23, 2019 $0.1905 Dec 30, 2019
Full Dividend History

News

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Final Trade: GDX, BIDU, TJX, TGT

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