VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

NYSEARCA: GDX · Real-Time Price · USD
69.75
-0.01 (-0.01%)
At close: Sep 12, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
69.65
-0.10 (-0.14%)
After-hours: Sep 12, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
-0.01%
Assets$19.96B
Expense Ratio0.51%
PE Ratio20.59
Shares Out291.35M
Dividend (ttm)$0.40
Dividend Yield0.58%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 23, 2024
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Payout Ratio11.88%
Volume13,891,074
Open69.96
Previous Close69.76
Day's Range69.24 - 70.11
52-Week Low33.42
52-Week High70.11
Beta0.54
Holdings65
Inception DateMay 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

65.09% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Newmont CorporationNEM13.08%
Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM11.58%
Barrick Mining CorporationABX7.60%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.WPM7.17%
Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV5.74%
Gold Fields Ltd ADREDG.DE4.96%
AngloGold Ashanti plcAU4.56%
Kinross Gold CorporationK4.22%
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited28993.32%
Northern Star Resources LimitedNST2.86%
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Dividends

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

Performance

GDX had a total return of 88.73% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.40%.

News

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Fast Money: OLLI, BIDU, META, GDX

The final trades of the day with the Fast Money traders.

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23 days ago - CNBC Television

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24 days ago - Seeking Alpha

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4 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

Final Trade: LLY, ULTA, AAPL, GDX

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Final Trade: BSY, GDX, MNDY, GILD

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Final Trade: GDX, CSCO, INTC, GLD

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5 weeks ago - CNBC Television

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Other symbols: GOOGGOOGLINTCUNH
7 weeks ago - CNBC Television

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Final Trade: FDS, GDX, LULU, C

The final trades of the day with CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders.

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2 months ago - CNBC Television

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