Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF
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The Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF tracks an index of US- and Canada-listed small-cap gold and silver miner stocks. The index selects firms by market cap and weights them by revenue growth and relative price momentum. |
Category | Global Equities |
Fund Sponsor | ALPS |
Website | www.sprottetfs.com |
Inception date | Mar 31, 2015 |
Assets (mns) | $181 |
Currency | USD |
Expense ratio | 50 bp |
Distributions | Annually |
Regulation | Open-End Investment Company |
Custodian | |
Weighting | Multi-Factor |
Index replication | |
Uses derivatives | No |
Options available | Yes |
No. of constituents | 24 |
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) | $1,449 |
Large cap (>$10bn) | 0.0% |
Mid cap ($2-10bn) | 4.8% |
Small cap (<$2bn) | 95.2% |
Developed mkts | 89.2% |
Emerging mkts | 10.8% |
RESOLUTE MINING LTD | 5.9 % |
K92 MINING, INC. | 5.6 % |
GREATLAND GOLD PLC | 5.3 % |
OCEANAGOLD CORP. | 5.3 % |
REGIS RESOURCES LTD | 4.9 % |
WESDOME GOLD MINES LTD | 4.8 % |
SPARTAN RESOURCE | 4.3 % |
MCEWEN MINING, INC. | 4.3 % |
SEABRIDGE GOLD INC | 4.2 % |
CENTERRA GOLD INC | 4.2 % | Total | 48.8 % |
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AUSTRALIA | 38.0 % |
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CANADA | 34.3 % |
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SOUTH AFRICA | 6.0 % |
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BRITAIN | 3.3 % |
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 

Custom date range | Compare to | ||
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Year-to-date | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Incep. |
49.5% | 61.3% | 7.9% | 8.6% | 9.1% |
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P500 | 0.64 | 10% |
MSCI EAFE | 1.11 | 31% |
MSCI Emg. Mkts. | 1.23 | 39% |
Recent close | $50.71 |
30d moving avg. | $49.25 |
Annualized volatility | 33.1% |
Short interest (ETF) | 0.7% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 52 |
Avg. volume (thou.) | 29 |
Turnover | 0.8% |
Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.56% |
ADV underlying (mns) | $82 |
FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS
Below is a list of 78 potential alternatives to the Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with SGDJ. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.
Benchmark ticker: | SGDJ | Expense: | 50 bp | ALTAR Score™: | 5.0% |
Ticker | Fund Name |
Overlap1 vs SGDJ (%) |
Expense ratio (bp) |
Savings vs SGDJ (bp) |
ALTAR Score™ (%) |
ALTAR vs SGDJ (%) |
GOEX | Global X Gold Explorers ETF | 31.4 | 65 | -15 | 4.3 | -0.7 |
AUMI | Themes Gold Miners ETF | 17.9 | 35 | 15 | 5.7 | +0.7 |
GOAU | U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF | 14.1 | 60 | -10 | 3.8 | -1.1 |
GDXJ | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | 11.5 | 52 | -2 | 5.7 | +0.7 |
SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners ETF | 8.1 | 50 | 0 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | 7.1 | 39 | 11 | 5.6 | +0.6 |
SILJ | ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF | 6.4 | 69 | -19 | 3.0 | -2.0 |
SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF | 4.6 | 39 | 11 | 8.3 | +3.3 |
GDX | VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 4.1 | 51 | -1 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
EPU | iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF | 3.3 | 59 | -9 | 7.2 | +2.2 |
COLO | Global X MSCI Colombia ETF | 3.1 | 62 | -12 | 18.1 | +13.1 |
AGMI | Themes Silver Miners ETF | 3.0 | 35 | 15 | 6.4 | +1.5 |
AVDV | Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 2.1 | 36 | 14 | 10.1 | +5.2 |
FDTS | First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund | 1.7 | 80 | -30 | 11.2 | +6.3 |
GWX | SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF | 1.6 | 40 | 10 | 6.3 | +1.3 |
SIL | Global X Silver Miners ETF | 1.6 | 65 | -15 | 3.7 | -1.3 |
AVDS | Avantis International Small Cap Equity ETF | 1.2 | 30 | 20 | 7.6 | +2.6 |
DFIS | Dimensional International Small Cap ETF | 1.0 | 39 | 11 | 7.4 | +2.4 |
DISV | Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF | 0.9 | 42 | 8 | 9.5 | +4.5 |
FYLD | Cambria Foreign Shareholder Yield ETF | 0.9 | 59 | -9 | 11.9 | +6.9 |
COPA | Themes Copper Miners ETF | 0.9 | 35 | 15 | 6.3 | +1.3 |
CCNR | ALPS CoreCommodity Natural Resources ETF | 0.7 | 39 | 11 | 11.4 | +6.4 |
EWUS | iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap ETF | 0.5 | 59 | -9 | 7.4 | +2.4 |
SCHC | Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 0.5 | 11 | 39 | 6.8 | +1.8 |
SCZ | iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | 0.5 | 40 | 10 | 7.0 | +2.0 |
PDN | Invesco FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-US Small-Mid ETF | 0.5 | 49 | 1 | 6.9 | +2.0 |
VSS | Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF | 0.5 | 8 | 42 | 6.8 | +1.9 |
DXIV | Dimensional International Vector Equity ETF | 0.4 | 34 | 16 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
AVDE | Avantis International Equity ETF | 0.3 | 23 | 27 | 7.6 | +2.6 |
ISCF | iShares International SmallCap Equity Factor ETF | 0.3 | 23 | 27 | 8.4 | +3.4 |
DLS | WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund | 0.3 | 58 | -8 | 8.4 | +3.4 |
TLTD | FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt | 0.3 | 39 | 11 | 8.2 | +3.2 |
DFIC | Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF | 0.3 | 23 | 27 | 7.6 | +2.6 |
FNDC | Schwab Fundamental International Small Co. Index ETF | 0.3 | 39 | 11 | 5.9 | +0.9 |
DFSI | Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF | 0.2 | 24 | 26 | 6.4 | +1.4 |
DFAX | Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF | 0.2 | 30 | 20 | 8.1 | +3.1 |
IPAC | iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF | 0.2 | 9 | 41 | 6.7 | +1.8 |
IEUS | iShares MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF | 0.2 | 42 | 8 | 7.2 | +2.3 |
VPL | Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF | 0.2 | 7 | 43 | 7.1 | +2.2 |
INTF | iShares International Equity Factor ETF | 0.2 | 15 | 35 | 7.8 | +2.9 |
DFAI | Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF | 0.1 | 18 | 32 | 7.3 | +2.3 |
AVSD | Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF | 0.1 | 23 | 27 | 5.7 | +0.7 |
DGS | WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund | 0.1 | 58 | -8 | 9.7 | +4.8 |
DFE | WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund | 0.1 | 58 | -8 | 8.1 | +3.1 |
IDEV | iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF | 0.1 | 4 | 46 | 7.2 | +2.2 |
IXUS | iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF | 0.1 | 7 | 43 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
VTWV | Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF | 0.1 | 10 | 40 | 7.9 | +2.9 |
IWN | iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF | 0.1 | 24 | 26 | 7.8 | +2.8 |
IEFA | iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | 0.1 | 7 | 43 | 7.2 | +2.2 |
AVEE | Avantis Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity ETF | 0.1 | 42 | 8 | 9.9 | +4.9 |
EWX | SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF | 0.1 | 65 | -15 | 8.1 | +3.2 |
VEA | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | 0.1 | 3 | 47 | 7.3 | +2.3 |
VSGX | Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF | 0.1 | 10 | 40 | 7.9 | +2.9 |
SPGM | SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF | 0.1 | 9 | 41 | 5.9 | +0.9 |
VXUS | Vanguard Total International Stock ETF | 0.1 | 5 | 45 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
IGE | iShares North American Natural Resources ETF | 0.0 | 41 | 9 | 7.9 | +2.9 |
EEMS | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF | 0.0 | 70 | -20 | 7.8 | +2.8 |
RSSL | Global X Russell 2000 ETF | 0.0 | 8 | 42 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
DDWM | WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International Equity Fund | 0.0 | 40 | 10 | 7.6 | +2.6 |
DWM | WisdomTree International Equity Fund | 0.0 | 48 | 2 | 7.5 | +2.5 |
AVXC | Avantis Emerging Markets Ex-China Equity ETF | 0.0 | 33 | 17 | 8.6 | +3.7 |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.0 | 19 | 31 | 4.6 | -0.4 |
VTWO | Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF | 0.0 | 7 | 43 | 4.6 | -0.4 |
MFDX | PIMCO RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor International Equity ETF | 0.0 | 39 | 11 | 6.7 | +1.8 |
VT | Vanguard Total World Stock ETF | 0.0 | 6 | 44 | 6.0 | +1.0 |
IEUR | iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF | 0.0 | 11 | 39 | 7.3 | +2.4 |
SPDW | SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF | 0.0 | 3 | 47 | 7.2 | +2.2 |
TLTE | FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index | 0.0 | 59 | -9 | 11.7 | +6.8 |
VGK | Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF | 0.0 | 6 | 44 | 7.4 | +2.4 |
IEMG | iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 0.0 | 9 | 41 | 10.5 | +5.5 |
SPEU | SPDR Portfolio Europe ETF | 0.0 | 7 | 43 | 7.3 | +2.4 |
DFEM | Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF | 0.0 | 38 | 12 | 9.4 | +4.5 |
VWO | Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 0.0 | 7 | 43 | 10.6 | +5.6 |
DFAE | Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF | 0.0 | 35 | 15 | 9.4 | +4.5 |
VTHR | Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF | 0.0 | 7 | 43 | 5.0 | +0.0 |
IWV | iShares Russell 3000 ETF | 0.0 | 20 | 30 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
DFSE | Dimensional Emerging Markets Sustainability Core 1 ETF | 0.0 | 41 | 9 | 8.9 | +3.9 |
CRIT | Optica Rare Earths & Critical Materials ETF Optica Rare Eart | 0.0 | 85 | -35 | 9.9 | +4.9 |
1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.
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RESULTS & ESTIMATES
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VALUATION METRICS
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