The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.
Basic Details
Issuer Van Eck
Fund NameVanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF
Tax ClassificationRegulated Investment Company
SymbolNYSEARCA:GDX
Inception Date5/16/2006
Fund ManagerHao-Hung (Peter) Liao, Guo Hua (Jason) Jin
WebN/A
PhoneN/A
Fund Focus
Asset ClassEquity
BenchmarkNYSE Arca Gold Miners TR USD
CategorySector
FocusBasic Materials
Development LevelBlended Development
RegionGlobal
Fund Statistics
Assets Under Management$6.41 billion
Average Daily Volume$45.38 million
Discount/Premium2.50%
ETF Expenses
Management Fee0.50%
Other Expenses0.03%
Total Expenses0.53%
Fee Waiver0.00%
Net Expenses0.53%
Administrator, Advisor and Custodian
AdministratorVan Eck Associates Corporation
AdvisorVan Eck Associates Corporation
CustodianThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
DistributorVan Eck Securities Corporation
Transfer AgentThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Trustee
Lead Market MakerVirtu Financial
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) Frequently Asked Questions
What is VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's stock symbol?
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "GDX."
How often does VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF declared an annual dividend on Monday, December 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 19th will be given a dividend of $0.176 per share on Friday, December 22nd. This represents a yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 18th. This is an increase from VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's previous annual dividend of $0.06. View VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's Dividend History.
Are investors shorting VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 35,550,683 shares, an increase of 12.8% from the August 15th total of 31,511,322 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 53,290,775 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days. View VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's Current Options Chain.
Has VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about GDX stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF earned a news impact score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the exchange traded fund an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF.
Who are VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's major shareholders?
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (4.19%), Hexavest Inc. (2.33%), MD Financial Management Inc. (0.89%), Putnam Investments LLC (0.87%), Natixis (0.87%) and SG Americas Securities LLC (0.75%).
Which major investors are selling VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF stock?
GDX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Opera Trading Capital, CIBC World Markets Inc., Putnam Investments LLC, Gabalex Capital Management LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC and Canal Insurance CO.
Which major investors are buying VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF stock?
GDX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Stevens Capital Management LP, Natixis, OLD Mission Capital LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Hexavest Inc..
How do I buy shares of VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF?
Shares of GDX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF's stock price today?
One share of GDX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.75.
How big of a company is VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF has a market capitalization of $7.62 billion.
MarketBeat Community Rating for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA GDX)
MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe GDX will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe GDX will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.
