Global X Silver ETF Outperforms Sprott Gold ETF in 1 Year Return

Cory Renauer, The Motley Fool

Wed, April 29, 2026 astatine 10:06 AM CDT 4 min read

Comparing Sprott Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SGDM) and Global X - Silver Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SIL) highlights the differences betwixt lower-cost golden mining vulnerability and a much expensive, silver-focused portfolio with higher caller volatility.

Both funds people the materials assemblage but absorption connected antithetic precious metals. While SIL provides a wide look astatine the metallic mining industry, SGDM narrows its scope to golden miners listed successful North America. These ETFs let investors to summation vulnerability to metallic prices done equity successful companies that extract them, which tin often pb to much pronounced terms swings than holding the metals directly.

Snapshot (cost & size)

The 1-yr instrumentality represents full instrumentality implicit the trailing 12 months. Dividend output is the trailing-12-month organisation yield.

The Sprott money is much affordable for semipermanent holders, carrying a 0.50% disbursal ratio compared to the 0.65% charged by the Global X fund. Payouts are akin betwixt the two, arsenic the Global X money has a 1.10% output against the 1.00% offered by its counterpart.

Performance & hazard examination

What's wrong

Sprott Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SGDM) focuses wholly connected the basal materials sector, holding 39 stocks chiefly from the U.S. and Canada. Launched successful 2014, it is simply a non-diversified money that prioritizes companies with precocious gross maturation and debased debt-to-equity ratios. Its largest positions see Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) astatine 11.15%, Newmont (NYSE:NEM) astatine 8.55%, and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) astatine 8.40%. It has paid $0.73 per stock implicit the trailing 12 months. This attraction successful North American golden producers has resulted successful a little beta than its silver-focused peer.

In contrast, Global X - Silver Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SIL) is besides 100% weighted toward basal materials but focuses exclusively connected silver. Launched successful 2010, its portfolio of 38 holdings corresponds to the Solactive Global Silver Miners Total Return Index. Its apical positions see Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) astatine 22.13%, Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) astatine 12.20%, and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) astatine 7.95%. The money has a trailing-12-month dividend of $0.99 per share. Because it tracks metallic miners globally, it provides broader geographic diverseness but has historically faced much important drawdowns than the Sprott fund.