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VanEck Gold Miners ETF (ASX: GDX) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for GDX : $80.770 0.43 (0.53%)+

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is an exchange-traded fund which gives investors exposure to a portfolio of companies involved in the gold mining industry. It generally invests in the securities that are constituents of the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (AUD_NTR) and aims to track the performance of the Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

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GDX General Information +

ASX Code GDX
Website http://www.vaneck.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 818
GDX Share Price $80.770
Day High $81.690
Day Low $80.560
Last Close $81.200
GDX Share Price Movement $0.43 ( 0.53% )
Prices as at 16:40, 25 Jul 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

GDX Fund Information

Equity Global Resources
S&P Global Natural Resources TR AUD
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Investment Fund
24 Jun 2015
$826.46 million (as at 24 Jul 2025)

GDX ETF performance (30 Jun 2025)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 1.11 7.78 44.77 57.25 34.55 27.46 9.68 14.18
Growth return 1.11 7.78 44.77 54.99 32.25 26 8.51 13.22
Income return (Yield) 0 0 0 2.26 2.3 1.46 1.17 0.96

Market index (S&P Global Natural Resources TR AUD)
Total return 1.69 -1.67 4.66 3.16 5.28 7.46 13.82 8.37

GDX Related Research

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
HFResult 63¢ 6% 1 Jul 2025 25 Jul 2025 $80.770 $78.760 -
HFResult 74¢ 25% 1 Jul 2024 23 Jul 2024 $80.770 $78.760 -
HFResult 92¢ 15% 3 Jul 2023 25 Jul 2023 $80.770 $78.760 -

See all dividends from VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Financials $819 Dividend component details 15 Jul 2025 4:35PM $80.700 $80.770 risen by 0.09%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Financials $819 Issued Units Outstanding as at 30 June 2025 7 Jul 2025 4:10PM $80.130 $80.770 risen by 0.80%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Financials $819 Dividend Reinvestment Plan Prices 1 Jul 2025 2:05PM $79.760 $80.770 risen by 1.27%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Financials $819 Final Dividend/Distribution for period ending 30 June 2025 30 Jun 2025 9:07AM $79.980 $80.770 risen by 0.99%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Financials $819 Dividend timetable 24 Jun 2025 4:58PM $80.820 $80.770 fallen by 0.06%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Financials $819 Issued Units Outstanding as at 31 May 2025 6 Jun 2025 2:51PM $83.060 $80.770 fallen by 2.76%

GDX Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $66.05 $664.70 -1.80% 7.00 74.00 1.60% 25.0%
2023A $64.29 $676.90 -258.20% 6.30 92.00 2.20% 0.0%
2022A -$44.24 -$428.00 -43.90% 0.00 63.80 1.40% 0.0%

GDX Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) $342M -0.0181 0.0000 0.0000 12.2168 0.0000 0.0000 0.91% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial Ltd (IFL) $3,018M 0.6567 -0.2700 0.1339 9.4777 12.9833 11.4504 2.07% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group Limited (NWL) $8,911M 0.2382 0.3716 0.1796 106.6569 77.7635 65.9235 0.77% 1.04% 1.23%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited (PNI) $4,956M 0.1667 0.4640 0.0992 48.0220 32.8029 29.8416 1.92% 2.73% 3.01%
Perpetual Limited (PPT) $2,353M -0.1521 0.0439 -0.0171 14.4466 13.8387 14.0799 5.75% 5.36% 5.36%

GDX Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.20 12.20 1.59 0.00
Market 0.25 14.00 1.11 0.72
Sector 0.41 13.10 1.07 0.92

GDX Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Jan van Eck Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, President 12 Apr 2013
Mr Jonathan Simon Non-Executive Director 19 Aug 2015
Mr Arian Neiron Non-Executive Director 12 Apr 2013
Mr Michael Brown Non-Executive Director 27 Dec 2013
Mr Lee Rappaport Non-Executive Director 1 Jul 2023

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

GDX Management

Name Position
Timothy Bethe Company Secretary

FAQs about VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

VanEck Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) current share price is $80.77. This constitutes a price movement of 2.55% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -4.74% below GDX's 12-month high of $84.79 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $81.20, VanEck Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) current share price of $80.77 constitutes a movement of -$0.43 or -0.53%. VanEck Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) share price movement is 2.55% when compared to 7 days ago and is -4.74% below GDX's 52-week high of $84.79.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) 52-week high is $84.79 which was reached on 13 Jun 2025. Relative to this, GDX's current share price of $80.77 constitutes a -$4.02 or -4.74% drop since that high of $84.79 per GDX share.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) 52-week low is $53.16 which was reached on 8 Aug 2024. Relative to this, GDX's current share price of $80.77 constitutes a $27.61 or 51.94% gain since that low of $53.16 per GDX share.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) current market capitalisation is $818,843,352. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) last distribution or dividend was $0.63 per share and was paid on 25 Jul 2025. This last GDX distribution or dividend included 6% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2025

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2025

Upcoming payment date: 25 Jul 2025

ETFs, such as VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 1.40%. The dividend yield for GDX is a ratio that tells you the percentage of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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