RING vs XLB overlap - what they share and where they differ

RING and XLB share 5.8% of their weight across 1 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

RING and XLB

5.8%

1 shared positions

RING

iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF

Reported positions cover 101% of the fund, 39 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 69.6%·Holdings of RING

XLB

State Street(R) Materials Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 26 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 58.4%·Holdings of XLB

Reported positions cover RING 101%, XLB 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

XLB vs RING side by side

RINGiShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF

39

stock positions reported to the SEC

83.3% of its weight is in 38 names XLB does not hold

XLBState Street(R) Materials Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF

26

stock positions reported to the SEC

94.0% of its weight is in 25 names RING does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

RING
XLB
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Basic Materials
83.3%
77.1%
Consumer Cyclical
0.7%
7.6%
Consumer Defensive
0.0%
6.4%
Real Estate
1.7%
0.0%
Utilities
0.7%
0.0%

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: XLB has 6.9 points more of it.

The figures side by side

RINGXLB
Filing dateAug 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported3926
Weight of the ten largest69.6%58.4%
Largest positionNEM 17.2%LIN 14.1%
Held alone38 positions, 83.3%25 positions, 94.0%
Covered by stock positions101%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn RINGIn XLBCounted
NEMNEWMONT CORPORATION17.23%5.84%5.84%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in RING

AEMAGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED12.84%
BBARRICK MINING CORPORATION8.79%
WPMWheaton Precious Metals Corp.7.68%
AUANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC5.01%
GFIGold Fields Limited4.69%
KGCKINROSS GOLD CORPORATION4.38%
CDECOEUR MINING, INC.3.45%
PAASPan American Silver Corp.3.06%
AGIALAMOS GOLD INC.2.50%
EQXEquinox Gold Corp.2.50%

Only in XLB

LINLinde PLC14.06%
FCXFreeport-McMoRan Inc5.30%
CTVACorteva Inc4.96%
SHWSherwin-Williams Co/The4.94%
ECLEcolab Inc4.73%
VMCVulcan Materials Co4.72%
CRHCRH PLC4.67%
APDAir Products and Chemicals Inc4.62%
MLMMartin Marietta Materials Inc4.55%
NUENucor Corp3.88%

Questions people ask

Is RING the same as XLB?

5.8% of their weight sits in the same 1 holdings. RING also reports AEM, B, WPM, which the other does not. XLB also reports LIN, FCX, CTVA, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between RING and XLB measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 101% of RING and 100% of XLB, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, XLB or RING?

RING reports 39 stock positions and XLB reports 26. 83.3% of RING's weight sits in names XLB does not hold, and 94.0% of XLB's weight in names RING does not hold. The ten largest positions are 69.6% of RING and 58.4% of XLB.

How do RING and XLB differ by sector?

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: XLB has 6.9 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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