All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

GDX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

GDX total return snapshot: GDX returned +31.45% over the past year and +10.10% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 22, 2006, GDX is up +198.88% in nominal total return, or +5.53%/yr, and is currently −18.48% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Mon Sep. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2006-05-22💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GDX
×
+198.88%
+5.53%/yr
+0.57%/yr
R2=0.007
VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2006-05-22💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Start
Value
End
Value
GDX
×
$10,000.00
2006-05-22
$29,888.21
2026-09-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-21

  YTD YoY
GDX
×
+10.10% +31.45%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GDX
×
−18.48%
on 2026-09-21
from 2026-02-27 peak
−80.57%
on 2016-01-19
from 2011-09-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GDX
×
+31.45% +137.55%
+54.13%/yr
+238.34%
+50.12%/yr
+232.15%
+27.14%/yr
+273.23%
+14.08%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GDX
2026 (YTD) +10.10%
2025 +154.77%
2024 +10.64%
2023 +9.98%
2022 −9.01%
2021 −9.52%
2020 +23.66%
2019 +39.82%
2018 −8.77%
2017 +11.99%
2016 +52.92%
2015 −24.71%
2014 −12.44%
2013 −54.02%
2012 −8.87%
2011 −16.09%
2010 +33.92%
2009 +36.73%
2008 −26.07%
2007 +16.77%
2006 +7.51%