GUNR
FlexShares Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF · FlexShares
Materials & Resources
1Y Return
+34.3%
Expense Ratio
0.46%
AUM
$7.5B
Dividend Yield
2.15%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+8.9%
Issuer
FlexShares (Northern Trust)

Overview

The companies that extract the world's raw inputs — energy, metals, agriculture, timber and water — around 179 upstream producers globally.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
XOMExxon Mobil4.4%
SHELShell plc4.1%
RIORio Tinto3.9%
BHPBHP Group3.8%
CVXChevron Corp.3.6%
TTETotalEnergies3.2%
GLENGlencore plc2.8%
NTRNutrien Ltd.2.6%
FCXFreeport-McMoRan2.4%
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland2.1%

Fund Details

Index
Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources
# Holdings
~179
Inception
Sep 2011
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Structure
Open-End Fund
Distribution
Quarterly
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+8.9%
Avg Annual Yield (10Y)
2.81%

Investment Thesis

GUNR owns the upstream — the miners, drillers and growers at the very start of every supply chain — where commodity price moves land first and hardest. Its deliberate spread across energy, metals AND agriculture makes it the broadest equity play on the resource cycle, and the +34% year captured the commodity revival with dividends attached, something futures-based funds like GSG can't pay.

Who It's For

Inflation hedgers who prefer dividend-paying equities to futures roll costs, and allocators wanting one ticket for the whole resource complex rather than sector-by-sector bets.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016$21.63--
2017$25.96+20.0%
2018$22.59-13.0%
2019$25.97+15.0%
2020$25.72-1.0%
2021$32.14+25.0%
2022$35.36+10.0%
2023$35.36+0.0%
2024$36.07+2.0%
2025$44.00+22.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
20162.50%
20172.30%
20182.90%
20193.00%
20202.80%
20213.20%
20223.60%
20233.00%
20242.50%
20252.30%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016$3B--
2017$4B+33.3%
2018$4B+0.0%
2019$4.5B+12.5%
2020$3.5B-22.2%
2021$5B+42.9%
2022$7B+40.0%
2023$6B-14.3%
2024$5.5B-8.3%
2025$6.5B+18.2%

Historical figures are ETFHub estimates modelled from asset-class return patterns and may differ from official fund records. Data as of September 2026.

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