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%

Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.

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