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Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Overview

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ) is a passively managed Sector Equity Equity Precious Metals exchange-traded fund (ETF). Amplify ETFs launched the ETF in 2012.

The investment seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the total return performance of the Nasdaq Junior Silver Miners™ Index. The index tracks the performance of the equity securities (or corresponding American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) of companies actively engaged in silver mining industry (“Silver Companies”). The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the component securities of the index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the component securities in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

About Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ)

There are 2 members of the management team with an average tenure of 2.43 years: Charles Ragauss (2024) and Qiao Duan (2024). Management tenure is more important for actively managed ETFs than passive index ETFs.

The ETF has 2 primary benchmarks: S&P 500 (TR) (1970) index with a weighting of 100% and Nasdaq Junior Silver Miners TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has 70 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 55.5% of the ETF’s assets. The ETF meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The ETF is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Sector Equity ETF group. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has 72.0% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 27.7% There is 72.0% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has 0.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $3 billion in total assets, which is above the $2 billion average for the Equity Precious Metals category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

SILJ Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Equity Precious Metals category. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has an expense ratio of 0.69%, which is 11% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a D. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 47%, which indicates that it holds its assets around / 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 55% for the Equity Precious Metals category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF returned -16.4%, which earned it a grade of D, as the Equity Precious Metals category had an average return of -16.0%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all ETFs in that category.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has a trailing yield of 2.14%, which is below the 2.60% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Grades

Year to date, the ETF has returned -6.5%, 4.4 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 79.1% over the past year (grade of A), 44.4% over the past three years (grade of B) and 13.4% per year over the past five years (grade of F) and 7.5% per year over the past 10 years (grade of F).

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