This ETF seeks to replicate a benchmark that invests in futures contracts on gold, and is intended to reflect the spot price of gold. Commodity exposure in a portfolio used to be a binary choice, either one invested in them, or they did not. Now, commodities have been proven as powerful inflation hedging tools with the power to generate powerful returns for an individual portfolio. This fund is based on futures-contracts to makes it subject to the risks of contango, backwardation, and other problems that are associated with futures-backed products. Despite setbacks, this product can be a powerful tool if the investor fully understand the complexities of the ETF and how to trade it. DGL gives a unique exposure to gold, where many ETFs offer physical exposure, the futures-based approach DGL takes may be more appealing to investors who understand how to use this complex product.
| Segment | Commodities: Precious Metals Gold |
| Category | Precious Metals |
| Focus | Gold |
| Niche | Optimized |
| Strategy | Optimized commodity |
| Weighting Scheme | Single Asset |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
| DGL | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Holdings | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| % of Assets in Top 10 | 100.00% | 85.18% | 82.35% |
| % of Assets in Top 15 | 100.00% | 85.18% | 82.35% |
| % of Assets in Top 50 | 100.00% | 85.18% | 82.35% |
| DGL | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>12.9B) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mid (>2.7B) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Small (>600M) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Micro (<600M) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
| DGL | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $ 0.86 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.33 |
| Dividend Date | 2019-12-23 | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Dividend Rate | N/A | $ 0.18 | $ 0.29 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | N/A | 0.36% | 0.58% |
View charts featuring DGL price and volume data.
View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: 0 1 Month Net Flows: 0 3 Month Net Flows: 5.38 M 6 Month Net Flows: 10.62 M 1 Year Net Flows: -4.18 M 3 Year Net Flows: -56.2 M 5 Year Net Flows: -96.21 M 10 Year Net Flows: -195.69 MView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for DGL on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Precious Metals with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
| Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 27.84% |
| Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 27.84% |
| Tax On Distributions | No distributions |
| Distributes K1 | Yes |
DGL does not have an ESG score. There are no ESG themes that map to this ETF.
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers.
| DGL |
ETF Database
Category Average |
Factset Segment
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Return | -7.71% | -8.71% | -6.82% |
| 3 Month Return | -2.05% | -4.25% | -1.50% |
| YTD Return | -1.00% | -2.13% | -0.55% |
| 1 Year Return | -2.52% | -10.56% | -2.24% |
| 3 Year Return | 33.08% | 23.26% | 20.37% |
| 5 Year Return | 36.22% | 17.72% | 12.97% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of DGL's underlying holdings.
The following charts reflect the allocation of DGL's underlying holdings.
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
| 5 Day Volatility | 74.84% |
| 20 Day Volatility | 14.88% |
| 50 Day Volatility | 17.28% |
| 200 Day Volatility | 15.56% |
| Beta | 0.11 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.75% |
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