Top 12 Gold ETFs - ETF Database

Gold ETFs provide investors with exposure to gold by tracking the price changes of gold. This allows investors to profit from gold price changes without having to own the physical asset.

Click on the tabs below to see more information on Gold ETFs, including historical performance, dividends, holdings, expense ratios, technical indicators, analysts reports and more. Click on an ETF ticker or name to go to its detail page, for in-depth news, financial data and graphs. By default the list is ordered by descending total market capitalization. Note that ETFs are usually tagged by ETFdb analysts as more than one type; for example, an inverse gold ETF may be tagged as “inverse” and as “gold” and as “commodity”.

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As of 01/22/2021

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This is a list of all Gold ETFs traded in the USA which are currently tagged by ETF Database. Please note that the list may not contain newly issued ETFs. If you’re looking for a more simplified way to browse and compare ETFs, you may want to visit our ETFdb.com Categories, which categorize every ETF in a single “best fit” category.

* Assets and Average Volume as of 2021-01-22 15:21 EST

This page includes historical return information for all Gold ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database.

The table below includes fund flow data for all U.S. listed Gold ETFs. Total fund flow is the capital inflow into an ETF minus the capital outflow from the ETF for a particular time period.

Fund Flows in millions of U.S. Dollars.

The following table includes expense data and other descriptive information for all Gold ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database. In addition to expense ratio and issuer information, this table displays platforms that offer commission-free trading for certain ETFs.

Clicking on any of the links in the table below will provide additional descriptive and quantitative information on Gold ETFs.

The following table includes ESG Scores and other descriptive information for all Gold ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database. Easily browse and evaluate ETFs by visiting our ESG Investing themes section and find ETFs that map to various environmental, social, governance and morality themes.

This page includes historical dividend information for all Gold ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database. Note that certain ETPs may not make dividend payments, and as such some of the information below may not be meaningful.

The table below includes basic holdings data for all U.S. listed Gold ETFs that are currently tagged by ETF Database. The table below includes the number of holdings for each ETF and the percentage of assets that the top ten assets make up, if applicable. For more detailed holdings information for any ETF, click on the link in the right column.

The following table includes certain tax information for all Gold ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database, including applicable short-term and long-term capital gains rates and the tax form on which gains or losses in each ETF will be reported.

This page contains certain technical information for all Gold ETFs that are listed on U.S. exchanges and tracked by ETF Database. Note that the table below only includes limited technical indicators; click on the “View” link in the far right column for each ETF to see an expanded display of the product’s technicals.

This page provides links to various analysis for all Gold ETFs that are listed on U.S. exchanges and tracked by ETF Database. The links in the table below will guide you to various analytical resources for the relevant ETF, including an X-ray of holdings, official fund fact sheet, or objective analyst report.

This page provides ETFdb Ratings for all Gold ETFs that are listed on U.S. exchanges and tracked by ETF Database. The ETFdb Ratings are transparent, quant-based evaluations of ETFs relative to other products in the same ETFdb.com Category. As such, it should be noted that this page may include ETFs from multiple ETFdb.com Categories.

Symbol	ETF Name	Asset Class	Natural Resource	Total Assets ($MM)	YTD	Avg Volume	Previous Closing Price	1-Day Change	1 Week	4 Week	1 year	3 year	5 year	ETFdb.com Category	Inception	ER	Commission Free	Annual Dividend Rate	Dividend Date	Dividend	Annual Dividend Yield %	P/E Ratio	Beta	# of Holdings	% In Top 10	Complete	ST Cap Gain Rate	LT Cap Gain Rate	Tax Form	Lower Bollinger	Upper Bollinger	Support 1	Resistance 1	RSI	Advanced	Fact Sheet	ETF Holdings	Chart	ETF Home Page	Head-To-Head	Liquidity Rating	Expenses Rating	ESG Score	ESG Score Peer Percentile (%)	ESG Score Global Percentile (%)	Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)	SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)	Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	Commodity	Precious Metals	$70,070.00	-2.50%	9,893,192	$173.90	-0.79%	1.62%	-1.39%	18.20%	37.56%	64.85%	Precious Metals	2004-11-18	0.40%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.03	1	100.00%	View	35%	28%	1099	$169.88	$181.99	$172.74	$174.68	47.48	View	View	View	View	View	View	A+	A-	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IAU	iShares Gold Trust	Commodity	Precious Metals	$31,543.20	-2.43%	20,505,842	$17.69	-0.73%	1.67%	-1.28%	18.41%	38.42%	66.10%	Precious Metals	2005-01-28	0.25%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.02	1	100.00%	View	35%	28%	1099	$17.27	$18.50	$17.57	$17.77	47.65	View	View	View	View	View	View	A	A+	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GLDM	SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust	Commodity	Precious Metals	$4,075.06	-2.53%	3,027,132	$18.46	-0.86%	1.60%	-1.44%	18.41%	N/A	N/A	Precious Metals	2018-06-25	0.18%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.07	1	100.00%	View	39%	20%	1099	$18.04	$19.32	$18.34	$18.54	47.40	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SGOL	Aberdeen Standard Physical Gold Shares ETF	Commodity	Precious Metals	$2,646.12	-2.46%	1,462,190	$17.83	-0.78%	1.60%	-1.33%	18.47%	38.26%	65.92%	Precious Metals	2009-09-09	0.17%	Charles Schwab	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.03	1	100.00%	View	35%	28%	1099	$17.41	$18.65	$17.71	$17.90	47.59	View	View	View	View	View	View	A-	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BAR	GraniteShares Gold Trust	Commodity	Precious Metals	$1,116.89	-2.38%	644,662	$18.44	-0.70%	1.65%	-1.34%	18.51%	38.46%	N/A	Precious Metals	2017-08-31	0.17%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.10	1	100.00%	View	39%	28%	1099	$18.01	$19.29	$18.32	$18.52	47.69	View	View	View	View	View	View	B-	C+	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AAAU	Perth Mint Physical Gold ETF	Commodity	Precious Metals	$436.59	-2.48%	601,894	$18.47	-0.81%	1.60%	-1.28%	18.51%	N/A	N/A	Precious Metals	2018-08-15	0.18%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.09	1	100.00%	View	39%	20%	1099	$18.04	$19.32	$18.35	$18.54	47.59	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OUNZ	Van Eck Merk Gold Trust	Commodity	Precious Metals	$433.73	-2.43%	310,989	$18.07	-0.71%	1.57%	-1.36%	18.26%	37.73%	65.02%	Precious Metals	2014-05-16	0.25%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.03	1	100.00%	View	35%	28%	1099	$17.66	$18.91	$17.96	$18.15	47.48	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	A-	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UGL	ProShares Ultra Gold	Commodity	Precious Metals	$267.48	-5.63%	188,900	$64.36	-1.58%	3.12%	-3.59%	24.49%	52.04%	101.00%	Leveraged Commodities	2008-12-01	0.95%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.03	1	100.00%	View	23%	23%	K-1	$61.24	$71.13	$63.50	$64.90	46.31	View	View	View	View	View	View	B+	B+	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DBP	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	Commodity	Precious Metals	$128.80	-3.09%	22,794	$51.12	-1.16%	1.74%	-1.91%	20.37%	33.51%	57.20%	Precious Metals	2007-01-05	0.75%	N/A	$0.00	2019-12-23	$0.52	0.00%	0.00	0.16	6	100.00%	View	23%	23%	K-1	$49.85	$54.16	$51.01	$51.23	47.51	View	View	View	View	View	View	B+	C+	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DGL	Invesco DB Gold Fund	Commodity	Precious Metals	$108.31	-2.89%	36,798	$53.76	-0.98%	1.44%	-1.86%	15.63%	31.55%	54.50%	Precious Metals	2007-01-05	0.75%	N/A	$0.00	2019-12-23	$0.86	0.00%	0.00	0.04	6	100.01%	View	23%	23%	K-1	$52.53	$56.62	$53.63	$53.86	46.16	View	View	View	View	View	View	A-	C+	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IAUF	iShares Gold Strategy ETF	Commodity	Precious Metals	$23.05	-2.50%	5,962	$57.26	-0.88%	1.62%	-1.39%	14.71%	N/A	N/A	Precious Metals	2018-06-06	0.25%	N/A	$4.47	2020-12-14	$4.47	7.76%	0.00	0.07	2	100.00%	View	39%	20%	1099	$55.88	$60.11	$57.02	$57.49	47.01	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	6.58	97.81%	72.24%	0.0	0.00%	0.00%
GLL	ProShares UltraShort Gold	Commodity	Precious Metals	$19.14	4.36%	79,081	$32.50	1.59%	-3.10%	2.03%	-35.41%	-50.86%	-69.60%	Leveraged Commodities	2008-12-01	1.32%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.03	1	100.00%	View	23%	23%	K-1	$29.83	$33.94	$32.25	$32.88	51.35	View	View	View	View	View	View	B	B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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Gold Commodity Power Rankings New

31 ^st

3-Mo. Fund Flow:

30 ^th

Avg. 3-Mo. Return:

1 ^st

Aggregate AUM:

2 ^nd

Avg. Expense Ratio:

22 ^nd

Avg. Dividend Yield:

Commodity power rankings are rankings between Gold and all other U.S.-listed commodity ETFs on certain investment-related metrics, including 3-month fund flows, 3-month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yields. The metric calculations are based on U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to a specific commodity. If an ETF changes its commodity classification, it will also be reflected in the investment metric calculations. The calculations exclude all other asset classes and inverse ETFs.

Fund Flow Leaderboard

Gold and all other commodities are ranked based on their aggregate 3-month fund flows for all U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective commodities. 3-month fund flows is a metric that can be used to gauge the perceived popularity amongst investors of Gold relative to other commodities. All values are in U.S. dollars.

Return Leaderboard

Gold and all other commodities are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average 3-month return for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective commodities. In addition to price performance, the 3-month return assumes the reinvestment of all dividends during the last 3 months.

AUM Leaderboard

Gold and all other commodities are ranked based on their aggregate assets under management (AUM) for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective commodities. All values are in U.S. dollars.

Expense Leaderboard

Gold and all other commodities are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average expense ratios for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective commodities. The lower the average expense ratio for all U.S.-listed ETFs in a commodity, the higher the rank.

Dividend Leaderboard

Gold and all other commodities are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average dividend yield for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective commodities.

Commodity	Fund Flow Rank	+/-	Return Rank	+/-	AUM Rank	+/-	Expense Rank	+/-	Dividend Rank	+/-	# of ETFs
Broad Diversified	1	-	17	1	3	-	17	-	2	-	23
Natural Gas	2	1	31	-	8	-	31	-	19	-	5
Broad Agriculture	3	1	20	-	6	1	26	-	1	-	6
Broad Precious Metals	4	1	29	1	7	1	12	-	23	-	2
Copper	5	1	11	3	13	-	18	-	17	-	2
Platinum	6	3	8	1	5	-	14	-	8	-	3
Broad Industrial Metals	7	-	22	7	11	-	20	-	29	-	3
Carbon Allowances	8	-	9	6	20	-	1	-	18	-	2
Coffee	9	2	12	11	16	-	3	-	12	-	1
Broad Livestock	10	2	28	1	22	1	8	-	26	-	1
Cocoa	11	1	24	1	23	-	24	-	10	-	1
Nickel	12	2	14	2	24	-	9	-	16	-	1
Cotton	13	8	21	7	25	-	4	-	30	-	1
Wheat	14	1	23	1	17	-	28	-	4	-	1
Lead	15	1	16	2	30	-	23	-	11	-	1
Aluminum	16	1	25	3	29	1	5	-	13	-	1
Biofuels	17	-	1	-	31	-	21	-	20	-	1
Broad Softs	18	-	15	4	27	-	7	-	15	-	1
Tin	19	-	13	-	28	1	6	-	14	-	1
Broad Energy	20	-	10	-	18	-	19	-	25	-	3
Grains	21	2	5	2	21	1	10	-	3	-	2
Sugar	22	-	18	3	19	-	16	-	7	-	2
Food	23	1	19	2	26	-	15	-	21	-	1
Corn	24	3	7	4	12	-	29	-	27	-	1
Gasoline	25	-	2	-	15	-	22	-	6	-	1
Palladium	26	-	27	2	10	1	13	-	9	-	1
Soybeans	27	1	3	3	14	-	30	-	5	-	1
Brent Oil	28	1	6	2	9	1	27	-	28	-	1
Silver	29	27	26	-	2	-	11	-	31	-	6
Crude Oil	30	-	4	1	4	-	25	-	24	-	7
Gold	31	-	30	-	1	-	2	-	22	-	16
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* Ranks are updated on a weekly basis. Last updated on Jan 18, 2021

ETF Issuer League Tables - Gold Commodity New

ETF issuers who have ETFs with exposure to Gold are ranked on certain investment-related metrics, including estimated revenue, 3-month fund flows, 3-month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yields. The metric calculations are based on U.S.-listed Gold ETFs and every Gold ETF has one issuer. If an issuer changes its ETFs, it will also be reflected in the investment metric calculations.

ETF Issuer Revenue League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their estimated revenue from their ETFs with exposure to Gold. Estimated revenue for an ETF issuer is calculated by aggregating the estimated revenue of the respective issuer ETFs with exposure to Gold. To get the estimated issuer revenue from a single Gold ETF, the AUM is multiplied by the ETF’s expense ratio. All values are in U.S. dollars.

ETF Issuer Fund Flow League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their aggregate 3-month fund flows of their ETFs with exposure to Gold. 3-month fund flows is a metric that can be used to gauge the perceived popularity amongst investors of different ETF issuers with ETFs that have exposure to Gold. All values are in U.S. dollars.

ETF Issuer Return League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average 3-month return of their ETFs with exposure to Gold. In addition to price performance, the 3-month return assumes the reinvestment of all dividends during the last 3 months.

ETF Issuer AUM League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their aggregate assets under management (AUM) of their ETFs with exposure to Gold. All values are in U.S. dollars.

ETF Issuer Expense League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average expense ratios of their ETFs with exposure to Gold. The lower the average expense ratio of all U.S.-listed Gold ETFs for a given issuer, the higher the rank.

ETF Issuer Dividend League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average dividend yield of their ETFs with exposure to Gold.

Issuer	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	# of ETFs	issuer_power_ranking_sort_text
Aberdeen Standard Investments	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Aberdeen Standard Investments
Credit Suisse	4	1	2	-	-	1	2	Credit Suisse
DWS	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	DWS
GraniteShares	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	GraniteShares
Invesco	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Invesco
iShares	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	iShares
Merk Funds	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Merk Funds
Perth Mint	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	Perth Mint
ProShares	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	ProShares
State Street SPDR	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	State Street SPDR
U.S. Global Investors	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	U.S. Global Investors
UBS	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	UBS
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