FundNYSEARCACommodities (Gold)

Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF

AAAU NYSE Arca

Gold is a counter-cyclical asset that can provide portfolio diversification in times of market volatility.

41.09USD
+0.52 (+1.28%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Dividend yield
0.00%
Trailing 12 months
Volatility · 1Y
29.5%
High Risk
Beta
0.23
vs the market
52-week range
38.8853.21
01 Performance

How AAAU has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Subpar performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
0.0 pts
0%10%20%30% AAAU +1.3% Price +1.3%

Over 1 year, AAAU returned +1.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
29.5%High Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±30% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−26.3%
0%-15%−26.3%

Deepest fall −26.3% on Jul 16, 2026 — 168 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 75% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
AAAU tends to move+2.3%

A beta of 0.23 means AAAU has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 0.17 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Downtrend
41.09
  • 12-day average41.23 −0.3%
  • 26-day average41.77 −1.6%
  • 50-day average42.12 −2.5%
  • 200-day average42.35 −3.0%

The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought36.6

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Themes

Where AAAU shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold AAAU. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

05 Profile

About Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF

Gold is a counter-cyclical asset that can provide portfolio diversification in times of market volatility.

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
Ticker
AAAU
Exchange
NYSE Arca
ISIN
US7154261025
CUSIP
38150K103
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Commodities (Gold)
Industry
Gold (Physical)
All key statistics

Details

NameGoldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF
TickerAAAU
ISINUS7154261025
CUSIP38150K103
ExchangeNYSEARCA
CategoryCommodities (Gold)
Sub CategoryGold (Physical)
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateJul 26, 2018
Benchmark-

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD41.09
52W Low / High 38.88 / 53.21
1Y Total Return1.28%
Subpar
1Y Volatility29.28%
High Risk
Beta0.23
12M Dividends0.000
Last Dividend Date-
Dist. Frequency-
Dividend Yield0.00%

Dataas of Oct 13, 2026

AUM-
Discount/Premium-
NAV-
Shares Outstanding-
Volume 20D Avg-
Nbr of Holdings-
Risk Rank-
Net Expense-
Options available-
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