About SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD)
SPDR Gold Trust (the Trust) is an investment trust. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust's expenses. The Trust's business activity is the investment of gold. The Trust creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares). The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to certain authorized participants (Authorized Participants) on an ongoing basis. The creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold and any cash represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which will be based on the combined net asset value of various Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received.
Basic Details
Issuer SSgA
Fund NameSPDR Gold Shares
Tax ClassificationGrantor Trust
SymbolNYSEARCA:GLD
Inception Date11/18/2004
Fund Manager
Phone+1-212-3173800
Fund Focus
Asset ClassCommodities
BenchmarkLondon Fix Gold PM PR USD
CategoryPrecious Metals
FocusGold
Development LevelBlended Development
RegionGlobal
Fund Statistics
Assets Under Management$36.60 billion
Average Daily Volume$6.91 million
Discount/Premium0.36%
ETF Expenses
Management Fee0.40%
Other Expenses0.00%
Total Expenses0.40%
Fee Waiver0.00%
Net Expenses0.40%
Administrator, Advisor and Custodian
Administrator
Advisor
CustodianHSBC Bank plc
Distributor
Transfer Agent
TrusteeThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Lead Market MakerVirtu Financial
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) Frequently Asked Questions
What is SPDR Gold Shares' stock symbol?
SPDR Gold Shares trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "GLD."
What price target have analysts set for GLD?
0 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for SPDR Gold Shares' stock. Their forecasts range from $28,000.00 to $28,000.00. On average, they anticipate SPDR Gold Shares' share price to reach $28,000.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for SPDR Gold Shares.
Are investors shorting SPDR Gold Shares?
SPDR Gold Shares saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,697,945 shares, a drop of 32.6% from the February 28th total of 14,381,363 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,240,882 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days.
Who are some of SPDR Gold Shares' key competitors?
Who are SPDR Gold Shares' key executives?
SPDR Gold Shares' management team includes the folowing people:
- William J. Shea, Chairman of the Board of the World Gold Trust Services, LLC (Age 69)
- Joseph R. Cavatoni, Principal Executive Officer of the World Gold Trust Services, LLC (Age 48)
- Laura S. Melman, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of the World Gold Trust Services, LLC (Age 51)
- Aram Shishmanian, Executive Director of the World Gold Trust Services, LLC (Age 66)
- Rocco Maggiotto, Director of the World Gold Trust Services, LLC (Age 66)
- Neal Wolkoff, Director of the World Gold Trust Services, LLC (Age 61)
Has SPDR Gold Shares been receiving favorable news coverage?
News headlines about GLD stock have been trending very positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. SPDR Gold Shares earned a media sentiment score of 0.53 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the exchange traded fund an impact score of 45.22 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.
How do I buy shares of SPDR Gold Shares?
Shares of GLD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is SPDR Gold Shares' stock price today?
One share of GLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $127.85.
How big of a company is SPDR Gold Shares?
SPDR Gold Shares has a market capitalization of $35.30 billion.
How can I contact SPDR Gold Shares?
SPDR Gold Shares' mailing address is 685 3rd Ave Ste 2702, NEW YORK, NY 10017-4024, United States. The exchange traded fund can be reached via phone at +1-212-3173800.
MarketBeat Community Rating for SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about SPDR Gold Shares and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe GLD will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe GLD will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) Price Target and Consensus Rating
(How are Consensus Ratings Calculated?) MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0-1.5 = Sell, 1.5-2.5 = Hold, 2.5-3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.
| Today | 30 Days Ago | 90 Days Ago | 180 Days Ago |
| Consensus Rating: | N/A | N/A | N/A | Buy |
| Consensus Rating Score: | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.00 |
| Ratings Breakdown: | 0 Sell Rating(s)
0 Hold Rating(s)
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0 Strong Buy Rating(s) | 0 Sell Rating(s)
0 Hold Rating(s)
0 Buy Rating(s)
0 Strong Buy Rating(s) | 0 Sell Rating(s)
0 Hold Rating(s)
0 Buy Rating(s)
0 Strong Buy Rating(s) | 0 Sell Rating(s)
0 Hold Rating(s)
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| Consensus Price Target: | $28,000.00 | $28,000.00 | $28,000.00 | N/A |
| Price Target Upside: | 21,800.66% upside | 23,219.73% upside | 23,219.73% upside | N/A |
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) Consensus Price Target History
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SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) Dividend History by Quarter
| Announced | Period | Amount | Yield | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payable Date |
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(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA GLD) News Headlines
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| Date | Headline |
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 | 3 Top Gold ETFs -- Which Is the Best to Buy?
finance.yahoo.com - April 15 at 4:08 PM |
| Will Mueller Be Good for Gold?
finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 10:54 AM |
| Commodities Are Mixed in the Early Hours on April 10
finance.yahoo.com - April 10 at 10:33 AM |
| How To Help Colleagues Suffering Mental Illness
finance.yahoo.com - April 6 at 10:56 AM |
| Trending: Amazon Plunges After Criticism From Trump
finance.yahoo.com - April 5 at 3:52 PM |
| What’s Driving the Rally in Commodities?
finance.yahoo.com - April 3 at 3:53 PM |
 | Gold slips, but mounting trade worries offer support
www.nasdaq.com - April 3 at 10:34 AM |
| Interesting GLD Put And Call Options For March 2019
www.nasdaq.com - April 3 at 10:34 AM |
 | Chart Of The Week: Gold And Real Yields
seekingalpha.com - April 3 at 10:34 AM |
| Keep Your Eye On The Charts
seekingalpha.com - April 3 at 10:34 AM |
 | SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) Short Interest Update
www.americanbankingnews.com - April 1 at 2:50 AM |
| Venezuela's Latest Economic Idiocy: Money With Fewer Zeros
finance.yahoo.com - March 30 at 10:23 AM |
| How the Dollar’s Rebound Affected Gold and Other Precious Metals
finance.yahoo.com - March 29 at 3:50 PM |
| Does Rising Inflation Support Gold?
finance.yahoo.com - March 28 at 3:49 PM |
| Gold Touched Its 5-Week High, and Silver Followed
finance.yahoo.com - March 28 at 3:49 PM |
| Reading the Gold-Palladium Spread in 2018
finance.yahoo.com - March 28 at 3:49 PM |
| Charting a bearish technical tilt, S&P 500 bounces from 200-day average
finance.yahoo.com - March 27 at 4:01 PM |
| Gold Completes 5-Year Breakout Pattern
finance.yahoo.com - March 26 at 10:59 AM |
| We're bullish on gold for the first time in five years, Goldman Sachs analysts say
finance.yahoo.com - March 26 at 10:59 AM |
| Gold & Silver Spell Relief - Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com - March 22 at 3:59 PM |
| Mid-Day ETF Update: ETFs, Stocks Deepen Losses as Trade War Worries Escalate Following Trump's $30 Bln Tariff Vs ... - Nasdaq
www.nasdaq.com - March 22 at 3:59 PM |
| Gold Breaks Out From Trendline Resistance
finance.yahoo.com - March 22 at 3:59 PM |
| Commodities Are Stable Early on March 22
finance.yahoo.com - March 22 at 3:59 PM |
| Silver Underperforms Gold in 2018: Can It Correct Its Course?
finance.yahoo.com - March 20 at 4:01 PM |
| Gold flirts with new low for 2018 ahead of Fed meeting
finance.yahoo.com - March 20 at 10:02 AM |
| ETF Asset Flows' Wild Ride - Nasdaq
www.nasdaq.com - March 19 at 4:03 PM |
| Overstock.com shares tumble, Broadcom shares lower, and Adobe shares beat on top and bottom lines
finance.yahoo.com - March 18 at 3:55 PM |
| Russian plane loses cargo of gold on takeoff
finance.yahoo.com - March 17 at 4:01 PM |
| Barnes & Noble and Williams-Sonoma shares climbing, and Noodles & Company shares rally
finance.yahoo.com - March 17 at 11:10 AM |
| Qualcomm, Dick's Sporting Goods, and GE shares slipping
finance.yahoo.com - March 15 at 11:03 AM |
 | Rethinking The Bitcoin-Gold Comparison - Benzinga
www.benzinga.com - March 14 at 3:55 PM |
| Sentiment Speaks: Follow The Herd With GDX And GLD
seekingalpha.com - March 13 at 11:46 AM |
 | Opinion: Here's the ideal amount of gold to keep in your investment portfolio - MarketWatch
www.marketwatch.com - March 12 at 3:53 PM |
 | Does Gold Belong in a Portfolio? - Barron's
www.barrons.com - March 12 at 3:53 PM |
| Movements in Precious Metals, Funds, and Mining Stocks
finance.yahoo.com - March 12 at 3:53 PM |
| Mattel shares drop, United Natural Foods beat on top and bottom lines, and El Pollo Loco shares higher in early trading
finance.yahoo.com - March 12 at 5:05 AM |
| Is Facebook spying on you
finance.yahoo.com - March 12 at 5:05 AM |
| A Bearish Case For Gold - Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com - March 10 at 4:01 PM |
| Autodesk shares soaring in early trade, Urban Outfitters see gross margins fall, and Netflix shares slip
finance.yahoo.com - March 9 at 4:03 PM |
| Private jobs jump, wage inflation rising, and U.S. trade deficit widest in nearly a decade
finance.yahoo.com - March 9 at 4:03 PM |
| Jobs Report Blows Expectations Out Of The Water
finance.yahoo.com - March 9 at 4:03 PM |
| ETF Preview: ETFs, Futures Turn Positive on Upbeat Nonfarm Payrolls Data - Nasdaq
www.nasdaq.com - March 9 at 12:19 PM |
 | PRECIOUS-Gold steady as investors await clarity on Trump's tariff plan - Reuters
www.reuters.com - March 8 at 3:56 PM |
 | PRECIOUS-Gold steady as investors await clarity on Trump's tariff plan
www.cnbc.com - March 8 at 11:27 AM |
| Gold slips into the red for second day
finance.yahoo.com - March 8 at 11:27 AM |
| 3 Ways to Play the Falling U.S. Dollar
finance.yahoo.com - March 7 at 3:54 PM |
| Why We All Need Trump's Trade Reform To Work
finance.yahoo.com - March 7 at 11:04 AM |
| MML Investors Services LLC Grows Holdings in SPDR Gold Trust (GLD)
www.americanbankingnews.com - March 6 at 1:14 PM |
| Gold gains as dollar index drops with Korea talks, trade row under watch
www.marketwatch.com - March 6 at 10:37 AM |
| Centenus Global Management LP Purchases Shares of 10,000 SPDR Gold Trust (GLD)
www.americanbankingnews.com - March 6 at 5:29 AM |
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