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iShares Gold Trust (IAU) Price, Holdings, & News

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$83.11 +0.83 (+1.01%)
As of 04:10 PM Eastern

About iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$82.44
$83.27
50-Day Range
$74.80
$82.98
52-Week Range
$62.48
$104.40
Volume
4.92 million shs
Average Volume
10.31 million shs
Market Capitalization
$68.64 billion
Assets Under Management
$64.43 billion
Dividend Yield
N/A
Net Expense Ratio
0.25%
Aggregate Rating
N/A

ETF Overview

iShares Gold Trust (the Trust) is to own gold transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust (Shares). Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust consist of gold held by the Trust's custodian on behalf of the Trust. The sponsor of the Trust is iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the Sponsor), which is an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. The trustee of the Trust is The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) and the custodian of the Trust is JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London branch (the Custodian). The activities of the Trust are limited to issuing Baskets of Shares in exchange for the gold deposited with the Custodian as consideration; selling gold as necessary to cover the Sponsor's fee, Trust expenses not assumed by the Sponsor and other liabilities, and delivering gold in exchange for Baskets of Shares surrendered for redemption. The Trust is not actively managed.

iShares Gold Trust Expenses

TypeIAUGold ETFsCommodities ETFsNYSEARCA ETFsAll ETFs
Management Fee0.25%0.53%0.69%0.51%0.53%
Other Expenses0.00%0.23%0.48%0.60%0.54%
Total Expense0.25%0.58%0.93%0.75%0.73%
Fee Waiver0.00%-0.64%-0.84%-0.77%-0.68%
Net Expense0.25%0.52%0.67%0.57%0.60%
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IAU ETF - Frequently Asked Questions

iShares Gold Trust's stock was trading at $81.17 at the beginning of the year. Since then, IAU shares have increased by 2.4% and is now trading at $83.11.

iShares Gold Trust's stock reverse split on Monday, May 24th 2021.The 1-2 reverse split was announced on Wednesday, March 3rd 2021. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Friday, May 21st 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 50 shares after the split.

Top institutional shareholders of iShares Gold Trust include BlackRock Inc. (1.06%), HighTower Advisors LLC (0.39%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.22%) and AlTi Global Inc. (0.20%).

Shares of IAU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that iShares Gold Trust investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), AbbVie (ABBV), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (VTIP), Pembina Pipeline (PBA) and Meta Platforms (META).

Fund Details

Issuer
iShares
Fund Name
iShares Gold Trust
Tax Classification
Grantor Trust
Stock Exchange
NYSEARCA
Current Symbol
NYSEARCA:IAU
Inception Date
1/21/2005
Fund Manager
N/A

Fund Focus

Asset Class
Commodities
Benchmark
LBMA Gold Price
Category
Precious Metals
Focus
Gold
Development Level
Blended Development
Region
Global
Number of Holdings
0

Fund Statistics

Assets Under Management
$64.43 billion
Average Daily Volume
$5.23 million
Discount/Premium
-0.27%

Administrator, Advisor and Custodian

Administrator
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Custodian
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch
Distributor
BlackRock Investments, LLC
Transfer Agent
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Trustee
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Lead Market Maker
Virtu Financial

Options

Optionable
Optionable
Options Volume
3,611
Put Options
673
Call Options
2,938
Short Interest
5,437,155 shs

Miscellaneous

Beta
0.18
Creation Unit
50,000
Creation Fee
$500.00
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Top 1 IAU Holdings

  • Gold
    Holding Weight: 100.00%

This page (NYSEARCA:IAU) was last updated on 8/17/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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