GAL · State Street Global Allocation ETF
GAL returned +9.6% over the year to Oct 20, 2026, charges 0.35% a year and holds $319m in net assets on Oct 20, 2026.
GAL is actively managed and returned +9.6% over the past year.
Price and total return, 1 year
$52.59+0.4%1 day, priceClose, Oct 20, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 18 – Oct 20, 2026 | −0.7% | +1.0% |
| 3M Jul 21 – Oct 20, 2026 | +0.2% | +3.0% |
| 6M Apr 21 – Oct 20, 2026 | +2.8% | +9.8% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026 | +8.1% | +13.7% |
| 1Y Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026 | +9.6% | +15.8% |
| 3Y Oct 20, 2023 – Oct 20, 2026 | +52.8% | +89.3% |
| 5Y Oct 21, 2021 – Oct 20, 2026 | +36.9% | +81.3% |
| 10Y Oct 21, 2016 – Oct 20, 2026 | +117.6% | +321.1% |
| Since launch Apr 26, 2012 – Oct 20, 2026 | +173.9% | +605.5% |
| Since launch, annualised Apr 26, 2012 – Oct 20, 2026 | +7.2% | – |
Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Annualised is the steady yearly rate that gives the since-launch total over the same days. Source: ETFIQ.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
GAL against the ETFIQ 50 to 70% benchmark
Holdings Jun 30, 2026 · prices Oct 20, 2026GAL holds 59.6% stocks, which places it in the 50 to 70% band with 23 other allocation ETFs. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic 60. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 GAL returned +10.33% against +8.93%, 1.40 points ahead.
Return table
Prices to Oct 20, 2026| YTD* | 1Y* | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Since start* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAL | +8.13% | +10.33% | +14.33% | +6.98% | +7.84% | +7.20% |
| Strategic 60, the reference | +6.98% | +8.93% | +14.30% | +6.57% | +7.93% | +7.43% |
| Difference | 1.15 points ahead | 1.40 points ahead | 0.03 points ahead | 0.41 points ahead | 0.09 points behind | 0.23 points behind |
*Hypothetical as a whole: the window begins before the tracked date, Oct 3, 2026. YTD and 1Y are total returns; 3Y, 5Y, 10Y and since start are annualised. 1Y to 10Y end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026; YTD and since start run to Oct 20, 2026. Since start: from Apr 26, 2012, annualised from Apr 30, 2012. Series starts Jan 4, 2010; tracked from Oct 3, 2026; earlier figures are hypothetical.
Percentile in band
Band 50 to 70% · 24 funds · 3-year return to Sep 30, 2026Calendar years with percentile in band
Band 50 to 70% · 24 funds · years to Dec 31, 2025| Year | GAL | Benchmark | Band median | Percentile · funds | Band low to high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025* | +15.96% | +16.19% | +15.96% | 50th of 15 · at the median | +3.77%+22.77% |
| 2024* | +9.85% | +10.26% | +10.02% | 42nd of 13 · below the median | +3.79%+17.63% |
| 2023* | +13.32% | +15.32% | 7 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2023; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2022* | −13.41% | −15.83% | 7 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2022; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2021* | +12.24% | +9.94% | 7 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2021; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2020* | +9.30% | +13.74% | 7 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2020; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2019* | +19.60% | +19.51% | 7 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2019; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2018* | −7.70% | −5.74% | 6 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2018; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2017* | +18.67% | +15.71% | 6 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2017; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2016* | +2.90% | +6.23% | 6 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2016; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2015* | −2.36% | −0.69% | 5 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2015; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2014* | +5.37% | +4.66% | 4 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2014; a percentile needs 10 | ||
| 2013* | +12.81% | +12.40% | 4 of the 24 funds in the moderate band have a total return in 2013; a percentile needs 10 | ||
*Hypothetical: the year begins before Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze the benchmark's rule. The band is the funds in it today, each measured in the years it existed; a year with fewer than 10 of them has no percentile. GAL's first close is Apr 26, 2012, so its first whole calendar year is 2013.
Risk by window
Prices to Sep 30, 2026| Measure | 3 years* | 5 years* | 10 years* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Benchmark | Portfolio | Benchmark | Portfolio | Benchmark | |
Volatility (annualised) Standard deviation of monthly returns, annualised | 8.03% | 8.59% | 10.60% | 10.97% | 10.68% | 10.07% |
Maximum drawdown Largest peak-to-trough fall in the window | −9.12% (Feb 18 to Apr 8, 2025) | −9.76% | −21.14% (Nov 8, 2021 to Sep 27, 2022) | −22.31% | −28.31% (Feb 12 to Mar 23, 2020) | −22.31% |
Worst month Lowest single calendar-month return | −4.19% (Mar 2026) | −4.43% | −7.20% (Sep 2022) | −7.38% | −11.49% (Mar 2020) | −9.25% |
Sharpe on T-bills Excess return over 3-month T-bills, per unit of volatility | 1.16 | 1.09 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.53 | 0.56 |
Beta to benchmark Sensitivity to the benchmark’s moves | 0.92 | measured against itself | 0.95 | measured against itself | 1.04 | measured against itself |
Up capture Share of benchmark gains kept in up months | 96.00% | measured against itself | 98.66% | measured against itself | 103.78% | measured against itself |
Down capture Share of benchmark losses taken in down months | 87.89% | measured against itself | 95.01% | measured against itself | 107.20% | measured against itself |
*Hypothetical as a whole: the window begins before Oct 3, 2026. Drawdowns are on daily values; the other measures are from monthly returns. The benchmark measured against itself has no beta or capture.
Costs
Prospectus, Oct 24, 2025| Layer | A year | On $10,000 | Source · date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund fee | 0.35% | $35 | 485BPOS XBRL · Oct 24, 2025 |
Every return above is after the fund's fee.
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Data sourced by Tiingo.
GAL top ten by weight, 88.9% of the fund, of its 17 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: the issuer’s own daily file. Data as of Oct 19, 2026. Updated each trading day. Last checked Oct 21, 2026. Report a data error
Money in and out
Daily figures · as of Oct 20, 2026GAL: in the year to Oct 20, 2026, net $33.4m came in; in the month to Oct 20, 2026, $3.7m came in.
Oct 20, 2026
Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026
Sep 21, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026
Jul 21, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026
Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026
Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026
SEC filings, then daily counts
GAL, net flow each trading day over the 63 sessions from Jul 23, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026: money came in on 19 days and went out on 2 days.
Money in on 19 of the 63 trading days, out on 2.
GAL, net flow each trading day over the 252 sessions from Oct 20, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026: money came in on 48 days and went out on 13 days.
Money in on 48 of the 252 trading days, out on 13.
GAL, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 19, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026: money came in on 64 days and went out on 23 days.
Money in on 64 of the 400 trading days, out on 23.
Computed by ETFIQ from State Street’s daily figures: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value.
How this is computed
Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Figures are net: money in less money out. Checked against the filing: The month’s daily sum and the filing’s B.6 figure agree within rounding or, where the filing’s is larger, within rounding plus the fund’s creation and redemption fees. The full rule is in the fund’s flows file. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for GAL, back to Jul 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare GAL with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months65 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year53 weeks
Net flow into GAL each week, Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with a figure. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outNov 2023 to Oct 2026
GAL, money in and money out each month from Nov 2023 to Sep 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Nov 2023 to Jun 2026 are from GAL’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Jul 2026 to Sep 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 21 and went out in 15.
Bars for Nov 2023 to Jun 2026 are from GAL’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Jul 2026 to Sep 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 21 and went out in 15.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily figures: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily figures; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
GAL key stats
About GAL
Questions people ask about GAL
- How has GAL performed?
- Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, GAL returned +9.6% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the figure is +52.8%.
- What does GAL cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year.
- What does GAL hold?
- 17 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, with the top ten at 88.9% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
- How far is GAL below its high?
- 2.2% below its high of Aug 27, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 20, 2026.
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