GLDW Roundhill Gold WeeklyPay ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GLDW paid 27.2% in cash and lost 2.1% in total, against 2.8% for GLD.
Promise check: MissedOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, GLDW paid 27.2% in cash and returned −2.1% in total, covering −7.7% of its payout.
GLDW risk and return scorecard
vs GLD · Nov 2025 to Oct 2026 · 51 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
51 weekly returns: annualized numbers and ratios need 52.
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Nov 2, 2026More on GLDW
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$37.30+4.2%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | GLD | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −2.8% | 1.6% | −4.4% | −1.9% | −0.9 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −6.5% | 6.1% | −12.2% | −4.4% | −2.1 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | −18.2% | 10.4% | −27.8% | −13.6% | −4.6 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −11.3% | 21.9% | −29.8% | −6.0% | −5.3 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −2.1% | 27.2% | −25.4% | +2.8% | −4.9 pts |
| Since launch Oct 30, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −4.5% | 26.5% | −27.3% | +0.6% | −5.1 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Oct 30, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −4.5% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Oct 2025: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
GLDW paid 27.2% in cash over the year while its total return was −2.1%, so it paid out more than it returned.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026GLDW: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $784k came in.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
GLDW, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 44 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 44 days missing.
GLDW, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 230 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 230 days missing.
GLDW, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 379 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 379 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from Roundhill’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for GLDW, back to Oct 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare GLDW with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months21 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into GLDW each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outOct 2025 to Nov 2026
GLDW, money in and money out each month from Oct 2025 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 are from GLDW’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Jul 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 11 months listed, money came in on net in 8 and went out in 2.
Bars for Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 are from GLDW’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 11 months listed, money came in on net in 8 and went out in 2.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: 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 data; 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 Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
GLDW key stats
GLDW return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
GLDW for holders outside the US
13 distributions for GLDW, $0.1094 to $0.3 a share and $0.1897 in the middle, Aug 10, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
GLDW pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.1094 a share, which went ex on Nov 2, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 9, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for GLDW. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for GLDW. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below GLDW.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: −7.7% · 16th pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
About GLDW
How we measure
12 seats on GLDW, as of Nov 4, 2026: 6 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about GLDW
- How much has GLDW paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GLDW paid 27.2% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 25.4%.
- Is GLDW ahead of GLD?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, GLDW returned −2.1% against +2.8% for Gold (GLD), so a holder was behind it by 4.9 points.
- How often does GLDW pay, and how much?
- GLDW pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 15.3% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the GLDW distribution return of capital?
- Roundhill estimates 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does GLDW next pay a distribution?
- GLDW pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Nov 2, 2026 at $0.1094 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 9, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
- What does GLDW cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.99% a year.
- How much of GLDW’s distribution is return of capital?
- Roundhill’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 12, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026, the estimate is 99.9%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025 puts it at 88.9% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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