# IAU (iShares Gold Trust)

iShares · Commodity ETFs · Single commodity or commodity sector · data as of Oct 28, 2026

IAU charges 0.25% a year by its 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 and returned +2.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IAU returned 2.7% against 2.5% for GLD, on the price of gold. Fees aside, IAU finished level with GLD. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/commodities/

IAU holds gold and returned +2.7% over the past year.

## Key facts

- IAU, total return, 1 year: +2.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IAU, expense ratio: 0.25%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IAU, troy ounces of gold (10-Q, Jun 30, 2026): 14.9m, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- IAU, below its high: −24.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IAU, net assets: $60.1bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026).
- IAU, benchmark: The price of gold, measured by GLD, which also holds gold (ETFIQ, from its filings).

## IAU over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (GLD) | Gap to GLD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −1.2% | −1.2% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | +0.7% | +0.7% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | −10.5% | −10.5% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | −5.7% | −5.8% | +0.1 pts |
| 1 year | +2.7% | +2.5% | +0.2 pts |
| 3 years | +101.4% | +100.7% | +0.7 pts |
| 5 years | +125.7% | +124.1% | +1.6 pts |
| 10 years | +211.5% | +207.2% | +4.3 pts |
| Since launch | +796.8% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +10.6% | – | – |

## IAU key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $101.57 on Jan 29, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $74.21 on Nov 4, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $76.57, 9% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 0.99, against GLD (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 1.00 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)

## IAU trading

- Not scored.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 28 close: +0.81%; 95% of days within ±1.74%.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/iau/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it holds | Gold | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Commodity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Commodities · Single commodity or commodity sector | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio, three months to Jun 30, 2026 | 0.25% | 10-Q, Aug 6, 2026 |
| Price | $76.57 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Jan 28, 2005 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $60.1bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026 |
| Benchmark | The price of gold, measured by GLD, which also holds gold | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| IAU, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +2.7% | ETFIQ |
| GLD, the same days | +2.5% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | +0.2 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −24.6% | ETFIQ |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$99.9m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$8.7m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$256m |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$4.3bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$2.9bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/iau.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has IAU performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IAU returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. Over three years the number is +101.4%.

### What does IAU cost?

Its expense ratio is 0.25% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

### How far is IAU below its high?

24.6% below its high of Jan 29, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What is the expense ratio of IAU?

IAU's expense ratio is 0.25% a year, read from 10-Q, Aug 6, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, IAU, commodity fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/iau
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