iShares Gold Trust
Symbol: IAU
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: N/A
Category: Commodities Focused
Inception date: 21/01/2005
Latest date: 15/10/2026
Current price: $78.47
Expense ratio: 0.25%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
-2.86%
Ann. -76.53% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
37.52%
Sharpe ratio
-2.137
VaR 95%
-4.16%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
2.87%
Ann. 35.81% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
42.19%
Sharpe ratio
0.763
VaR 95%
-4.05%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-13.04%
Ann. 46.97% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
34.41%
Sharpe ratio
1.259
VaR 95%
-3.74%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-1.07%
Ann. 49.42% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
28.00%
Sharpe ratio
1.635
VaR 95%
-2.72%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
56.07%
Ann. 43.06% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
22.57%
Sharpe ratio
1.747
VaR 95%
-2.05%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
115.93%
Ann. 33.16% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
19.68%
Sharpe ratio
1.501
VaR 95%
-1.81%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Daily returns for period 12M
Daily simple returns from the same adjusted closes used by the performance chart: 15/10/2025 - 15/10/2026.
Average daily return
0.013%
Best day
6.235%
Worst day
-10.21%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/10/2026 | $78.10 | $78.48 | $77.85 | $78.47 | 3,730,400 |
| 14/10/2026 | $76.88 | $77.19 | $76.55 | $77.07 | 4,734,000 |
| 13/10/2026 | $78.72 | $78.72 | $77.94 | $78.25 | 3,712,400 |
| 12/10/2026 | $78.43 | $78.47 | $78.17 | $78.34 | 5,468,900 |
| 09/10/2026 | $78.73 | $78.99 | $78.58 | $78.87 | 2,877,900 |
| 08/10/2026 | $77.47 | $77.88 | $77.13 | $77.66 | 3,226,200 |
| 07/10/2026 | $76.90 | $77.53 | $76.73 | $77.06 | 3,375,100 |
| 06/10/2026 | $78.19 | $78.64 | $77.88 | $78.37 | 2,969,300 |
| 05/10/2026 | $78.05 | $78.06 | $77.50 | $77.82 | 4,058,900 |
| 02/10/2026 | $78.81 | $78.97 | $77.53 | $77.95 | 3,636,000 |