iShares Gold Trust
Symbol: IAU
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: N/A
Category: Commodities Focused
Inception date: 21/01/2005
Latest date: 16/07/2026
Current price: $74.80
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
-8.22%
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
-17.04%
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
-13.30%
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
18.52%
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
60.31%
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
101.94%
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: 16/07/2025 - 16/07/2026.
Average daily return
0.083%
Best day
6.235%
Worst day
-10.21%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/07/2026 | $75.30 | $75.51 | $74.62 | $74.80 | 5,619,200 |
| 15/07/2026 | $76.26 | $76.75 | $75.73 | $76.28 | 2,942,300 |
| 14/07/2026 | $76.77 | $77.11 | $76.03 | $76.27 | 3,520,800 |
| 13/07/2026 | $76.39 | $76.42 | $74.97 | $75.25 | 4,392,400 |
| 10/07/2026 | $76.86 | $77.39 | $76.59 | $77.26 | 2,748,600 |
| 09/07/2026 | $77.58 | $77.80 | $77.36 | $77.51 | 5,457,000 |
| 08/07/2026 | $76.49 | $76.94 | $75.63 | $76.74 | 3,337,100 |
| 07/07/2026 | $78.35 | $78.61 | $76.97 | $77.37 | 3,420,700 |
| 06/07/2026 | $77.90 | $78.39 | $77.64 | $78.30 | 11,490,500 |
| 02/07/2026 | $77.32 | $77.93 | $77.12 | $77.51 | 4,674,000 |