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U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF

GOAUNYSE ArcaC

$43.40+0.13 (+0.30%)

As of Oct 13, 2026, 3:59 PM

C45/ 100

Rank 11 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners

C45/100Rank 11 of 18inPrecious Metals Miners
Intraday session: up, 69 prints from 43.27 to 43.40. Range 42.34 to 43.40. Use the arrow keys to read each point.42.4042.6042.8043.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$188M
1Y total return
+10.2%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.92%
Holdings
30
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$42.37
52W range
low $34.34high $57.09
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net GOAU Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

C

Score 45 out of 100

Category
Precious Metals Miners⁠
Rank
11 of 18
Six-pillar profile for GOAU. Scores out of 100: Cost 41, Risk 64, Mission not scored, Tradability 26, Holdings 59, Durability 49. Strongest: Risk (64). Weakest: Tradability (26). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 45 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    C41 out of 100
    Rank 11 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B64 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 17

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D26 out of 100
    Rank 13 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B59 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 18

Our read on GOAU

ETF.net Research

CMost gold-miner funds just own the diggers. GOAU's index also makes room for royalty and streaming companies, the ones that collect a cut of production without running the mine, in a concentrated lineup of about 30 names.

Stated mandate

The fund tracks the U.S. Global Go Gold and Precious Metal Miners Index, which targets globally listed precious-metals companies primarily engaged in mining, production, royalties, or production streams.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The mandate reaches past pure miners: royalty and production-stream companies sit alongside producers, so the basket includes the toll-collectors of the gold business.
  2. 02About 30 holdings, so the screens actually show up in the portfolio instead of getting diluted into a whole-sector basket.
  3. 03Does what the label says, staying closely aligned with the U.S. Global Go Gold and Precious Metal Miners Index it is built to track.
  4. 04Live since 2017, so there is a real multi-year record behind it rather than a fresh launch and a backtest.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.60% a year it runs above the peer-group median, and broader options like RING (0.39%) and GDX (0.51%) charge less for miner exposure.
  2. 02Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so trading costs can run wider than at the household-name miner funds.
  3. 03Concentration cuts both ways: with roughly 30 miners, one company's news lands harder here than in a sprawling sector index.

GOAU Holdings

As of Oct 12, 2026
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
30
Top-10 weight
57%
Largest holding
FNV10.3%

Geography

  • Canada60.50%
  • United States16.22%
  • Australia10.91%
  • South Africa8.37%
  • Peru2.11%
  • United Kingdom1.88%

Developed 87% · Emerging 13% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001FNVFranco-Nevada Corp10.25%80,190$19M36
002RGLDRoyal Gold Inc10.11%82,298$19M188
003WPMWheaton Precious Metals Corp9.93%138,444$19M40
004OROR Royalties Inc4.24%233,284$8M39
005TFPMTriple Flag Precious Metals Corp4.13%253,667$8M18
006FSMFortuna Mining Corp3.91%693,851$7M19
007TXG.TOTorex Gold Resources Inc3.79%143,450$7M52
008KGCKinross Gold Corp3.59%289,004$7M36
009GFIGold Fields Ltd3.49%183,031$7M53
010KNT.TOK92 Mining Inc3.41%328,430$6M46
011IAGIAMGOLD Corp3.05%312,130$6M38
012MUXMcEwen Inc2.95%320,914$6M75
013DPM.TODPM Metals Inc2.94%144,905$6M58
014AUAnglogold Ashanti Plc2.91%60,364$5M107
015ITRGIntegra Resources Corp2.77%2,051,982$5M3

Showing 1–15 of 30 holdings

GOAU Performance

Launched Jun 27, 2017

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.
GOAU$11,017
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$12,044
Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026. GOAU $11,017. SPY $12,044. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,449$11,599$14,749Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 10, 2025 – Oct 12, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for GOAU. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGOAU
Year to date+1.7%
1 month−9.4%
3 months+16.0%
1 year+10.2%
3 yearsper year+44.6%
5 yearsper year+21.6%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year—

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for GOAU
YearReturn barGOAU
2026 YTD+1.7%
2025+126.7%
2024+13.7%
2023+10.7%
2022−11.7%
2021−9.2%
2020+20.5%

GOAU in the news

Filtered to GOAU · Precious Metals Miners

GOAU Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 12, 2026.
0.92%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.40Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.40 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 28, 2017 $0.02; Dec 28, 2018 $0.05; Dec 23, 2019 $0.03; Dec 29, 2020 $1.23; Dec 23, 2021 $0.23; Dec 23, 2022 $0.24; Dec 22, 2023 $0.17; Dec 24, 2024 $0.40; Dec 24, 2025 $0.40. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 24, 2025Dec 26, 2025$0.40
Dec 24, 2024Dec 26, 2024$0.40
Dec 22, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.17
Dec 23, 2022Dec 28, 2022$0.24
Dec 23, 2021Dec 28, 2021$0.23
Dec 29, 2020Dec 31, 2020$1.23
Dec 23, 2019Dec 26, 2019$0.03
Dec 28, 2018Jan 2, 2019$0.05
Dec 28, 2017Jan 2, 2018$0.02

GOAU Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
40.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Sep 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.00
vs 3-month T-bills · to Sep 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−48.5%
Trough Sep 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.78
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

GOAU Cost

Expense ratio0.60%
  • The middle half of Precious Metals Miners funds
  • Median 0.52%

10 of the 18 Precious Metals Miners funds charge less.

GOAU costs $60.00 a year on $10,000. The median Precious Metals Miners fund costs $51.50.

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