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GOAU

GradeCNew York Stock Exchange Arca

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

Themes · US Global · Inception 2017-06-26 · SEC filings

$45.84−2.12 (−4.41%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:19 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 57 prints from 47.96 to 45.84. Range 45.83 to 46.98. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$46.00$46.50$47.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$206M
1Y return
+24.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.83%
Holdings
28
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$46.41
52W range
low $34.34high $57.09

The ETF.net GOAU Grade

C

47/ 100

Rank 10 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for GOAU. Scores out of 100: Cost 41, Risk 63, Mission not scored, Tradability 35, Holdings 62, Durability 49. Strongest: Risk (63). Weakest: Tradability (35). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 47 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    CScore 41
    Category rank11/18 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 63
    Category rank5/17 · top 29%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 35
    Category rank10/18 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 62
    Category rank8/18 · top 44%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 49
    Category rank10/18 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

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 Sep 20, 2026, 9:24 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
28
Top-10 weight
56%
Largest holding
FNV10.2%

Geography

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001FNVFranco-Nevada Corp10.25%80,190$21M37
002WPMWheaton Precious Metals Corp10.10%138,444$21M39
003RGLDRoyal Gold Inc9.92%82,298$21M188
004OROR Royalties Inc4.14%233,284$9M38
005TFPMTriple Flag Precious Metals Corp4.00%253,667$8M16
006FSMFortuna Mining Corp3.96%693,851$8M18
007KGCKinross Gold Corp3.95%289,004$8M39
008GFIGold Fields Ltd3.80%183,031$8M51
009IAGIAMGOLD Corp3.02%312,130$6M37
010KNT.TOK92 Mining Inc2.98%300,293$6M47
011HMYHarmony Gold Mining Co Ltd2.97%310,584$6M23
012TXG.TOTorex Gold Resources Inc2.97%127,001$6M52
013AUAnglogold Ashanti Plc2.96%60,364$6M82
014CDECOEUR MINING INC.2.95%308,292$6M206
015DPM.TODPM Metals Inc2.92%144,905$6M60

Showing 1–15 of 30 holdings

GOAU Performance

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

GOAU$12,440
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. GOAU $12,440. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,608$11,817$15,026Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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+12.7%
1 month−3.7%
3 months+19.0%
1 year+24.4%
3 years+47.4%per year
5 years+24.7%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per 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+12.7%
2025+126.7%
2024+13.7%
2023+10.7%
2022−11.7%
2021−9.2%
2020+20.5%

GOAU in the news

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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 Sep 22, 2026.
0.83%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.
40.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 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.
1.03
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 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.
0.80
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.