
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF
The ETF.net GSID Grade
Score 53 out of 100
- 16 of 21
Score 53 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.D38 out of 100Rank 13 of 21Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 18Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C44 out of 100Rank 10 of 21Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F15 out of 100Rank 21 of 21Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A74 out of 100Rank 5 of 20Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D28 out of 100Rank 19 of 21
Our read on GSID
In short
CGoldman's plain-vanilla international core: roughly 900 developed-market stocks outside North America, held directly, at 0.20% net of a waiver through December 29, 2026. A big Wall Street name doing a quiet index-fund job.
Stated mandate
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index.
Why people hold it
Worth knowing
GSID Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.
| Period | GSID |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.3% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −2.4% |
| 1 year | +13.2% |
| 3 years | +19.3% |
| 5 years | +8.3% |
| 10 years |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GSID |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.3% | |
| 2025 | +31.7% | |
| 2024 | +3.6% | |
| 2023 | +17.6% | |
| 2022 | −14.8% | |
| 2021 | +10.7% | |
| 2020 | +35.8% |
GSID in the news
GSID Dividends
- 2.53%
- $1.88
- $0.39 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
GSID Risk
- 11.9%
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.
- 1.18
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.
- −29.5%
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.
- 0.88
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.
GSID Cost
Overpaying vs VEA, tied cheapest in Developed International Core
$3,517
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
GSID 0.20%
$4,155
VEA 0.03% Tied cheapest
$638
Cost over time
Year by year
| Year | GSID | VEA | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $365 | $55 | $310 |
| 20 | $1,421 | $216 | $1,205 |
| 30 | $4,155 | $638 | $3,517 |
Full fee 0.25% waiver 0.05% you pay 0.20%
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- BFNDFSchwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +26.7%
- CPXFInvesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETFExpense ratio 0.43%1 year return +26.4%
- CTOKiShares MSCI Kokusai ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +11.8%
- CHFXINYLI FTSE International Equity Currency Neutral ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return +17.5%




