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PLTM

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

GraniteShares Platinum Trust

Commodities · GraniteShares · Inception 2018-01-22 · SEC filings

$16.81−0.79 (−4.49%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 17.60 to 16.81. Range 16.70 to 17.00. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$16.70$16.90$17.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$195M
1Y return
+28.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.00%
Volume · 30D
0.2M sh
NAV per share
$17.48
52W range
low $14.16high $27.69

The ETF.net PLTM Grade

B

65/ 100

Rank 3 of 9 in Physical Commodities⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for PLTM. Scores out of 100: Cost 67, Risk 48, Mission 93, Tradability 41, Holdings not scored, Durability 43. Strongest: Mission (93). Weakest: Tradability (41). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 65 of 100 sits in the B 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.
    BScore 67
    Category rank3/9 · top 33%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 93
    Category rank4/7 · mid-pack

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 48
    Category rank5/8 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 41
    Category rank7/9 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    Not scored
    —

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 43
    Category rank7/9 · bottom quartile

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

Our read on PLTM

ETF.net Research

BPlatinum, in a vault, sliced into shares. PLTM holds allocated bullion and charges 0.50% a year, undercutting the older platinum trust on fee, which is most of what separates two funds holding the same metal.

Stated mandate

The Trust seeks to reflect the price of platinum, less its expenses, through allocated physical platinum bullion.

Why people hold it

  1. 01At 0.50% a year it is the cheaper of the two US physical platinum trusts, and it sits under the median fee for physical commodity funds.
  2. 02Allocated bars, not futures contracts: no roll calendar, no contango math, just platinum held for the trust.graniteshares.com
  3. 03Simple mandate kept tightly since its 2018 launch: the platinum price less expenses, and one of the closer trackers among physical metal funds.

Worth knowing

  1. 01One metal, one line of exposure. Platinum moves in its own lane and can swing hard, with nothing else inside the fund to cushion it.
  2. 02No income here. Expenses are met out of the metal, so each share represents a slightly smaller slice of platinum as the years pass.
  3. 03Volume is moderate rather than mega-trust deep, so spreads and limit orders matter more when you trade in size.

PLTM Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 4:05 AM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
—
Top-10 weight
100%
Largest holding
Physical Platinum100.0%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—Physical Platinum100.00%0$192M2

Showing 1–1 of 1 holdings

PLTM Performance

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

PLTM$12,828
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. PLTM $12,828. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,771$14,281$19,791Sep 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 PLTM. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodPLTM
Year to date−10.8%
1 month−2.5%
3 months+9.3%
1 year+28.3%
3 years+24.8%per year
5 years+12.4%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 PLTM
YearReturn barPLTM
2026 YTD−10.8%
2025+124.5%
2024−8.9%
2023−8.1%
2022+10.8%
2021−10.5%
2020+10.9%

PLTM in the news

PLTM 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.
0.00%Last 12 months
Payout per share
NoneLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

Distribution history

Payments through 2015

One bar per payment. 13 payments from 2010 to 2015. Jun 22, 2010 $0.08; Dec 21, 2010 $0.04; Jun 21, 2011 $0.02; Dec 21, 2011 $0.24; Sep 21, 2012 $0.04; Dec 21, 2012 $0.02; Mar 21, 2013 $0.005; Sep 20, 2013 $0.01; Dec 18, 2013 $0.19; Mar 25, 2014 $0.04; Jun 24, 2014 $0.07; Dec 23, 2014 $0.17; Jun 24, 2015 $0.02. Use the arrow keys to read each point.201020112012201320142015
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 24, 2015Jun 30, 2015$0.02
Dec 23, 2014Data unavailable$0.17
Jun 24, 2014Jun 30, 2014$0.07
Mar 25, 2014Mar 31, 2014$0.04
Dec 18, 2013Data unavailable$0.19
Sep 20, 2013Sep 30, 2013$0.01
Mar 21, 2013Data unavailable$0.005
Dec 21, 2012Data unavailable$0.02
Sep 21, 2012Data unavailable$0.04
Dec 21, 2011Data unavailable$0.24
Jun 21, 2011Data unavailable$0.02
Dec 21, 2010Data unavailable$0.04

PLTM Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
31.5%
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.
0.65
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.
−44.1%
Trough Jun 2026
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.
0.55
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.

PLTM Cost

Expense ratio0.50%
  • The middle half of Physical Commodities funds
  • Median 0.60%

2 of the 9 Physical Commodities funds charge less.

PLTM costs $50.00 a year on $10,000. The median Physical Commodities fund costs $60.00.