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PPLT

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF

Commodities · Aberdeen Investments · Inception 2010-01-08 · SEC filings

$15.87−0.75 (−4.51%)

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

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 16.62 to 15.87. Range 15.78 to 16.03. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$15.80$16.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$2.2B
1Y return
+28.0%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Volume · 30D
2.5M sh
NAV per share
$16.51
52W range
low $13.38high $26.16

The ETF.net PPLT Grade

B

61/ 100

Rank 5 of 9 in Physical Commodities⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for PPLT. Scores out of 100: Cost 42, Risk 49, Mission 94, Tradability 56, Holdings not scored, Durability 65. Strongest: Mission (94). Weakest: Cost (42). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 61 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.
    CScore 42
    Category rank7/9 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 94
    Category rank3/7 · top 43%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 49
    Category rank4/8 · top 50%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 56
    Category rank5/9 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

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

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 65
    Category rank4/9 · top 44%

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

Our read on PPLT

ETF.net Research

BPlatinum in a vault, not a futures ledger. PPLT is a grantor trust that holds the physical metal and tracks its price after a 0.60% fee, and it has been doing that job since 2010.

Stated mandate

The Trust is designed to track the price of physical platinum, after deducting its expenses.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Owns physical platinum inside a grantor trust instead of futures contracts, so there is no roll schedule sitting between shareholders and the metal's price.
  2. 02Tracking is the strong suit. The trust is built to mirror physical platinum after expenses, and it stays very close to that mark.
  3. 03A billion-dollar-plus trust that trades actively and has been open since 2010, a long-standing wrapper in a corner of the metals market with few options.

Worth knowing

  1. 01The 0.60% fee sits right at the middle of the physical-metals pack, and GraniteShares' PLTM charges 0.50% for exposure to the same metal.
  2. 02One metal, full stop. The ride is platinum's alone, without the smoothing of a multi-metal basket like GLTR.
  3. 03Bars in a vault throw off no cash. The trust makes no distributions, so the metal's price is the whole story.

PPLT Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 10:07 PM
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$2.2B2

Showing 1–1 of 1 holdings

PPLT Performance

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

PPLT$12,804
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. PPLT $12,804. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,773$14,273$19,772Sep 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 PPLT. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodPPLT
Year to date−10.8%
1 month−2.4%
3 months+9.5%
1 year+28.0%
3 years+24.8%per year
5 years+12.4%per year
10 years+5.1%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 PPLT
YearReturn barPPLT
2026 YTD−10.8%
2025+124.3%
2024−8.9%
2023−8.2%
2022+10.5%
2021−10.7%
2020+10.8%

PPLT in the news

PPLT Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

PPLT Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
31.4%
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.
0.64
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.
−44.0%
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.

PPLT Cost

Expense ratio0.60%
  • The middle half of Physical Commodities funds
  • Median 0.60%

4 of the 9 Physical Commodities funds charge less.

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