abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF
$39.63−0.05 (−0.13%)
- 0.17%
- $7.2B
- +3.8%
- 2.5M sh
- $39.84
- low $37.31high $52.84
The ETF.net SGOL Grade
B
Score 66 out of 100
- 4 of 10
Score 66 of 100 falls in the B 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.B59 out of 100Rank 4 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 9Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C49 out of 100Rank 2 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C43 out of 100Rank 8 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B62 out of 100Rank 4 of 10
Our read on SGOL
BA 2009-vintage trust that owns actual gold bars and does exactly one job: track bullion's price after a 0.17% fee. Middle of the pack on cost, front of the pack on doing what the prospectus says.
The Trust seeks to track the price of physical gold bullion, after deducting its expenses.
Why people hold it
- Plain plumbing: a grantor trust holding physical bullion, with one job written into its own documents, to track the price of gold after deducting expenses.
- Tracks the metal about as closely as the wrapper allows, one of the cleanest mandate implementations among physical gold funds.
- Trading since 2009, through several full gold cycles, and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively.
Worth knowing
- Cost sits at the category median: 0.17% a year, while IAUM (0.09%) and GLDM (0.10%) charge less to hold the same metal.
- Bullion throws off no income. This is a price-of-gold holding, not a cash-flow one, and the fee comes out of trust assets.
- One metal, no diversification. The shares go where gold goes, including the long flat stretches and sharp drawdowns.
SGOL Holdings
- Other
- 1
- 100%
- Physical Gold
SGOL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SGOL$10,377
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.
| Period | SGOL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −3.4% |
| 1 month | −4.1% |
| 3 months | +1.4% |
| 1 year | +3.8% |
| 3 years | +30.4% |
| 5 years | +18.6% |
| 10 years | +12.5% |
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 | SGOL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −3.4% | |
| 2025 | +64.0% | |
| 2024 | +26.9% | |
| 2023 | +13.0% | |
| 2022 | −0.5% | |
| 2021 | −3.9% | |
| 2020 | +25.0% |
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SGOL Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
SGOL Risk
- 18.9%
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.
- 1.29
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.
- −26.3%
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.
- 0.40
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SGOL Cost
0.17%
SGOL0.17%
- The middle half of Physical Gold funds
- Median 0.17%
3 of the 10 Physical Gold funds charge less.
Other funds in Physical Gold
- AIAUMiShares Gold Trust MicroExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +3.8%
- BFGDLFranklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +3.4%
- BAAAUGoldman Sachs Physical Gold ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +3.7%
- BBARGraniteShares Gold TrustExpense ratio 0.17%1 year return +3.8%
- BIAUiShares Gold TrustExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +3.7%