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IAUM vs YSAU

iShares Gold Trust Micro

IAUMANYSE Arca

Y all Street Physical Gold ETF

YSAUCNasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

IAUM −0.15pt a year

IAUM0.09%YSAU0.24%

Avg volume · 30D

IAUM 675.9×the volume

IAUM2.7MYSAU3.99K

IAUM vs YSAU Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

−4.1%IAUM−3.7%YSAU

Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. IAUM −4.1%. YSAU −3.7%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.5%10%15%Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Expense ratio
IAUM 0.09%, better
YSAU 0.24%
Fund size
IAUM $7.87B
YSAU $7M
1Y total return
IAUM −3.0%
YSAU No data
Holdings
IAUM 1
YSAU 2
Avg volume (30D)
IAUM 2.7M sh, better
YSAU 3.99K sh
NAV per share
IAUM $38.99
YSAU $39.15
52W range

ETF.net Grade

IAUM: Cost 91, Risk 49, Mission 100, Tradability 46, Holdings not scored, Durability 60. YSAU: Cost 40, Risk 60, Mission not scored, Tradability 35, Holdings not scored, Durability 17.
Pillar letters and Scores for IAUM, YSAU, with each pillar’s weight
PillarIAUMYSAU
Cost30% weightA91HigherC40
Mission25% weightA100Not scored
Risk15% weightC49B60Higher
Tradability15% weightC46HigherD35
Holdings10% weightNot scoredNot scored
Durability5% weightB60HigherF17

Rank among Physical Gold funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. IAUM and YSAU are both graded against the same 10 Physical Gold funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Physical Gold⁠

Category · 10 funds
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IAUM ranks 2nd and YSAU 10th of 10 funds in the Physical Gold Category.

  1. Rank 1AGLDMSPDR Gold MiniShares TrustScore 82
  2. Rank 2AIAUMiShares Gold Trust MicroScore 77
  3. Rank 3BSGOLabrdn Physical Gold Shares ETFScore 69
  4. Rank 8BIAUiShares Gold TrustScore 57
  5. Rank 10CYSAUY all Street Physical Gold ETFScore 41

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

IAUMAiShares Gold Trust Micro

YSAUCY all Street Physical Gold ETF

In short

IAUM Bullion in a vault, at 0.09% a year, roughly half the typical fee among physical gold funds. This is iShares' small-fee take on owning metal, priced off the LBMA Gold Price benchmark.

YSAU No data

Stated mandate

IAUM The Trust seeks to reflect the performance of gold, before its expenses and liabilities, by holding physical gold.

YSAU No data

Why people hold it

  • IAUM Fee is 0.09% a year against a 0.17% median for physical gold peers, a hair under GLDM (0.10%) and well under SGOL (0.17%) and AAAU (0.18%).
  • Plain plumbing: a grantor trust that holds physical gold and seeks to reflect gold's performance, before expenses and liabilities, against the LBMA Gold Price.ishares.com
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and it tracks its gold benchmark about as closely as anything in the physical gold group.

YSAU No data

Worth knowing

  • IAUM No income here. The trust has made no distributions, so return is gold's price move minus the fee, nothing else.
  • Gold swings hard on sentiment and rates, and there is no yield to cushion a drawdown.
  • Launched in 2021, it is younger than the bullion trusts that anchor this category and not the deepest-traded name among them.

YSAU No data

Full IAUM profile⁠

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IAUM vs YSAU Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

IAUM vs YSAU Cost

Overpaying YSAU vs IAUM

$3,061

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • IAUM 0.09%

    $1,898

  • YSAU 0.24%

    $4,959

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • IAUM 0.09%
  • YSAU 0.24%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K$4K$5K051015202530YSAU $4,959IAUM $1,898

Year by year

YearIAUMYSAUOverpaying
10$165$437$272
20$646$1,699$1,053
30$1,898$4,959$3,061

Expense ratio

  • 0.09%IAUM, cheaper
  • 0.24%YSAU
  • Middle half of Physical Gold funds
  • Median 0.17%

IAUM cheapest of 10 funds

YSAU 7th cheapest of 10 funds

IAUM vs YSAU Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Payout (12M)
IAUM None
YSAU None

Distribution history

IAUMAll IAUM payments⁠

No distribution history available.

YSAUAll YSAU payments⁠

No distribution history available.

IAUM vs YSAU Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
IAUM 19.4%YSAU No data
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
IAUM 1.03YSAU No data
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
IAUM −28.1%YSAU No data
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
IAUM 0.41YSAU 0.00

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