U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (GOAU)

NYSEARCA: GOAU · Real-Time Price · USD
48.68
+1.54 (3.27%)
At close: Apr 17, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
48.55
-0.13 (-0.27%)
After-hours: Apr 17, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Assets$213.36M
Expense Ratio0.60%
PE Ratio19.37
Shares Out4.42M
Dividend (ttm)$0.40
Dividend Yield0.82%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 24, 2025
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Payout Ratio15.92%
Volume39,838
Open48.13
Previous Close47.14
Day's Range48.13 - 49.40
52-Week Low25.35
52-Week High57.09
Beta0.78
Holdings34
Inception DateJun 27, 2017

About GOAU

Fund Home Page

The U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (GOAU) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in materials equity. The fund tracks an index of 28 precious metal mining firms listed in the US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong or South Africa. Holdings are selected by fundamental factors and weighted in fixed tiers. GOAU was launched on Jun 27, 2017 and is issued by US Global Investors.

Asset Class Equity
Category Equity Precious Metals
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol GOAU
ETF Provider US Global Investors
Index Tracked US Glo. Go Gold and Precious Metals Min.(GR)

Top 10 Holdings

54.41% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Royal Gold, Inc.RGLD10.08%
Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV9.96%
OR Royalties Inc.OR8.92%
DPM Metals Inc.DPM4.08%
Gold Fields Ltd ADREDG.DE3.77%
Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE3.66%
Torex Gold Resources Inc.TXG3.64%
IAMGOLD CorporationIMG3.60%
Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd ADRHAM.DE3.35%
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.WDO3.33%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 24, 2025$0.40017Dec 26, 2025
Dec 24, 2024$0.400Dec 26, 2024
Dec 22, 2023$0.16814Dec 27, 2023
Dec 23, 2022$0.24005Dec 28, 2022
Dec 23, 2021$0.2283Dec 28, 2021
Dec 29, 2020$1.2314Dec 31, 2020
Full Dividend History

Performance

GOAU had a total return of 74.61% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 18.97%.

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