IAU Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (iShares Gold Trust Shares | ARCA:IAU)

The iShares Gold Trust (Trust) seeks to correspond generally to the day-to-day movement of the price of gold bullion. The objective of the Trust is for the value to reflect at any given time the price of gold owned by the Trust at that time less the expenses and liabilities of the Trust.

What symbol and exchange does iShares Gold Trust Shares shares trade?

iShares Gold Trust Shares trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol IAU.

What is iShares Gold Trust Shares stock price doing today?

As of April 2, 2026, IAU stock price declined to $87.94 with 5,797,974 million shares trading.

What is iShares Gold Trust Shares's Beta?

IAU has a beta of 0.10, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. IAU has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is iShares Gold Trust Shares worth?

IAU has a market cap of $71.50 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

What is the highest and lowest price iShares Gold Trust Shares traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, IAU traded as high as $104.40 and as low as $34.35.

Is iShares Gold Trust Shares (IAU) a good investment?

IAU has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +49.4%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.2%. In the last 3 month period, IAU beat the market returning +8.3%, while SPY returned -3.6%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks IAU has underperformed the stock market by returning -3.5%, while SPY returned -0.6%.

What are the support and resistance levels for iShares Gold Trust Shares (IAU)?

IAU support price is $87.76 and resistance is $91.60 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that IAU shares will trade within this expected range on the day.