IAU Gold ETF (IAU)
Gold · Benchmark: LBMA Gold Price · Domiciled in US
VMCI-Composite holdings score
ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.
IAU Gold ETF — analysis
IAU Gold ETF (IAU) is the gold ETF that holds $80.4B in assets, charging 45 bps per year against a LBMA Gold Price. The fund inception date is 2005-07-15, which gives the strategy roughly 21 years of live track record on the ValueMarkers screen.
VMCI-Composite read on IAU: 67/100. The metric distills 120 indicators across each of the top-10 underlying companies into a single fund-level score, comparable across the gold cohort. Tilt: above-average composite quality.
Performance read on IAU: 5y CAGR of 11.2%, above the 11.0% benchmark print. Trailing 1y -4.7%, 3y CAGR 11.2%, YTD 19.2%.
IAU distribution profile: 4.70% yield, 10.2% 5y distribution CAGR. Income buyers typically weigh the two against each other when sizing positions in the gold sleeve.
IAU structure read: 30% concentration in top 10, Technology leading at 31%, and AAPL the top single-name position at 3.55%.
Comparison set on IAU: GLD, GDX. With three peers each operating in the gold bucket, the active question for the buyer is which methodology and which cost line wins on a five-year, after-tax basis.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.55% | 87 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.51% | 65 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.25% | 84 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.21% | 41 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 3.12% | 77 |
| 6 | META | 2.87% | 78 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.69% | 49 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.52% | 57 |
| 9 | V | 2.52% | 79 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.31% | 48 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.14% | 54 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.14% | 41 |
| 13 | JNJ | 1.92% | 83 |
| 14 | PG | 1.92% | 52 |
| 15 | MA | 1.84% | 75 |
| 16 | HD | 1.75% | 83 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.50% | 67 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.28% | 40 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.11% | 76 |
| 20 | COST | 1.11% | 68 |
| 21 | KO | 1.07% | 67 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.81% | 55 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.77% | 85 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.56% | 78 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.51% | 47 |
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