abrdn Gold ETF Trust filed its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2026 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2026, reporting financial results and portfolio data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Net assets: The Trust reported net assets of $7,167,043 thousand at September 30, 2026, compared with $7,332,590 thousand at December 31, 2025.
  • NAV per share: Net asset value per share was $39.75 at September 30, 2026, down from $41.06 at December 31, 2025.
  • Shares outstanding: Shares issued and outstanding totaled 180,300,000 at September 30, 2026, up from 178,600,000 at December 31, 2025.
  • Gold holdings: The Trust held 1,716,361.6 ounces of gold at September 30, 2026, with a fair value of $7,168,041 thousand and a cost of $3,850,062 thousand.
  • Nine-month operations: The change in net assets from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 was a loss of $254,864 thousand, compared with a gain of $1,864,970 thousand for the same period in 2025.
  • Sponsor's fee: Total expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 were $9,817 thousand, consisting entirely of the Sponsor's fee, at an annualized expense ratio of 0.17%.
  • Three-month total return: Total return on a net asset value basis for the three months ended September 30, 2026 was 3.68%, not annualized, as reported in the financial highlights.

abrdn Gold ETF Trust Q3 2026 Portfolio and Financial Results

According to the filing, abrdn Gold ETF Trust is a New York common law trust formed on September 1, 2009, whose investment objective is for its shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust's expenses. The Trust holds physical gold and issues abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF shares, listed on NYSE Arca under the symbol NYSE Arca:SGOL, in minimum blocks of 100,000 shares in exchange for deposits of gold. The Sponsor is abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of abrdn Inc.

The Trust's statements of assets and liabilities disclosed that total assets were $7,168,041 thousand at September 30, 2026, consisting entirely of investment in gold, against total liabilities of $998 thousand in fees payable to the Sponsor. For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Trust reported a realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of shares of $209,638 thousand and a change in unrealized loss on investment in gold of $(459,869) thousand. Net creations for the nine-month period were 11,200,000 shares at $494,752 thousand, while redemptions totaled 9,500,000 shares at $405,435 thousand, according to the statements of changes in net assets.

The financial highlights disclosed a nine-month total return on a net asset value basis of (3.19)%, not annualized, and a three-month total return of 3.68%, not annualized, for the period ended September 30, 2026. The net investment loss per share for the nine months was $(0.05), and total realized and unrealized losses on investment in gold were $(1.26) per share over the same period. The Trust's expense ratio remained at an annualized 0.17% for all periods presented, with the Sponsor's fee constituting the sole expense category, the filing stated.

What Was Disclosed

The Trust filed its quarterly report covering the period ended September 30, 2026, disclosing gold holdings of 1,716,361.6 ounces at a fair value of $7,168,041 thousand, net assets of $7,167,043 thousand, 180,300,000 shares outstanding, and an annualized expense ratio of 0.17%.