iShares Gold Trust Past Earnings Performance
Past criteria checks 2/6
iShares Gold Trust's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -8.5%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 9.7% annually.
Key information
-8.5%
Earnings growth rate
-14.4%
EPS growth rate
| Capital Markets Industry Growth | 10.3% |
| Revenue growth rate | n/a |
| Return on equity | 12.3% |
| Net Margin | n/a |
| Last Earnings Update | 31 Dec 2023 |
Recent past performance updates
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Recent updates
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Revenue & Expenses BreakdownBeta
How iShares Gold Trust makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
| Date | Revenue | Earnings | G+A Expenses | R&D Expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 23 | 0 | 3,252 | 68 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 23 | 0 | 2,802 | 68 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 23 | 0 | 987 | 68 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 23 | 0 | -110 | 70 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 22 | 0 | -539 | 71 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 22 | 0 | -1,349 | 73 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 22 | 0 | 679 | 74 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 22 | 0 | 3,905 | 73 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 21 | 0 | -1,399 | 73 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 21 | 0 | -2,573 | 75 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 21 | 0 | -550 | 76 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 21 | 0 | 454 | 72 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 20 | 0 | 4,804 | 65 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 20 | 0 | 5,193 | 56 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 20 | 0 | 4,230 | 47 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 20 | 0 | 3,134 | 40 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 19 | 0 | 2,276 | 35 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 19 | 0 | 2,674 | 31 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 19 | 0 | 1,416 | 29 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 19 | 0 | -287 | 28 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 18 | 0 | -198 | 28 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 18 | 0 | -916 | 27 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 18 | 0 | -106 | 26 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 18 | 0 | 539 | 24 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 17 | 0 | 882 | 22 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 17 | 0 | -352 | 21 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 17 | 0 | -626 | 21 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 17 | 0 | -85 | 21 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 16 | 0 | 309 | 20 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 16 | 0 | 1,169 | 19 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 16 | 0 | 859 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 16 | 0 | 257 | 15 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 15 | 0 | -762 | 15 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 15 | 0 | -584 | 16 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 15 | 0 | -795 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 15 | 0 | -587 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 14 | 0 | -42 | 17 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 14 | 5 | -643 | 17 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 14 | 9 | 652 | 18 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 14 | 16 | -310 | 19 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 13 | 23 | -628 | 22 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 13 | 25 | 76 | 25 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 13 | 26 | -653 | 26 | 0 |
Quality Earnings: IAU has a large one-off gain of $3.3B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2023.
Growing Profit Margin: IAU became profitable in the past.
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: IAU has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -8.5% per year.
Accelerating Growth: IAU has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: IAU has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (3.9%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: IAU's Return on Equity (12.3%) is considered low.