iShares Gold Trust Valuation

Is IAU undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IAU when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IAU ($49.78) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($8.1)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IAU is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IAU?

Key metric: As IAU is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IAU. This is calculated by dividing IAU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IAU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio3.6x
EarningsUS$9.30b
Market CapUS$33.26b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does IAU's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

Insufficient data to calculate this valuation analysis check
The above table shows the PE ratio for IAU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Averagen/a
IAU iShares Gold Trust
3.6xn/aUS$33.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: Insufficient data to calculate IAU's Price-To-Earnings Ratio vs. peers for valuation analysis.


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IAU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

23 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.23.2x12.9%
IAU iShares Gold Trust
3.6xn/aUS$33.26b
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.27b
CET Central Securities
4.5xn/aUS$1.33b
IAU 3.6xIndustry Avg. 23.2xNo. of Companies73PE020406080100+
23 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.23.2x12.9%
IAU iShares Gold Trust
3.6xn/aUS$33.26b
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IAU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (3.6x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IAU's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IAU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio3.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate IAU's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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